Burning A Dvd Vob Files

[mr. nails]

i just got my dvd burner not long ago and am using the programs that came with it. i tried to burn a dvd (vob files) and the program i'm using (sonic's "my dvd") says it can't burn it. i'm not sure if i'm doing it correctly or that program sux or both! can someone help me out and hold my hand and tell me what i need to do plz? thx!

[Xero Grid]

The only tools needed for copying DVDs are:
DVD Decrypter (http://www.dvddecrypter.com/) [free]
DVD Shrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html) [free]
Nero (http://www.nero.com/us/index.html) [not free]

I believe you can use DVD decrypter to select the files and burn them. If the files take too much space, use DVD Shrink which has the capability of burning through Nero. I haven't had too much experience ripping and burning DVDs myself, but I know for sure those programs are the best.

-- Xero Grid --

[delphin460]

i use dvdshrink and it works great

[firefox]

does that mean that in order to use dvd shrink, you have to have nero installed or can you have roxio instead.

[mr. nails]

Originally posted by Xero Grid@13 May 2004 - 09:44
The only tools needed for copying DVDs are:
DVD Decrypter (http://www.dvddecrypter.com/) [free]
DVD Shrink (http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html) [free]
Nero (http://www.nero.com/us/index.html) [not free]

I believe you can use DVD decrypter to select the files and burn them. If the files take too much space, use DVD Shrink which has the capability of burning through Nero. I haven't had too much experience ripping and burning DVDs myself, but I know for sure those programs are the best.

-- Xero Grid --
thx man i appreciate it. i tried dvd decrypter and i guess i was doing something wrong. so, i tired dvd shrink next. i got the dvd to burn, but the dvd plays in frames or something. like it's skipping. anyone know what i did wrong? and how to fix this? thx again guys!

[Xero Grid]

I haven't used roxio in a long time, but DVD Shrink should be able to forward to your burning application of choice. I haven't had a real good chance to use it yet. DVD Decrypter, on the other hand has it's own burning features.

Oh, BTW, if you ripped just the video, and not the entire DVD, you can reauthor it with Nero or Roxio as well (to include menus and other features). There are also programs specifically made for that purpose. Doom9 (http://www.doom9.org/) and AfterDawn (http://www.afterdawn.com/) should have links to any worthy software and guides to use them.

-- Xero Grid --

[firefox]

I also like using Clone DVD to copy dvd movies. It will not shrink them to fit on one dvd though but it will let you split them on two dvd's and that feature works great.

[Xero Grid]

Yeah, but it can't decrypt DVDs as well. I'd say if it had those two features which are really crucial for DVD copying, it might be worth buying. I heard CloneDVD works well with AnyDVD, though, but why get shareware when freeware can do just as good? :lol:

-- Xero Grid --

[firefox]

agreed

[AndrewBarker]

Originally posted by firefox@13 May 2004 - 16:27
does that mean that in order to use dvd shrink, you have to have nero installed or can you have roxio instead.
its best to have Nero installed (the demo will do fine) as DVD Shrink uses Nero burning engine automatically with out you even knowing - it makes thing easier

[AndrewBarker]

Originally posted by delphin460@13 May 2004 - 15:52
i use dvdshrink and it works great
yes it does - but on certain protected DVD's DVD Shrink cant decypt the files

thats where DVD Decrypter comes in

[AndrewBarker]

Originally posted by mr. nails@13 May 2004 - 16:42
so, i tried dvd shrink next. i got the dvd to burn, but the dvd plays in frames or something. like it's skipping. anyone know what i did wrong? and how to fix this? thx again guys!
first of all remember recordable DVD's have only 4.7GB capacity, and the movie DVD's that are bought usually have nearly double this capacity

if you copy the whole DVD to disc. (menu's, extras, laguages, all the different sound tracks, subtitles) then DVD Shrink is going to have to dramatically shrink everything, so the end result as in this case is basically a slide show

so what you would do in this case is just select the main movie in DVD Shrink and deselect anything thats not needed

The end result looks as good as the original :)

[mr. nails]

Originally posted by AndrewBarker+13 May 2004 - 11:43--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (AndrewBarker @ 13 May 2004 - 11:43)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-mr. nails@13 May 2004 - 16:42
so, i tried dvd shrink next.&nbsp; i got the dvd to burn, but the dvd plays in frames or something.&nbsp; like it&#39;s skipping.&nbsp; anyone know what i did wrong?&nbsp; and how to fix this?&nbsp; thx again guys&#33;
first of all remember recordable DVD&#39;s have only 4.7GB capacity, and the movie DVD&#39;s that are bought usually have nearly double this capacity

if you copy the whole DVD to disc. (menu&#39;s, extras, laguages, all the different sound tracks, subtitles) then DVD Shrink is going to have to dramatically shrink everything, so the end result as in this case is basically a slide show

so what you would do in this case is just select the main movie in DVD Shrink and deselect anything thats not needed

The end result looks as good as the original :) [/b][/quote]
it wasn&#39;t a straight dvd burn. i got the file and burned it. total of file is 4.35.

[mr. nails]

can u use nero 5.5 or do u need 6.0 for dvd shrink?

[AndrewBarker]

can u use nero 5.5 or do u need 6.0 for dvd shrink?

Quote from a DVD Shrink help site

burn directly to a dvd once encoding is finished with either Nero 5 or 6 installed
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/

[AndrewBarker]

Originally posted by mr. nails@13 May 2004 - 19:47
it wasn&#39;t a straight dvd burn. i got the file and burned it. total of file is 4.35.

QUOTE (mr. nails @ 13 May 2004 - 16:42)
so, i tried dvd shrink next.&nbsp; i got the dvd to burn, but the dvd plays in frames or something.&nbsp; like it&#39;s skipping.&nbsp; anyone know what i did wrong?&nbsp; and how to fix this?&nbsp; thx again guys&#33;&nbsp;


try playing the original vob files with VideoLan to make sure the original is ok

[mr. nails]

yep, works fine with videolan.

this is what i did. first off i have nero 5.5 and sonics record now programs. also, sonics my dvd, but sonics my dvd doesn&#39;t recognize these files. so it says.

1. opened up dvd shrink
2. open files
3. BACKUP&#33;
4. then it backups up file (for some reason, i haven&#39;t played with this program long enough to figure it out)
5. after it backs up the files it burns to dvd.

after it burned the dvd i tried in pc, ps2, and xbox and it plays the same in all 3. i&#39;ve only tried once so maybe a bad disk, but i doubt it. i will try later and hope it works. unless i did it wrong. did i?

[AndrewBarker]

it sounds as if you are doing everything ok

the only thing I can suggest is to try doing it with no other programs running