DVD to VOB/MPeg2

[Westport]

New mac user. I use DVD fab on my PC but cannot figure out what the best thing to use on my imac (10.7). I am looking for a one step solution to rip DVDs to VOB /MPEG 2 files to play on Tivo. Handbrake only seems rip to apple formats.

[jungletek]

DVD's are already in VOB format and MPEG2 as far as I know. Open the DVD in Finder and copy the VOB files to your HDD.

Boom. One-step solution.

I doubt that's exactly what you meant, however, and wouldn't be surprised that a Tivo can't playback straight VOB files... so if you provide exact specs that the files need to be in for Tivo playback, I could be more helpful and less sarcastic

P.S. - I grew up in Westport, CT. Small world.

[rumplestiltskin]

re: Westport - Wife's sister and husband live there. Nice little town.

[rumplestiltskin]

Probably one of the DVD rippers (like MacX DVD Ripper Pro, there are others) to get the decrypted VOBs to your drive. Then, with the MPEG2 codec ($20-30, from Apple) and MPEG Streamclip, you may convert the entire movie's set of VOBs to a .ts file (without re-encoding). Will that provide what your Tivo requires?

[Westport]

DVD's are already in VOB format and MPEG2 as far as I know. Open the DVD in Finder and copy the VOB files to your HDD.

Boom. One-step solution.

I doubt that's exactly what you meant, however, and wouldn't be surprised that a Tivo can't playback straight VOB files... so if you provide exact specs that the files need to be in for Tivo playback, I could be more helpful and less sarcastic

P.S. - I grew up in Westport, CT. Small world.

A small world is in indeed! Yes Tivo can play vob files directly. However, I tried copying the files, does not work. DVD Fab must have some magic in there. Looking for something similar.

[Westport]

Probably one of the DVD rippers (like MacX DVD Ripper Pro, there are others) to get the decrypted VOBs to your drive. Then, with the MPEG2 codec ($20-30, from Apple) and MPEG Streamclip, you may convert the entire movie's set of VOBs to a .ts file (without re-encoding). Will that provide what your Tivo requires?

Thanks Rumples... Will check our Ripper Pro.

[jungletek]

Yeah, as Rumple mentioned, you'll probably need to decrypt them. I always forget about this, as VLC plays them back regardless, and all the software I use to rip automatically does content protection removal (Something like MakeMKV, which is available for OS X also, though I doubt the TiVo supports Matroska containers). Sorry about that...