Ripping Lethal Weapon 4 DVD

[ct991]

Using vStrip and SmartRipper, I've tried ripping this DVD. Every time I try, I get no picture and the french audio track (no matter which track I choose in vStrip). Is there something I'm missing here?

[JHebert]

I ripped Lethal Weapon 4 recently using just SmartRipper (not vStrip) and then DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc. I don't recall any problems ripping it.

[ct991]

Problem solved.
I reinstalled my ASPI drivers and switched playback programs. I don't know what's wrong with WinDVD.

[ct991]

OK it's ripped.

Now this is very weird! I play the vobs with winDVD 3.0 and the audio is french. Yet when I play it with PowerDVD, the audio is the regular english, 6ch. 384kbps track that i chose to rip in vStrip.
Note: I chose only the 1 english track to rip with vStrip.

Has this happened to anyone else?
Anyone know what's going on?

[poopyhead]

playing the vobs directly with winDVD/powerDVD is kinda fucked sometimes...

1) sometimes widescreen movies plays as fullscreen when i play the vobs
2) sometimes i hear french and/or director's commentary when i play the vobs

but that doesn't mean the vobs weren't ripped correctly

[bbb]

Easy. I ripped this movie when it first came out in the theatres.

First, diss the sluggish pacing through 97% of the movie. Dull family life scenes and tired old men talking about the good old times is very tiresome.

Next, object to the ridiculous dialogue. Mel is too old to be acting like a young cocky boy. Danny needs to so show more self pride and cuss like Samuel L. Jackson. Jet needs to talk more, if not purely in Mandarin.

Then, express complete disdain for the unsymapthetic characters. Mel, the maniac corrupt cop. Danny, the stereotypical whipping boy. Rene and Joe, wholely unnecessary. Jet, too easily and laughably dispensed with. Chris, completely talentless as usual and has an annoying whinning voice.

Finally, acknowledge what a pain it was to rewatch this movie on dvd (even though I received it free from my dvd player purchase).

*I eventually traded this dvd in for Diablo II (also a disappointment but I'm less embarassed in owning this title).

[ngnr]

ROTFL. Good one bbb.

[kinneera]

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1) sometimes widescreen movies plays as fullscreen when i play the vobs
2) sometimes i hear french and/or director's commentary when i play the vobs

but that doesn't mean the vobs weren't ripped correctly
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If I had to guess, I would bet that playing the VOBs directly causes it to play the first video stream and the first audio stream encountered. I've run across at least a couple of DVDs that did not have the english soundtrack as the first audio stream.

[ct991]

...but why would it play differently with different programs?

[Dhruv]

When you play your vob file in WinDVD, try changing the language like you would with a DVD and check if its English then.

[Shabubu]

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On 2001-12-13 14:34:21, bbb wrote:
Easy. I ripped this movie when it first came out in the theatres.

First, diss the sluggish pacing through 97% of the movie. Dull family life scenes and tired old men talking about the good old times is very tiresome.

Next, object to the ridiculous dialogue. Mel is too old to be acting like a young cocky boy. Danny needs to so show more self pride and cuss like Samuel L. Jackson. Jet needs to talk more, if not purely in Mandarin.

Then, express complete disdain for the unsymapthetic characters. Mel, the maniac corrupt cop. Danny, the stereotypical whipping boy. Rene and Joe, wholely unnecessary. Jet, too easily and laughably dispensed with. Chris, completely talentless as usual and has an annoying whinning voice.

Finally, acknowledge what a pain it was to rewatch this movie on dvd (even though I received it free from my dvd player purchase).

*I eventually traded this dvd in for Diablo II (also a disappointment but I'm less embarassed in owning this title).
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Diablo 2!!!! INFIDEL. Baldurs Gate is the ONLY RPG

[poopyhead]

blah....the FF series is the only RPG

[ct991]

Dhruv: How do u change this when playing vob files directly? I don't see any option to do that.