vob2mpg issue

[coopah]

I used this cool software recently and it worked great. Now, When I want to convert vob,s, the process takes 00:00:01 seconds and of course no files are written/converted. The vob,s are ripped from dvd decrypter in file mode.
Thanks for any help

[coopah]

I should add that I will pay for a full version if available, if I can figure out what I am doing wrong. Perhaps the free version is only good for so many uses?

[ChrissyBoy]

Can i see the log please?

[mrloofer]

I have exactly the same problem. Using version 2.3, happens with a lot of new releases (when a stranger calls, just friends etc.). wil try and post the log soon.

[ChrissyBoy]

ok. Are the DVD ripped first?

[Wormhoudt]

First off, thanks for the work on this tool. Once the kinks are worked out it will be invaluable to me for ripping XBOX360 compatible movies. I too am having a similar problem. I am reauthoring and ripping the DVD with DVDShrink 3.2 to the HDD. In this particular DVD there are 4 episodes of a tv show listed unter extras. I am dragging them over when I reauthor to create a what should be 4 vobsets. Here is the log:


************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** VOB2MPG *****************************

Name: VOB2MPG
Title:
Version: 2.3.0.0
Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe
Executable size: 640 KB
Executable size in bytes: 655360
Executable CreationTime: 3/14/2006 10:49:26 PM
Executable LastWriteTime: 3/14/2006 10:49:26 PM
Executable LastAccessTime: 7/18/2006 2:02:30 PM
****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 14.6 GB
FreeSpace: 8.55 GB

DeviceID: D:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 218 GB
FreeSpace: 90.7 GB

DeviceID: F:
FileSystem: FAT32
Size: 189 GB
FreeSpace: 114 GB

************************************************** ******************
********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
************************************************** ******************


********************** Input Folder *******************
09:02:46: Volume in drive D has no label.
09:02:46: Volume Serial Number is 401A-A334
09:02:46: Directory of D:\Media\Video\TV\21 Jump Street\Season 2\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM <DIR> .
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM <DIR> ..
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM 8,192 VIDEO_TS.BUP
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM 8,192 VIDEO_TS.IFO
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:54 AM 36,864 VTS_01_0.BUP
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:54 AM 36,864 VTS_01_0.IFO
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:52 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_1.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:54 AM 852,873,216 VTS_01_2.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:56 AM 36,864 VTS_02_0.BUP
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:56 AM 36,864 VTS_02_0.IFO
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:55 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_02_1.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:56 AM 816,531,456 VTS_02_2.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:58 AM 36,864 VTS_03_0.BUP
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:58 AM 36,864 VTS_03_0.IFO
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:57 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_03_1.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 08:58 AM 866,985,984 VTS_03_2.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM 36,864 VTS_04_0.BUP
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM 36,864 VTS_04_0.IFO
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:00 AM 1,073,739,776 VTS_04_1.VOB
09:02:46: 07/18/2006 09:01 AM 819,869,696 VTS_04_2.VOB
09:02:46: 18 File(s) 7,651,530,752 bytes
09:02:46: 2 Dir(s) 97,449,721,856 bytes free
09:02:46: D:\Media\Video\TV\21 Jump Street\Season 2\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS>

[ChrissyBoy]

Can you try this version:



vob2mpg_2.4.zip

[Wormhoudt]

Thanks for the response. And quick too.

This also did not work. Here is the log.

************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** VOB2MPG *****************************

Name: VOB2MPG
Title:
Version: 2.4.0.0
Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe
Executable size: 644 KB
Executable size in bytes: 659456
Executable CreationTime: 7/19/2006 9:07:02 PM
Executable LastWriteTime: 7/19/2006 9:07:02 PM
Executable LastAccessTime: 7/20/2006 4:35:38 AM
****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 14.6 GB
FreeSpace: 8.51 GB

DeviceID: D:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 218 GB
FreeSpace: 85.0 GB

DeviceID: F:
FileSystem: FAT32
Size: 189 GB
FreeSpace: 114 GB

************************************************** ******************
********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
************************************************** ******************


********************** Input Folder *******************
23:40:50: Volume in drive D has no label.
23:40:50: Volume Serial Number is 401A-A334
23:40:50: Directory of D:\Media\Video\TV\21 Jump Street\Season 2\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM <DIR> .
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM <DIR> ..
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM 8,192 VIDEO_TS.BUP
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM 8,192 VIDEO_TS.IFO
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:32 PM 36,864 VTS_01_0.BUP
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:32 PM 36,864 VTS_01_0.IFO
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:31 PM 1,073,739,776 VTS_01_1.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:32 PM 852,873,216 VTS_01_2.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:34 PM 36,864 VTS_02_0.BUP
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:34 PM 36,864 VTS_02_0.IFO
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:33 PM 1,073,739,776 VTS_02_1.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:34 PM 816,531,456 VTS_02_2.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:37 PM 36,864 VTS_03_0.BUP
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:37 PM 36,864 VTS_03_0.IFO
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:36 PM 1,073,739,776 VTS_03_1.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:37 PM 866,985,984 VTS_03_2.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM 36,864 VTS_04_0.BUP
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM 36,864 VTS_04_0.IFO
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:38 PM 1,073,739,776 VTS_04_1.VOB
23:40:50: 07/19/2006 11:40 PM 819,869,696 VTS_04_2.VOB
23:40:50: 18 File(s) 7,651,530,752 bytes
23:40:50: 2 Dir(s) 91,365,527,552 bytes free
23:40:50: D:\Media\Video\TV\21 Jump Street\Season 2\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS>

[Wormhoudt]

Well I got it to work.

Originally the VOBSETS were here
D:\Media\Video\TV\21 Jump Street\Season 2\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS

And the output folder was here
D:\Media\Video

And that did not work.

When I changed the output folder to
D:\Media\Video\Temp
or
C:\
Then everything worked.

It seems as though the output folder cannot be contianed within the VOBSET path. I am not really sure why that is.

I hope that helps.

[ChrissyBoy]

I hope that helps.

Yes it does. Can you try this build then please?:



vob2mpg.zip

[Wormhoudt]

Stranger Still

VOBSET Path
D:\Media\Video\TV\21 Jump Street\Season 2\Disc 1\VIDEO_TS

Output Path
D:\Media\Video

Did not work. 0 VOBSETS.

However output path
D:\Media\Video\TV

does work. The first time.

The second time both paths worked. And now I cannot get it to fail again. I have tried several different output paths all contained within the VOBSET path. So I guess if you can't reproduce a bug it doesn't exist. If there is something else you would like me to test please let me know.

Again thank you for the quick response.

[boombastic]

I'm having the same problem. After reading this post I tried changing folders and it worked. But I still have a question: Do the vob's have to have BUP and IFO files with them for the software to work? Because it worked when I put on the folder all the files from a DVD (already decrypted), but when I try with some vobs that I downloaded with Dolby and THX animations, they don't get converted to MPG, I get the message: Finished processing 0 vobsets.

Here's the log for the time that it DIDN'T work. Thanks for the help!

************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** VOB2MPG *****************************

Name: VOB2MPG
Title:
Version: 2.3.0.0
Executable: C:\Program Files\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe
Executable size: 640 KB
Executable size in bytes: 655360
Executable CreationTime: 14/3/2006 20:49:26
Executable LastWriteTime: 14/3/2006 20:49:26
Executable LastAccessTime: 21/7/2006 01:59:02
****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 76,3 GB
FreeSpace: 16,1 GB

DeviceID: F:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 111 GB
FreeSpace: 32,4 GB

************************************************** ******************
********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
************************************************** ******************


********************** Input Folder *******************
22:59:25: Volume in drive F is VIDEO_EDIT
22:59:25: Volume Serial Number is 7CA1-FCAF
22:59:25: Directory of F:\Vob-test
22:59:25: 20/07/2006 22:50 <DIR> .
22:59:25: 20/07/2006 22:50 <DIR> ..
22:59:25: 18/02/2005 23:05 66.129.920 dolby-bestsound.vob
22:59:25: 18/02/2005 20:30 31.272.960 dolby-canyon.vob
22:59:25: 2 File(s) 97.402.880 bytes
22:59:25: 2 Dir(s) 34.853.916.672 bytes free
22:59:25: F:\Vob-test>


********************** Output Folder *******************
22:59:25: Volume in drive C is GARTH-1
22:59:25: Volume Serial Number is 0097-AFBB
22:59:25: Directory of C:\Dolby-Teste
22:59:25: 20/07/2006 22:50 <DIR> .
22:59:25: 20/07/2006 22:50 <DIR> ..
22:59:25: 0 File(s) 0 bytes
22:59:25: 2 Dir(s) 17.383.170.048 bytes free
22:59:25: C:\Dolby-Teste>

[ChrissyBoy]

it works on vobsets i.e. vob files that have the dvd-video structure: https://www.videohelp.com/dvd#struct

[mrloofer]

Still not working. Probably 9/10 movies now ripped with DVDShrink are not working.

Keeps on saying "Finished Procesing 1 Vobsets - Duration 00:00:01".

Log:

************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** VOB2MPG *****************************

Name: VOB2MPG
Title:
Version: 2.4.0.0
Executable: G:\Program Files\BadgerIT\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe
Executable size: 644 KB
Executable size in bytes: 659456
Executable CreationTime: 7/20/2006 12:35:18 PM
Executable LastWriteTime: 7/20/2006 12:35:18 PM
Executable LastAccessTime: 7/23/2006 2:17:11 AM
****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 14.3 GB
FreeSpace: 5.03 GB

DeviceID: D:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 232 GB
FreeSpace: 19.0 GB

DeviceID: E:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 279 GB
FreeSpace: 5.48 GB

DeviceID: G:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 38.3 GB
FreeSpace: 7.79 GB

DeviceID: H:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 189 GB
FreeSpace: 3.72 GB

************************************************** ******************
********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
************************************************** ******************


********************** Input Folder *******************
22:17:27: Volume in drive E is HTPC_MEDIA_D4
22:17:27: Volume Serial Number is A0C4-A953
22:17:27: Directory of E:\Movies\billy_connolly\VIDEO_TS
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM <DIR> .
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM <DIR> ..
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM 6,144 VIDEO_TS.BUP
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM 6,144 VIDEO_TS.IFO
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM 67,584 VTS_01_0.BUP
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM 67,584 VTS_01_0.IFO
22:17:27: 07/15/2006 10:59 AM 4,154,132,480 VTS_01_1.VOB
22:17:27: 5 File(s) 4,154,279,936 bytes
22:17:27: 2 Dir(s) 5,890,424,832 bytes free
22:17:27: E:\Movies\billy_connolly\VIDEO_TS>

********************** AV Details *******************
file=E:\Movies\billy_connolly\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VO B
FormatName=mpeg
Num_Frames=165541
DurationInSecs=5523
Duration=01:32:03.5
VideoCodec=mpeg2video
VideoFFSTNum=0
Width=720
Height=480
Standard=NTSC
BitRate=6016
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1FFSTNum=1
Audio1StreamID=[0x80]
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=ac3
Audio1BitRate=192
Audio1Channels=2
************************ END ************************
22:17:27: FFmpeg version HEAD, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard
22:17:27: configuration: --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads
22:17:27: libavutil version: 49.0.0
22:17:27: libavcodec version: 51.9.0
22:17:27: libavformat version: 50.4.0
22:17:27: built on Jun 20 2006 11:22:30, gcc: 3.4.4 (mingw special)
22:17:27: Input #0, mpeg, from 'multi:E:\Movies\billy_connolly\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1. VOB*':
22:17:27: Duration: N/A, bitrate: N/A
22:17:27: Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, 5700 kb/s
22:17:27: Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
22:17:27: Assuming NTSC for target.
22:17:27: Output #0, dvd, to 'D:\VTS_01.mpg':
22:17:27: Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=2-31, 5700 kb/s
22:17:27: Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s
22:17:27: Stream mapping:
22:17:27: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0
22:17:27: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1
22:17:27: frame= 0 q=-1.0 Lsize= 0kB time=10000000000.0 bitrate= 0.0kbits/s
22:17:27: video:0kB audio:0kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead -1.#IND00%

********************** Output Folder *******************
22:17:27: Volume in drive D is HTPC_MEDIA_D3
22:17:27: Volume Serial Number is 7C98-7D87
22:17:27: Directory of D:\
22:17:27: 07/22/2006 10:02 PM <DIR> Movies
22:17:27: 07/22/2006 10:17 PM 0 VTS_01.mpg
22:17:27: 1 File(s) 0 bytes
22:17:27: 1 Dir(s) 20,446,670,848 bytes free
22:17:27: D:\>

[mrloofer]

Chrissyboy -- if you have ver 2.1 available still I wouldnt mind a link. That was the last version that worked 90% of the time.

Thanks.

[Lester Burnham]

I've had this problem with v2.3, too - just started happening out of the blue, really.

This is on rips I've processed using the new ripit4me.

I've tried the subsequent versions posted in this thread, too (ie v2.4 and the other later build).

Still won't work now.

[ChrissyBoy]

mrloofer: Can you email me a 5 or 10MB sample of E:\Movies\billy_connolly\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB? You can use the attached to create the sample. I will see what is going on.

makesample.zip

[Syncrow]

Dear Chrissyboy, THANKS FOR YOUR GREAT TOOL (so far),

I am new here. I have been looking for a programme like Vob2Mpg for ages.

I am planning to transfer all of my VHS videos to DVD.
After writing the MPGs on DVD they are VOB files.
As I don't want to keep 2 DVDs for each film (one with the MPGs and one with the VOBs playable in any DVD-Player)
I am looking for a programm which allows the extraction of the 'VOB'-DVDs without any losses/changes in quality of video&audio.
The information of the video/audio stream should not be changed in any way except for the fact that the outcome is then an MPG-File
which can be cut in tools like e.g. Ulead Video Studio.

Questions/Problems:
1. Am I right that this is what your programme is meant to be doing???

2. When I start your programme it stops after 3 seconds. If I start it again it works properly. (Is this normal?)

3. I created a DVD with 2 MPG files on it (using Ulead Movie Maker). Vob2Mpg makes 1 long file out of the two.
That's just fine, but when I look exactly at the seconds where the two videos are linked I can see blocks in the part of the beginning of the second video.
This prevents me from using your great software as a real alternative to writing 2 DVDs for each recording (see above).

4. If I compare the sizes of the two files together and the one long file created with Vob2Mpg I can see a little difference in size.
Striktly speaking the size should be completely equal if there is no videotransform done by your programm or is this a false assumption?

I am trying to improve your the functionality of your excellent programme.
(I don't like programmes like Nero because the always recalculate (and therefore change) the streams.)

Hope you can help.

Syncrow