Part 2: Mpeg to DVD problems

[steven1110]

I've converted my mpeg files to vob's using winavi. I set the details to make the converted mpeg's to fit into one dvd. Once converted each new vob it titled separately (vts_01_1 through vts_12-1). From my understanding of vob's, the 01-12 would be the separate chapters.

Now to get to it, when I go to play the dvd in my standalone, it plays great but when I skip chapters it'll only do a few (maybe 5) before it acts like it's the end of the disc. What's going on here?

[mats.hogberg]

No, your understanding is wrong. VOBs and chapter points usually don't coincide.

/Mats

[steven1110]

No, your understanding is wrong. VOBs and chapter points usually don't coincide.

/Mats

Oh thanks for the insight into my problem.

How do I make the vob's and chapter points the same? Do I have to re-author the dvd to set these chapter points or what?

EDIT**Another thing is that the main vob's WERE the chapter points for the 8 chapters that it did give me.

[steven1110]

Alright another issue just came to the surface. I burnt the dvd with 12 converted mpeg's on it but like I said above there are only chapters for 8. Well I came to realize that it will only play 8 of the converted mpegs. The other 4 are missing when playing it on the dvd player but all12 are there when I opened the disc on the computer.

[mats.hogberg]

Don't confuse VOBs, IFOs and BUP files with anything computer related. It's stuff meant to be read by a DVD player, nothing else.
If you do have 12 DVD compliant mpg files, author them as Video DVD with a "real" authoring app like TMPGEnc DVD Author, DVD-Lab or (free) DVDAuthorGUI. All these lets you assemble your 12 files as you want them, you can insert chapter points, split them across several titles, merge a # of them into one title - actually, this is what authoring is all about.

/Mats