Rippping Encrypted VIDEO_TS Folder (MAC)

[Modoc31]

Hello All,

I seem to have a small problem. I have a VIDEO_TS folder with all the .IFO, .BUP, and .VOB files. When I try to burn a DVD my buring software tells me it is encrypted. Is there anyway to decrypt the folder and then proceed to burn it? One thing to keep in mind is I did not do the original DVD ripping.

Any help is greatly appreciated....!

System Specs
Mac OS X 10.4.9
1 GB Ram
135 GB HD
Burning program: Toast 7
Ripping software: MactheRipper


Modoc31

[terryj]

Quick Trick:
Take the VIDEO_TS folder into Toast 7
under the Data Tab, select DVD-ROM (UDF)
Drag and Drop your VIDEO_TS there.
Watch the Content slider, if it remains Green, your ok.
if not, change it from DVD to DVD DL.
Go file--> Save as Disc Image.
Target ample space on your computer to save the build.
Click ok.

Once the .toast image is built, and complete,
double click the image to mount in Toast.
Toast will mount this as an Actual DVD.
Launch MTR, re-rip DVD to a new location on your computer.

[Modoc31]

I'll try that this evening. If that doesn't work are there any other options?

Modoc31

[terryj]

get the original disc and re-do it properly through MTR
is you only other option.

[albloom]

I'm pretty sure MTR will not rip a disc image. The big kids in
the MTR forum say so, and I've verified that assertion once.
I believe it has something to do with the disc's "CSS keys" not
being available.

Yup, chuck the VIDEO_TS folder and rip it right.

[terryj]

um, hate to tell you Al, but it will.

and I'm a big kid.


the trick is to process it with toast, and have Toast save it as
a Disc Image, once it does, it will pick it up just fine, as toast will
mount it as a valid DVD-Rom.
Here, a picture is worth a thousand words:




Now, if the IFO is damaged due to improper ripping,
or if the VOB sets didn't complete due to improper ripping,
then it will not work and you will have to re-rip from
a valid disc.

---and yes it's pron, so sue me!
:P

[Modoc31]

to set the record straight, if worked like a champ

[paclay]

HELP! I have saved mini DV videos I took on my Hitachi DV mini. They are saved on my hard drive as IFO files. I cannot figure out what I need to do to burn these onto DVD-R discs. Since I saved them on the hard drive I erased the disks. I am not very computer literate so details will be appreciate (like click here then here, etc). Thanks.

[BattyRoy]

Howdy Folks:

This link was passed on to me as I have some VOB files I will like to burn to disk

I tried as TerryJ instructed
all worked - when I mounted disc it did not give name of folder - just " My Disc "
open MTR - does not recognize- not even " my Disc"

maybe I did something wrong ?

Mac G5 iMac
OS X 10.3.9
Toast 7 titanium

cheers

[terryj]

@BattyBoy:
you said it gave you "My Disc".
How did you burn the VOB files?
Did you re-author them through Toast and make a new valid DVD?
Did you just "burn" them to a Toast DVD image?

.VOBs by themselves CANNOT make a proper DVD structure.
They also need their respctive .IFO and/or .BUP files
( thanks zerosix for lessons learned! ) to make
the DVD structure complete.

Simply copying the .VOB files into the Data-->DVD-Rom UDF
window in Toast 7, and telling it to make a DVD .toast image,
will not make a PROPER DVD-Rom disc.

You will need instead to drag and drop the .VOBs into
the VIDEO-->DVD-Video tab in Toast 7, and THEN save as
a DVD .toast image to your desktop. This will make Toast
re-author the disc, putting in the proper structure files
(IFOs, BUPS) and then follow through the rest of my steps
when it is done.

[BattyRoy]

Howdy TerryJ:

I will have to get back with you on this and see

I just took the VOB files I downloaded - " VTS_02_2.VOB" example of file name and dragged them into Toast as you instructed

So if I understand what you are saying - will require to drag them into Video - DVD tab and perform the same task as I will need to with Data- DVD tab , yes , no

surely I could explain/understand better when I infront of computer doing this

Cheers thanks for the explain so far:

I will report back later when I can do this

cheers

[BattyRoy]

howdy TerryJ:

Ok - i tried what you say
and same error came up - no 36

So I suppose I have to get the hard disc and MTR then Toast

cheers

[terryj]

Error -36 means an invalid Disc Structure.
Usually points to an I/O error, which refers to the
fact that it cannot copy the disc due to invalid structure,
or even possibly a damaged or scratched disc.

Yes, if you took the .VOB files, and dragged/dropped them into
the Toast--> Video Tab-->DVD Video window,
it should then scan the VOBs, and then you
should be able to burn the disc, and produce a
new DVD-ROM disc that should be rippable,
or save to a DVD .toast image file,
that can be mounted and extracted through MTR.

At this point, your .VOB files could be messed up,
perhaps they were badly damaged when originally
ripped from disc (could be due to ArCCoss, Ripguard,
or PuppetLock) and your only option will be to get
the original disc and try again.

[BattyRoy]

howdy TerryJ:

Cheers thanks for taking time out to explain this to me

Enjoy weeks end

Cheers

[terryj]

u r welcome.

[techlearner]

hi terryj
I was having the same problem with my pre-ripped Video TS files...
I did what you said in an earlier post by getting Toast to Re-mount the disc and then re-ripping through MTR.
I then used ffmpeg to turn some of the VOB files into movs so I that I can edit them in Final cut...for some reason, I can only convert the later VOB files and VTS_01_1.VOB wont convert correctly...any ideas? when I look at the VTS_01_1.VOB file in the finder window it is the footage I want...Ive tried other conversions besides .mov or mpeg4 but even those dont seem to convert the entire file...

can you please help? Thanks so much in advance. Im so new at this.

[terryj]

teachlearner:

It could be a time code problem, or it could be a problem with your disc.

Let's take it easiest to hardest:

easiest:
1. with the disc ripped back to the Main HD, try opening the 1.VOB
in MpegStreamclip. Streamclip should prompt to "Fix Time Code Breaks"
after asking " Do you want to open all files associated with this one?"
Select yes to both. IF not prompted to "Fix Time Code Breaks",
then select if from the Edit menu.
Once it is done, then go in try and set In and Out points where
you want the video to roughly start and stop ( what you want to put into
FCP). Then try and export out to Quicktime .mov and see if
it will export it.

I've had much better luck with Mpegstreamclip over ffmpegx in this regard
in getting this done, PLUS if the 1.VOB is bad, MS will say "bad file"
or "file type unsupported". if so, then....

we go to the hardest:

First how were the files ripped originally?
Did you do it, or were they downloaded and someone else's rip?
if yours, did you use the latest MTR (v.3.0r14m)?

Let's assume you used the latest MTR, and these are yours from
an original disc you own, but you don't have access to the original right now.
You can compile the video_TS folder in Toast and make a disc Image
as I stated before to get it to remount on your desktop.
Once mounted, use the latest version of MTR, and
try a MAIN FEATURE rip to the HD. If the original pre-ripped
DVD files are bad due to copy protection, a Main Feature Rip
will almost always make MTR produce an error warning
(a DSL file was generated, a crash while re-ripping, etc).
If you recieve no such errors, then go back to the easiest section
and follow my MpegStreamclip steps to get your footage.
If an error warning was produced, I would reccommend
getting the original disc, and re-ripping from it using the
latest MTR and get a clean set of files.

[techlearner]

wow thanks Terryj. That worked! You really helped me out!

[techlearner]

the easy fix worked that is...Phew!

[terryj]

glad 2 have helped!

[thisislink]

i did everything according to terryj's plan. used toast to make an image file of video_ts folder and that worked fine. but when i click on the .toast file to mount it, it doesn't work. it opens toast and i click on the mount button and nothing happens. i get no error message it just doesn't mount. any ideas?

-Link

[thisislink]

i figured it out. instead of double clicking it and opening it in toast, i right clicked it and opened it using disk image mounter and voila! it mounted on my desktop. i'm re-ripping it using MTR now and i'll post on the progress.

-Link

[terryj]

@thislink:
When you originally installed your factory copy of Toast,
did you in the install options select the "Load Mount It extension"?

This extension, installed by Toast, is what enables the
double click to work, and for Toast to auto mount it's images.

If you didn't, what you can do is re-download the last update
to your version of Toast ( say 8.04 if version 8) from roxio.com
and re-update the software.
You will be presented with the option again and
this time, you can properly select it and let it install.

[Flarch]

The monkey wrench in this is that MTR hasn't been updated in a year and doesn't always properly rip new discs.

[tomlee59]

If the free version of MTR doesn't do it for you, then pay the small donation fee and get the updated version.

Or, run Windows (say, with Parallels), and then use any number of ripping tools written for that OS.

[Flarch]

The newest version of MTR (3.0 r14m) is the year old one i referred to.

The problem with running windows on a Mac is the same as running it on a PC. Both Vista and XP are horrible, nasty, tedious, disorganized monsters designed to waste as much of your time as possible doing everything but what you're intent on.

[lawnman]

There has been only one new DVD that hasn't been ripped by R14m and that is "The Dark Knight" so I am not sure what you are talking about.

With a little trial and error, we have been able to rip the rest.