Can't read disc/ripped VOB files

[koberulz]

I've got a DVD someone recorded for me a while back. Was intending on ripping out the video and using it for a project, but I can't. VLC and PowerDVD won't even play it. I can rip it with DVD Decrypter, and import the resulting VOB files into Premiere Pro, but the first three are mere seconds in length. I tried running the VOB files through VOB2MPG, and it spat out this:

Version: VOB2MPG
Build: 3.2.2000

Type: System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Source: mscorlib

Message: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index

InnerException:

StackTrace: at System.Collections.CollectionBase.System.Collectio ns.IList.get_Item(Int32 index)
at VOB2MPG_PRO.IFO.xb2bc9fc521f0aac0.get_Item(Int32 index)
at VOB2MPG_PRO.IFO.x32eac27632acc346.x07ac8e74fc69f42 4()
at VOB2MPG_PRO.IFO.x32eac27632acc346.xa3a9daebe1fd5c9 3(String xeadccf02f8622700, Boolean xb909d68cec5e9c0b)
at VOB2MPG_PRO.xfed3de3bc2a8e64d.bOpen_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at DevComponents.DotNetBar.ButtonX.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at DevComponents.DotNetBar.ButtonX.OnMouseUp(MouseEve ntArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at DevComponents.DotNetBar.PopupItemControl.WndProc(M essage& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.O nMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.W ndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Is there any way I can get to this footage? It used to work, because I remember watching it on my computer the day I got it.

[aedipuss]

try different drives to read the disc. if nothing will read it then the dvdr has most likely gone bad. the dyes used on some are not very good.

[koberulz]

The VOB files I ripped with DVD Decrypter play fine in VLC, though, so it can't be the disc or the drive.

[koberulz]

Anyone else got any ideas?

[Baldrick]

You can try convert the vob files with VLC, Media->Convert.

[hech54]

It seems people are mis-reading your first post constantly...
I'd try to re-rip it. Try more DVDDecrypter options....like....File Splitting - NONE or demuxing it while ripping. Also try enabling Stream Processing and if you see an entry marked as a "subtitle"....uncheck it and rip. That entry is usually caused by a DVD recorder menu. I know my dad's old Cyberhome DVD recorder would spit out discs like you are describing. A real bastard to work with.

[usually_quiet]

The VOB files I ripped with DVD Decrypter play fine in VLC, though, so it can't be the disc or the drive.

Think about it. You had to rip the disc to play the VOB files. If the disc were in good shape and your drive were functioning, you could play the disc without ripping it.

The problem most likely lies with the disc, since you could rip it, but sometimes one drive can be better at reading a defective burned disc than another.

You could try a data recovery program like ISOBuster or CDRoller, but it the disc is too far gone, they won't be able to recover everything.

[koberulz]

It seems people are mis-reading your first post constantly...
I'd try to re-rip it. Try more DVDDecrypter options....like....File Splitting - NONE or demuxing it while ripping. Also try enabling Stream Processing and if you see an entry marked as a "subtitle"....uncheck it and rip. That entry is usually caused by a DVD recorder menu. I know my dad's old Cyberhome DVD recorder would spit out discs like you are describing. A real bastard to work with.

I set File Splitting to 'none', but the log popped up with 'File Splitting - 1 GB'. I ended up with one functional m2v file, and three that didn't play at all, and just sat there when I tried opening them with VLC. The audio file plays right the way through, though. No streams except audio and video.

[hech54]

I ended up with one functional m2v file, and three that didn't play at all, and just sat there when I tried opening them with VLC. The audio file plays right the way through, though. No streams except audio and video.

That's a start....so one of the files played in VLC?
I'd try it again. Are you sure you clicked OK after you selected File Splitting NONE?

[jman98]

Koberulz - You can use DVD Decrypter to rip by IFO, ISO or Files. You have to set file splitting to None in the right place. Based on your explanation of what you want to do with the footage I recommend that you rip by IFO mode and NOT by ISO or Files. If you get file splitting to None for an IFO rip you should end up with one gigantic VOB file.

[koberulz]

I ended up with one functional m2v file, and three that didn't play at all, and just sat there when I tried opening them with VLC. The audio file plays right the way through, though. No streams except audio and video.

That's a start....so one of the files played in VLC?
I'd try it again. Are you sure you clicked OK after you selected File Splitting NONE?

I did, but I was on the wrong tab. I just saw 'file splitting' and set it to 'none', rather than going through to IFO mode, which I was ripping in, and setting that file splitting to 'none', too. Once I did that, it worked. Imports into Premiere fine, as well. Thanks for the help.

[hech54]

Glad it worked. Sure sounds like that disc was made in an old CyberCrap recorder...
As I recall....they read as "Sonata" or something in DVDDecrypter. That will be stuck in my head forever.