Video files displays as shorter than they really are

[guy24s]

Hi,

I have a DVD-R which is recorded in a Panasonic DVD Recorder (DMR-E50). I want to copy the VOB files on it to my harddrive, then reburn them to a new DVD-R together with a new chapter menu (the one generated with the DVD recorder is very ugly).

The problem is : I have tried several DVD authoring programs (NeroVision, TMPCEnc DVD Author, DVDLab, DVDit, etc) and I get the same problem in all of them: when I add the VOB files, the program tells me the videos are only a few seconds long (3 seconds, 6 seconds etc). These videos are no shorter than 2-3 minutes each. What am I doing wrong? Is the DVD recorder creating VOB files not compatible with the DVD authoring programs, or am I not supposed to just Copy them directly from the DVD to the harddrive? (I am literally dragging them from the VIDEO_TS folder to my C: drive, in File Explorer).

Please, any help is appriciated!

[hech54]

Don't Panasonics use VBR(Variable Bit Rate) to create the DVD's?

[guy24s]

no, i didn't use the Variable Bitrate function.
I tried recording on both XP (highest quality) and SP (standard quality), the same result in both cases...

[FOO]

Demuxing the VOBs and running the video through restream
to reset timestamps may fix that.

[hech54]

Thats weird. DVDDecrypter reads my Philips +R stuff normally.....although it recognizes the DVD as "Philips Created" something-or-other.....forget the exact wording.