Single .VOB file into working DVD?

[AHK]

Heylo,

I was ignorant about 5 months ago, when I backed up copies of a DVD set I own. (Yes it is legal.)

I used DVD Shrink to rip the .VOB file into an uncompressed .VOB file which is about 7.x GB in size. Now I should have saved the DVD as an .iso, but I did not. (The set is >1600KM away now at a friend's place.)

How do I reauthor menus and recompress it so it will work in a standard DVD player? Originally I wanted to be able to play it on my iPod Touches, and I was having issues with SUPER(C) converting Disk 1 because of the 5.1 audio (the rest were stereo). Naturally DVD players these days (the ones we have) can't play H.264 video.

[hech54]

I used DVD Shrink to rip the .VOB file into an uncompressed .VOB file which is about 7.x GB in size.

DVDShrink does not do that(create an uncompressed version of a DVD). You are mistaken. What you probably have is an exact copy of the dual layer DVD. Drag the VOB file back into DVDShrink to see if it opens it.
And as "legal" as you think this all might be....after this statement:

The set is >1600KM away now at a friend's place

...now it is NOT legal.

[aedipuss]

if all you have is a single vob and no other files off the dvd, you are out of luck. rent a copy and start over.

[Cornucopia]

I think maybe what the OP was saying, re: "Uncompressed" was that the Original disc had VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB, VTS_01_3.VOB, etc. and that he concatenated it into a single VOB file (not smart unless you AND the software know what you're doing there).

An option might be to demux to elementary streams and reauthor.

Since the OP does "OWN" the orignals, it would be safer, easier, and possibly quicker to re-rip correctly. Now all it takes is getting those originals back...

Scott

[manono]

You don't need menus to make a playable DVD. IFOEdit can create the IFOs and BUPs for you as well as divide up your one large VOB file. Open the VOB in the 'Create IFOs' section (bottom center) of IFOEdit and follow the easy instructions from there.

And here's a guide for doing it using a slightly different method:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/194163-SPLIT-A-LARGE-VOB-FILE-INTO-1GB-CHUNKS-AND-AUTHOR

[Kerry56]

If the original set of dvds is still owned by AHK and is only loaned to the friend, then yes, his backups are legal.

DVDShrink won't make a single vob file from a dvd-video. You may have used something else if all you have is a single large vob file. And you will have lost the original menu.

To convert a single large vob file into a dvd-video, import it into AVStoDVD and set AVStoDVD to not reencode compliant video and audio streams. Open the menu wizard to make a new, simple menu for the dvd. You can set output size as a DVD-9 and it won't reencode anything. If you need it to fit a single layer dvd, set output as DVD-5. Since you're starting with 7gb, it will reencode to fit a single layer dvd.

[AHK]

We purchased the disc set off Amazon. (I saw download links for it on the internet, but decided against it as portions of the DVD set were uploaded to YouTube, and upon viewing decided that they had spent considerable time and effort into it, and downloading something like that was immoral. Downloading a 2 minute MP3 from a popular artist is different to me than downloading a 34GB DVD set. They're both questionable practices, but one is much worse than the other.)

I used DVD Shrink to rip the .VOB files, then I joined it into a single ....now I'm tripping up.

I know that in order to play the entire disc on my iPod Touches, I'd have to 1) Rip, 2) Join, 3) Convert into H.264. Disc 1 was the troublesome one, (audio being garbled) so I decided that I may not be able to keep the discs with me (space concerns when moving in a car), I ripped the discs complete. I should have ripped it into an .ISO like with the Insider (and yes, that was legally acquired too, it came in a 2-DVD set with A Civil Action).

I don't remember how I ended up with what I have. I know I ripped it and joined it, because the titles, credits and intro "scenes" are left out (and I didn't download it).

In the future, to alleviate concerns, I'll be buying DVDs of movies like TRON: Legacy instead of downloading it through the Apple Store (because I don't DRM difficulties when playing on my own devices). I could have downloaded the set through the Apple Store but then I'd have to deal with the DRM and those Apple movies can only be played through iTunes.

I will check out the advice here and report back.

[AHK]

Okay: I was able to build the first DVD set. Seems like it works fine in my Mac mini as a DVD. The Menu creation tool takes awhile to grab a still frame from the movie and "apply it", and it does take awhile to recompress it, but it seems to work.

While I have you attention (?), is there a way to convert 6 channel audio to stereo? iPod can't play anything but mono or stereo audio.

[hech54]

I have no idea what you are trying to do. Are you trying to make a DVD out of one VOB or are you trying to make a video file for an iPod Touch from that one VOB? If your final objective is an iPod file you are already one step closer to your goal. Use Handbrake. If handbrake doesn't accept the large VOB file, then convert the VOB file to an MPEG file then use Handbrake and it's iPod presets to convert it. Handbrake will also take care of the downmix of the audio for you.

[AHK]

I was trying to get a 7.4GB dual layer rip unto a 4.7GB DVD, which I did for all but one .vob (it was corrupted past about 26:51, so I just threw on the H.264 conversion to stand in.)

The iPod Touch conversions were all done 5 months ago. I used some free .vob joiner that works in Windows. Then I converted it all with SUPER©.

[dnicks]

convertx to dvd works for this. i love people who don't know crap on here telling us things like

DVDShrink won't make a single vob file from a dvd-video. You may have used something else if all you have is a single large vob file. And you will have lost the original menu.

uhh, please check the preferences to adjust your knowledge of the situation. i've been using shrink for years for this purpose.

[aedipuss]

convertx to dvd works for this. i love people who don't know crap on here telling us things like

DVDShrink won't make a single vob file from a dvd-video. You may have used something else if all you have is a single large vob file. And you will have lost the original menu.

uhh, please check the preferences to adjust your knowledge of the situation. i've been using shrink for years for this purpose.

major fail.

check your facts before claiming superior knowledge. dvdshrink would have also written the associated ifo and bup files. even if you did tell it to create a single oversized vob.

[dnicks]

major fail, hahaha what are you 10?

the fact is that dvd shrink would put your movie into one vob file. yes there are 4 other files there but i don't think that's the point he was trying to make. go back and read it again, it may take some time before you get it since your intelligence level is that of a 4th grader. anyone with half a brain knows that the poster was trying to say that dvd shrink cannot put a movie into a single vob file when, in fact, it can. i don't give a shit if there are 500 other files with it, the fact is you WILL have 1 vob file and it will be your movie. don't be a smartass/dumbass.

[Kerry56]

You were quoting me dnicks. And yes, I'm well aware that if you change the default settings in DVDShrink, you can make a single vob file. Its generally not a very useful thing to do since most stand alone players cannot work without the vobs being split into 1gb chunks, but can be done. I was concentrating on his statement that all he had was the one vob file. This is not something you get from Shrink.

[aedipuss]

major fail, hahaha what are you 10?

the fact is that dvd shrink would put your movie into one vob file. yes there are 4 other files there but i don't think that's the point he was trying to make. go back and read it again, it may take some time before you get it since your intelligence level is that of a 4th grader. anyone with half a brain knows that the poster was trying to say that dvd shrink cannot put a movie into a single vob file when, in fact, it can. i don't give a shit if there are 500 other files with it, the fact is you WILL have 1 vob file and it will be your movie. don't be a smartass/dumbass.

i was just trying to get down to something your iq might understand. and the comment you are trying to wrongly attack was about a single file, not a vob and other files.

if you re-read his posts you may come to understand dvdshrink didn't make it into 1 vob anyway, the op did that himself by joining the normal dvdshrink multiple vob output. not holding out much hope of that though.....