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| VOB2MPG Tool | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Jan 07 13:00 | ||||
| Just knocked up a new tool: VOB2MPG
http://www.svcd2dvd.com/releases/VOB2MPG.zip (.Net Framework 1.1 required) 
It goes through a whole VIDEO_TS folder and joins up the various vobsets to produce mpgs for the different titles. Thus, if you have a vobset VTS_01_X.vob and a vob set VTS_02_X.vob in a VIDEO_TS folder it will produce VTS_01.mpg and VTS_02.mpg. These can be used in SVCD2DVD and NO processing will be done on them... I will be adding the same functionality to SVCD2DVD soon. | ||||
| heinzjürgen posted 2005 Jan 09 07:57 | ||||
| hello ChrissyBoy
VOB2MPG is verry nice,but my mpeg is in 16:9 not in 4:3 (4:3 is the original) I must use only MPEG vcr thereby the film the correct format get. please my English is not so good.one can adjust VOB2MPG possibly where thanks heinz | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Jan 09 12:08 | ||||
| VOB2MPG does not change any video attribute. It mearly joins up the vob parts. | ||||
| britincanada posted 2005 Jan 09 16:17 | ||||
| Great tool just used it
Allso payed for the full virsion to be honest i dont normaly pay for software but this one is so good you realy deserve the surport good job chris :) :) :) | ||||
| schematic2 posted 2005 Jan 09 22:34 | ||||
| I just tried it. It seems fast!! Me like!! | ||||
| bransholme posted 2005 Jan 10 02:39 | ||||
| Bingo, Just what I need. I want to edit some home DVD's with premiere and it wont import vob's, hopefully this will do the trick. | ||||
| britincanada posted 2005 Jan 10 08:59 | ||||
| Just a point i extracted a vobsets to produce mpgs for 2 diffrent sources
thinkin im going to burn my fav movies onto 1 cd wrong i told it to copy both sources into 1 folder it did this but just overwrote the 1st vod/mpeg not renameing i think next time i need diffrent folders lol great program i used to live in yorkshire too good job | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Jan 10 09:04 | ||||
| Duely noted. | ||||
| philmein posted 2005 Jan 11 14:34 | ||||
| nice proggy cb verrry fast | ||||
| meupc posted 2005 Jan 11 14:56 | ||||
| thanks for the new proggie Chris. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Jan 11 17:14 | ||||
| No problem. I often try out new functionality in standalone apps before it becomes integrated to SVCD2DVD - this is such a app. Enjoy. | ||||
| Josef K posted 2005 Jan 11 17:27 | ||||
| Well, it appears to do what it says so far, though I haven't tested the burn yet. I'm wondering if you'll be adding functionality to convert specific VTS's. At the moment, DVD Decrypter does what this tool does already (IFO Mode, Enable stream processing, selectable VTS's) and more so I'm curious as to where you'll be taking it. What if I only have space for one VTS? With this tool I'll have to take into account enough space for all VTS's unless the one I want is the first VTS, in which case I can cancel/kill the process after the first VTS is done processing. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Jan 12 03:56 | ||||
I was not aware of this and could not get DVD Decrypter to produce an single mpg file of a VTS. Rather it produces vobsets (split into 1GB files) which may be the same as the original or may have streams or chapters omitted. Also I could not get it to work from a VIDEO_TS folder on my HD, only DVD media. Maybe I have not used it correctly? [Edit]I found that you can stop it splitting @ 1GB, but that still means you have to go back & rename your VOB to a MPG, and that you can only do it from DVD/R media. That is unless i have missed something else :oops: [/Edit]
Nowhere really. For me it was/is a proof of concept applet. As you say there are other tools out there to do a similar job. Indeed you can do it from the DOS prompt! I just thought people might want to give it a try. | ||||
| poster72 posted 2005 Feb 03 18:40 | ||||
| Hey guys, Ive been trying this program out. Have a question/problem. Ive been trying to join vob sets (VTS_02_1.vob and VTS_02_2.vob) one is 1,048,574KB and the other 18782KB. Seems like it worked fine, the vob's are approx 24 minutes in length total.
When I check the produced mpg file, the video is only 55 seconds, and on some that i do there is no picture, only sound. Am I doing something wrong here? Im kinda a newbie so be nice! Thanks Cory | ||||
| chinnubp posted 2005 Feb 10 17:28 | ||||
| first time VOB2MPG worked fine. but its not working from the second time. please help me.
thanks chinnu | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 10 17:34 | ||||
| Can you give me more details? | ||||
| chinnubp posted 2005 Feb 10 18:07 | ||||
| fisrt time i converted a vob file to mpg in less than 3 min.
now iam trying to convert another vob file. when i click on start it is not showing anything its like 1hr or more now. thanks chinnu
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| chinnubp posted 2005 Feb 10 18:35 | ||||
| ANY HELP PLEASE?
thanks chinnu | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 11 02:59 | ||||
| CAn you show me a listing of the folder containing the VOBs? | ||||
| bobbel posted 2005 Feb 12 02:56 | ||||
| Hell...a great one, mate - THX much!!!!
bobbel :D | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 22 19:39 | ||||
Thanks for your reply to the question I posted earlier today re going directly from VOB to MPEG2. I'd like to try your program but I've run into an installation problem. See photo. Thanks for any help you can offer!
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| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 23 02:51 | ||||
| Have you just done a fresh install of .Net 1.1? Or has it been installed before? | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 23 07:47 | ||||
| Actually I didn't know what .netframework was...now I do and will install!
Thanks! | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 23 23:18 | ||||
| Hi Chrissyboy,
I got your little prog up and running and it seems to do exactly as I hoped! But there is a big "but" that I don't understand. When I import the mpeg files your program writes they act exactly like the vob files in that there seems to be a problem with the time codes that are written. Let me explain: If I open the .mpeg file in VideoReDo a file that is 60 min long only displayes the first 1 min or so making edting of the file impossible. The file continues to play past 1 min in the program, but the displayed time codes lock at 1 min and do not progress. Using Mpeg-Vcr the mpeg file opens fine and displayes all 60 min, but when I have edited out portions, and then try to recombine them, the save feature does not work properly...It will save perhaps 1% of the file and then begins to run incredibly slowly. After an hour of saving I gave up. (This is exactly what the vob files outputted from DVD decrypter do.) Now if I take your .mpeg output and use either VideoReDo, or Mpeg-Vcr to write a new mpeg file both programs like the output and function normally. They will only convert the whole file, not a portion. Would you have any idea why this would be so. And I hate to ask, but is there any modification you might write to your wonderful little program that might enhance the time code feature of the outputted file so that they will function in the two programs I mentioned above? If you are interested I could send you some samples of the original vob file, the output from your program, and the output from VideoReDo and Mpeg-Vcr. Perhaps you could detect what the difference is between these files. I sure can't. I just notice that they work, or don't work. Anyway, I appreciate your suggestion to give your program a try. As best I can tell it is the only program that writes a single mpeg file from a collection of vob files in one step. I sure wish it worked for me! | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 24 03:45 | ||||
| Ok. Upload the files to ftp://BetaTester:badger@ftp.svcd2dvdmpg.com:7676/201flyer/ and i will investigate.
Thanks. | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 08:25 | ||||
| Chrissyboy,
This might be tricky. The files I've been working with are about 2GB. I'll have to try writing some much smaller files and see if they react the same way. Might get to it tonight! | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 24 11:13 | ||||
| ok.
Thanks. I have been looking at this and am unable to replicate this. I have found some instances where VideoReDo obtains the correct duration where others fail: SVCD2DVD!!, AVICodec, WMP for example. I have also changed the tool to "reset" the PTS on the mpeg. This brings into line other tools which rely on this to deduce the duration, but VideoReDo behaves as it did without this..... I think i would need to see your source vob to go much further. If it helps i have a tool to make samples... which doesn't manipulate the files in anyway. maybe a small portion of the mpeg or vob would be enough to replicate this issue. | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 11:19 | ||||
| That Tool sounds like the ticket. How do I get it?
Happy to give it a try...and I appreciate your trying to help me here! | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 24 13:23 | ||||
| Get it here: makesample.zip.
Should be straight forward to use. Cuts at a GOP end too. See if you can get a sample to replicate the problem - then upload! | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 15:53 | ||||
| I have a sample ready to upload....200MB. Any smaler and I cannot reliable duplicate the problem. But when I click on the ftp address you provided above I can get no further than an hourglass icon and finally a timeout message. Do I need a special program to gain access...This was with internet explorer. Sorry for the trouble!
Just tried Firefox...no problem accessing, but now I'm not sure how to upload my file to you. When I drag the file to your open window Firefox just DLs the file to my desktop. Tried going up 1 level and dragging to the folder icon, but that does not work either. Sorry! I never have tried this before... | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 24 16:52 | ||||
Use IE but to avoid any firewall/router issue make sure that the following is set:
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| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 17:41 | ||||
| Thanks! That was the answer. The file is uploading now.....calculation says 4 hrs+ to upload. My cable service stinks on upload!
The file I'm uploading is about 5 min in length, but when I open it in VideoReDo it shows just slightly over 1 min, and playback freezes at 1 min. This file was originally captured by my Toshiba RD-XS32, then captured directly from the DVD by your program VOB2MPG tool, and then cut with "makesample." | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 21:28 | ||||
| So after 3 hrs, I lost the connection. So I'll try again. I was only able to transfer 50mb.... Is something wrong? | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 22:17 | ||||
| I decided to split up the file...so I'm sending 21 parts. At least if I disconnect again I won't have to start from the beginning. I used HJSPLIT. | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 24 23:01 | ||||
| Man, I'm stumped. I cannot complete even 1 file that is only 10.4MB. It gets to 10.1 and just hangs.
Any ideas what might be going wrong here? I'm going through a linksys router, but no software firewall. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 25 03:24 | ||||
| use smartftp. If the connection drops it will resume your uploads. | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 25 20:53 | ||||
| Thanks for the smartftp program advice. It worked quite well. All 21 parts are uploaded....awaiting your investigation. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 26 04:31 | ||||
| Ok. Thanks. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 26 12:09 | ||||
| I have tried your sample with my ptsfix build and it seems to work.
You can give it a try: http://www.svcd2dvd.com/releases/VOB2MPG_PTSFIX.zip Just put the two files in the same folder. On this build, after the VOB2MPG bit you can then optionally apply the PTS fix to all the mpgs created. It is very rough at the moment, in that there is no progress. If it works for you i will smarten it up somewhat. FYI: The fixing should take around the same time as the first vob2mpg bit. | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 26 16:26 | ||||
| Hello!
Tried....and it workes! Thanks for all of your hard efforts. I do have a question, though. Do you think it would ever be possible to do this in 1 step and not have to write two files? Am I right in guessing that the whole file has to be extracted from the VOB before a time code fix is possible? I did an experiment with Mpeg-Vcr. It will directly extract an mpeg2 file from a vob on a DVD. It is painfully slow (20 min to extract a 1,482MB file), but using the same vob that gives your program a time code problem, there isn't a problem with the file directly written this program. The downside for me is that it is only a single vob file, and not all vobs combined into 1 mpeg file from a particular VTS set. My whole goal here is to be able to "quickly" edit out commercials and re-write a dvd using TMPGEnc DVD Author. Right now there are just too many steps to pretend that it is close to "quick!" Seems either the extraction from the DVD is too slow (Mpeg-Vcr), or the extraction has to move in 2 steps, extract, then rewrite with the correct time code. I think if you can find the answer for a 1 step process there would be more than a few people interested! Thanks again !!! | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 27 04:10 | ||||
| Well that is good news.
I can get you a new build where you have to click just the one button to give you the illusion that it is one step, but you are correct - it is two. | ||||
| 201flyer posted 2005 Feb 27 05:39 | ||||
| Ha, ha, I like that "illusion." Especially if it could do it faster than Mpeg-Vcr, and even more importantly if it would combine all of the vobs in a vts (which Mpeg-Vcr can't do)! I shall be waiting....
So I take it that this tool would only output 1 file, but it would need the disc space to write two files, the first of which would be deleted after fixing the time code? I can imagine having an option box on the tool where one could select "rapid" mode, or "full processing mode" for files that one knows in advance would be troublesome re time code. Even better would be a tool which fixed the time code after each vts set was written. That way a DVD with multiple vts sets actually wouln't take 8+ GB of disc space to process. Or perhaps there could be an option to process one vts set at a time, rather than everything on the dvd. Well I hope you have time to do this. I would be more than happy to donate towards such a finished project! | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Feb 27 06:04 | ||||
| I suspect it would do all of the above.
Leave it with me. | ||||
| nbarzgar posted 2005 May 26 02:59 | ||||
| Hey chrissyboy,
great tool, just tried it, thanks a lot!! :lol: | ||||
| crowmaine posted 2005 Oct 09 19:13 | ||||
Sorry to be a late comer to the party, but use VideoReDo's "QuickStream Fix" Tool. It will correct your timings. It seems that some DVD recorders 'jump' around a lot while recording. These timings are not corrected when the disc is 'finalized'. You can use VRD's "Batch" function to do multiple vts's to mpg's and apply Ad-Detective (to the output to produce .VPrj files). After the batch is set up, you can save the script and run them later! No more CPU idle time while you are away! :) If you get creative, check out VideoReDo's "COM Interface". It will allow you to build a script file to keep you form overworking your mouse finger. Which leads me into my question for Chrissyboy... Chrissyboy, This program is great! :idea: My request is to add a COM interface so it can be scripted with VideoReDo or other apps. Thanks! And thanks again for your wonderful app! What a time saver! Keep coding! | ||||
| jetli68 posted 2005 Oct 30 06:10 | ||||
| i just use dvdycrypter to ripp the vobs into one sngle file then use a converting tool to convert vob file to mpg | ||||
| sunmanking posted 2005 Nov 03 10:43 | ||||
| man,
your tool _rules_!!! it's just what i was looking for. what 208KB can do!!! :) thanks! sunmanking | ||||
| figgehedberg posted 2005 Nov 08 18:47 | ||||
Previous subject in Newbie section. Got recommended to post these querie here.
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| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Nov 09 03:45 | ||||
| Try running the resultant mpeg through VideoReDo's QuickStream Fix. | ||||
| nrmf posted 2005 Nov 14 08:33 | ||||
| anything new on this tool.
thank you for your time and work. | ||||
| smik posted 2005 Nov 14 16:52 | ||||
| I am confused with this program - first of all, I do not get separate mpgs for each vob file, I get one 3.9gb mpg which contains the entire film, runtime 1 hour 42 minutes, named vts_01.mpg.
Secondly, any PC media player displays the vts_01.mpg perfectly, but that's about it. If I try to convert the vts_01.mpg to vcd or svcd in Tmgpenc, all Tmpgenc sees is about 2 minutes of video and that is all it encodes. If I open the file in Avicodec or Mediainfo, it shows 143mbs of video and 3gbs of audio. Not to be redundant, but since the entire film in that file plays in WMP and MPC, then how do I convert it to a standard compliant mpg if all the converter can see is only 2 minutes of the film? Is there a simple program that will extract the mpg from the vob files and give me a useful file to work with? Searching for anything that will convert vob to mpg or at least something useable always brings me back to vob2mpg, which is why I am posting this question here. Thanks for any helpful replies. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Nov 14 17:18 | ||||
You get an mpeg per TitleSet. (i.e per vobset not per vob)
Well have you tried VideoReDo's Quickstream fix on the mpeg from VOB2MPG or have you tried the "PTSFIX version" (http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1237140#1237140)? | ||||
| ChaunceyK posted 2005 Nov 15 14:45 | ||||
| Hiya CB,
Just discovered your tool, and it looks like it could be the goose that lays the golden egg for my needs! Well, one of my many needs. Anyway... I immediately grabbed a dvd & started converting. Nice & fast, 20 minutes is all it took to convert my vob's into 4 mpegs. But I can't do anything with them. Can't watch them with Media Player, can't edit them with TMPGenc Plus or TMPGenc DVD Author (my tools of choice). Have you heard of these problems, any settings maybe that I can change? | ||||
| Jikchung posted 2005 Nov 15 16:24 | ||||
Have you read this thread, including the post above yours? I believe some of that's been covered here. | ||||
| ChaunceyK posted 2005 Nov 15 19:13 | ||||
| Hmmm...after re-reading it all again, I came to the conclusion why I thought the resulting mpegs would be usable for my TMPG programs...
"These can be used in SVCD2DVD" ...I mistook this to mean that SVCD2DVD was *a* program to do something with them, not *THE* program to do something with them. Oops. As for VideoReDo Plus, I've just requested a Trial Key, so when I get it, I'll try it. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Nov 16 14:25 | ||||
| The point here is that several programs can take the output from VOB2MPG as is (SVCD2DVD is just one of them) some can't. It is to do with the timestamps in the mpeg. VideoReDo will fix these for you and so will the PTSFIX version of the tool mentioned earlier. | ||||
| smik posted 2005 Nov 18 15:05 | ||||
Well, all I can say is "duh". I did read the entire thread and did not equate the editing problem with mine. Now I tried the ptsfix and I stand corrected, I got exactly what I wanted, thank you ChrissyBoy!! :D | ||||
| phoenixpharms posted 2005 Nov 20 07:12 | ||||
| Hi, I am a complete newbie. I asked a duplication company to put video on dvd so it could be edited, but they didn't. So I went on line and searched till I found this program. I've now created a mpg file, but it isn't showing the different clips, it plays too fast, how or where do I go from here to create clips? I have roxio and windows movie maker, that's it for programs, can't buy new software. | ||||
| tropicub posted 2005 Nov 27 11:36 | ||||
| Howdy! I am new to this forum. I downloaded and tried VOB2MPG, and I love it! However, I am now running into a problem. When I attempt to convert files, the program now says, "0 VOB sets, 0 minutes" and does not convert anything. If I click the "start" button a second time, the program freezes. I have tried rebooting, but no change. I tried removing the program and doing a fresh download, but no change.
Does anyone have any ideas? I searched the archive for this forum/topic, but did not find a similar problem described. Thanks! Tropicub in Texas | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Nov 27 13:12 | ||||
| Can you show the contents of your VIDEO_TS folder you are trying to process? | ||||
| tropicub posted 2005 Nov 27 21:31 | ||||
| Sorry, I don't know how to do a screen shot of the window showing the folder containing the VOB files. It is the standard conglomeration of files resulting when you render a DVD to the hard drive using DVD decrypter. (I have tried several different files from different movies; all the same result.) The odd thing is that VOB2MPG works fine on my older, slower dumber computer, but is acting strangely on the new one. I am wondering if one of the Windows XP updates is now interfering with the program. Any ideas on how to localize and diagnose the problem? (if you tell me how to capture a screen shot of the contents of the folder, I can do that for you.) Thanks for your help..
Tropicub | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Nov 28 03:29 | ||||
Can you do Start->Run (and paste the following….)
(note the quotes) and then post the contents of the folder.txt file in c:\ Changing c:\path_to_your_VIDEO_TS_folder to suit your situation Thanks | ||||
| funwit posted 2005 Nov 30 11:13 | ||||
| Hey, Chris ... I ripped a dual layer disk "FireFly D1". Created a menu Bmp, Then used Vob2Mpg, the works. The problem I had was it did not write a Video_vts.ifo, said "not a nav-pack" after 87% (The number, but wasn't sure). Even after I reduced the disk. But not when I encoded the last VTS. Is it too long (four hours)? Codec? Some black hole? | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Nov 30 11:16 | ||||
After vob2mpg you get a mpeg file. Not sure why you would expect a Video_vts.ifo file. | ||||
| tropicub posted 2005 Dec 02 13:48 | ||||
| I assure you, the VOB files in my video TS folder are normal VOB files. They convert just fine when using my old computer. The problem is that they will not convert using my snazzy new computer. I am still getting the error message, "0 VOB sets, 0 minutes" when attempting to convert. (see my profile for computer specs)
I have worked around the problem by merely capturing the video using Roxio 7.0, since I do not need the whole VOB file for my project. I just thought you might want to know about this quirk in the VOB2MPG program.... Do you have any other thoughts on the cause/cure? Tropicub | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Dec 04 12:55 | ||||
| Well i just need a bit more info to figure out the cause/cure. A folder listing would have been my first clue to work on.... | ||||
| funwit posted 2005 Dec 05 11:24 | ||||
| Chris, Thank you for replying. But, I used vob2mpg to make assets for svcd2dvd. The some 4hrs of episodes 1-4 did not complete in svcd2dvd. I noticed, said "not a nav-pack", but more in the svcd2dvd authored set, there was all the processing, 1-4 hrs, but no ... no video_ts.ifo (typo). So, it's a bug report. I tried, a few settings, but this DVD has a problem of doing that. | ||||
| wwjd posted 2005 Dec 05 11:31 | ||||
| ChrissyBoy,
I have been using VOB2MPEG for a month or so now and it works great! Thanks! | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Dec 05 15:16 | ||||
ok. Can you post or email me your SVCD2DVD log please? | ||||
| Bizuser posted 2005 Dec 06 17:15 | ||||
| vob2mpg (with the timecode fix addition, PTSFIX) has managed to convert some VOBs I've ripped that other tools can't handle - so that's great. I did notice, however, that there is a slight delay between audio and video on the resultant file (classic 'lip synch' problem). Not much, but enough to notice. I verified that the original VOB does not exhibit this synch problem.
If I DON'T use the PTSFIX version, the resultant MPEG file is totally unusable; I can load it into TMPGEnc DVD Author, but it has a totally incorrect duration - DVD Author shows it as a 10 hour duration. I can 'play' it in (eg) Intervideo WinDVD, but I can't use the slider to move through the files. PTSFIX version seems to clean this up 'perfectly', in that the resultant MPG file now shows with the correct duration (about 1hr 20m), and can be played, and manipulated, in many different players and tools - but ... as I said ... it has a very slight audio / video synch problem. If I use (eg) Womble MPEG-VCR to demux the audio and video from the original VOB, the audio file produced has a 'delay' amount specified in the filename (~200ms). Could there be anything in the vob2mpg process that could be thrown by this fact? That is ... does vob2mpg perhaps demux the audio and video separately, then re-mux them together into one MPG file? I notice that in Womble MPEG-VCR, I can optionally specify an audio delay when re-muxing audio and video. I also notice that if I build a DVD (TMPGEnc DVD Author) from the de-muxed video and audio files, the resultant DVD also exhibits the audio/video synch problem. I don't think DVD Author has the ability to specify a delay between audio and video. My current plan is to demux the original VOB to audio/video files using Womble; 'fix' the video using GOP Fixer in womble; re-mux the audio/video in womble, using the audio offset feature; then author to DVD using DVD Author ... a lengthy and tedious process! I notice the 'log' from the 'fix' process has about 10 entries like this one: 18:45:07: error, non monotone timestamps 7174167 >= 0 So - what am I asking - does anyone have any similar experinces to this one - audio/video synch issues in converted MPG files, and if so, does anyone have a solution? Also - I note that in PTSFIX version, it looks like you are spawning off a call to 'ffmpeg.exe'. I can see the possible syntax of the program by issuing 'ffmpeg -h' at the dos prompt, but it would be interesting to know what parameters you are passing it, so I might be able to use it standalone. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Dec 06 17:26 | ||||
| Mmm. Thanks for the in depth post. Yes ffmpeg is used but it is an old version! I should indeed revisit this tool & update everything. What would be extremely helpful is if you could get the a/v sync issue vob(s) to me? Can you put them somewhere for me to grab or can you upload them to my ftp?
Also is the a/v sync "after the join" or right from the beginning? | ||||
| Bizuser posted 2005 Dec 06 21:19 | ||||
| Thanks for your interest! I will try to get you a VOB that exhibits the problem that is not quite as big as the current one!
The a/v synch issue is very hard to spot; this is a concert dvd of renaissance polyphony, and it's extremely hard to 'tie' the sound to the image - all the voices are going off at different times, and it's only after many viewings that I'm now getting familiar with which voices tie to which faces! But I could point you to one timestamp, perhaps, and you may see the issue at hand. It's just not the easiest of pieces to 'verify'! To your question - 'after the join' - not sure what you mean. The concert is 1.5 hours long. I used dvdDecrypter to create the VOB, and (to eliminate other issues) I created it as a single VOB that is about 3.7 gig in size. Note that the fundamental reason for starting this exercise was to get a 'single angle' version of the concert, since it was recorded using multiple angles, and my two set-top dvd players both have issues with multi-angle material. Thus, I used dvdDecrypter in IFO mode to get the data off the DVD, selecting only angle 2. I chose to make one big vob because I was trying to see if DVD Author would author the vob's 'as is', and it didn't seem to handle multiple files well, so I turned off file splitting in dvdDecrypter. The specific 'synch' problem I saw was about 30 minutes into the concert, in 'chapter 6' I think. As I mentioned, I separately used the demux feature of dvd decrypter to split out the video and audio, and did 'file split' by chapter - so I ended up with video and audio files for 'each' chapter. Each chapter's audio files had a 'delay' spec in it's name (eg, -221 ms), EXCEPT the first - chapter 1. So chapter 1 had zero delay, chapters 1 through 15 had the same/similar -221 delay. I mention this in case it's of use. =============== Update ... I just did another test - extracted chapters 1, 2, 3 - angle 2 only (with DVDDecrypter). I then ran the VOB through vob2mpg, ptsfix version. The PTSFix version has some 'bad frames' in it (when viewed frame by frame). The non-PTSFix version loads into both DVD Author and WinDVD player, and plays, but shows as having a duration of only 20 seconds - even though it's about 8 minutes. Using the 'slider' in the player or author will only progress me to the 20 second mark (but it will play pas this point). I noticed the 'bad frames' first when playing the file - some horrendous scene transitions (it's like the scene is melting!). Playing frame by frame in DVD Author I noticed very odd frames at the scene transition at 1:20. It's as if the GOP is totally messed up. I verified that the original does not exhibit this problem. (update, 8am PT 2005 12 07) I uploaded the VOB to the FTP site, along with the ptsfix log; see the 'bad' frame at 1:20. VOB created by DVDDecrypter in IFO mode, angle 2 only, chapters 1,2,3 selected (to keep it small). (I know the original problem I mentioned was synch, but in the process of trying to get a smaller sample to send, I ran into this issue, and assume they are related). Thanks! | ||||
| funwit posted 2005 Dec 07 12:16 | ||||
| Hi Chris, The log isn't helpful ... It does the whole bit and the states Done Processing Authored ... The "not a nav-pack" is an isolated uncaught exception, in a dialog pop-up at the last second. The authored set does not have a video_ts.ifo. DVD Shrink doesn't see what it can use to iso this set. I wonder ... the menu ? | ||||
| Jikchung posted 2005 Dec 07 12:54 | ||||
Is this the progress window or the actual log? The log is found in the 'Logs" folder in the dirctory that SVC2DVD is installed in. | ||||
| Bizuser posted 2005 Dec 08 17:38 | ||||
| Following on from my previous post (two posts back!), I've done more work on this, still getting strange results.
Since my last two posts, I've downloaded the trial version of VideoRedo, and used it's 'QuickStream fix' to see if that helps. It yields quite different results, but still not trouble free. I start with my VOB, which is a DVDDecrypter IFO rip of a commercial DVD, selecting angle 2 only (Chapters 1-3 to keep size small for now). I run the same VOB through both VOB2MPG, VOB2MPG_PTSFIX, and VedeoReDo's QuickStream Fix tool. 1) The original VOB, and the vob2mpg output behave the same. Both files load in TMPGEng dvd author with a vastly incorrect time duration (20 seconds instead of 8 min 47 sec). Loads in womble Mpeg-vcr with an incorrect time duration of about 5 min 20 sec instead of 8 min 47 sec. Moving forward, then backwards, throught the video yields very serious problems - slider won't slide backwards smoothly. Loads in VideoReDo withe a duration of 2:34 instead of 8 min 47 sec. Note, this vob has been posted to the ftp server. 2) the vob2mpg-ptsfix version of the output loads in TMPGEnc dvd author with an appropriate timestamp of 8 min 47 sec. But the video has issues; at the 1 min 20 sec mark, frame numbers 2391 to 2405 are 'weird' - appear as if 'melting'. In mpg-vcr, loads with a duration of 8 min 48 sec (1 sec longer!), and also exhibits the 'melting' appearance at the 1min 20 sec transition. In videoReDo, loads with duration of 8 min 48 secs, and does NOT exhibit the 'melting' appearance at 1:20, but ... displays frames with non-sequential timestamps - very odd. If you click the 'next frame' button repeatedly, the timestamp will go (eg) 1:19:9, 1:19:10, 1:19:11, 1:10:9; 1:19;13, 1:19:14; 1:19:12; ..16; ...17; ...15; ...19; ...20; ...18; ....21; 1:20:05 (when the next frame starts). 3) the videoRedo version of the output held the most promise ... loads in TMPGEnc dvd author with a timestamp of 8min 46 sec (2 secs shorter than prev. version!). The frames at the 1:20 mark are just fine, and this section of the video now plays fine. It loads in womble with the same duration - 8:46, and appears fine there too at the 1:20 point. It also loads in Video ReDo with the 8:46 duration, and plays (within ReDo) through the 1:20 mark just fine. Encouraged by this, I ripped the whole piece (1hr. 20 mins) and ran the vob through Video ReDo, and burned the result to DVD, and played it - with much anticipation. Sadly, it froze at a certain point in the process, on my set-top player, and I had to power it down to recover! I'm going to investigate why the freeze occurred ... could be a freak occurrence, but it's a bit ominus! I also noticed one short piece where the movement was definitely not 'smooth'. So the saga continues. Bottom line is, vob2mpg with ptsfix generates a different result from videoReDo, and neither one seems to be able to correct whatever problem I have - which is I'm sure related to the fact I'm pulling just one angle from the source. | ||||
| oldfart13 posted 2005 Dec 11 23:14 | ||||
| VERY NICE! This will accept the VOB sets created with the Liteon DVD recorder and spit out Mpegs that can be further processed. I was using a combination of programs but I can now shelve those. Well done! | ||||
| T AL Z posted 2005 Dec 12 12:30 | ||||
| I used BOB2MPG to take one of my short films off a DVD. It converted it to a movie file which plays in various players. However, I want to change the resolution of the file to be smaller (for internet use) to 320 x 240. But, when I import the file in Premiere it does not bring in the visual -- it only brings in the audio. Anyone know how to fix this?
Also, another note, the MPG file I grabbed with VOB2MPG does not play the audio in Windows Media Player. And, the file, does not play in Quicktime as it states it is not a movie file. This seems strange, as it is a MPG file. However, the file created by VOB2MPG does play with visual and audio in other players (i.e. WinAmp). I am not sure if this is related to the first problem I explained. Anyway, any help would be appreciated. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2005 Dec 12 12:33 | ||||
| v2 may give you better results:
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=287031 No audio in WMP could be due to the fact that the audio is AC3. Try installing AC3Filter. | ||||
| T AL Z posted 2005 Dec 12 18:11 | ||||
The AC3 filter did solve the no audio problem in WMP. Thanks. I used v2 and the mpg file that it created filled half the film with only static as the audio. I tried it twice, but no luck. I imported the v2 file in Premiere just to check. And it is the same, it imports only the audio (and is silent for the static parts). | ||||
| Bizuser posted 2005 Dec 16 13:12 | ||||
| Since I posted so much info above, wanted to give an update, 'for the record'. I finally gave up trying to use dvdDecrypter to rip just the one angle, followed by vob2Mpeg (and/or other methods, described above).
I ended up biting the bullet and learning IFOEdit; I used dvdDecrypter to rip the whole DVD to hard drive (file mode), then used IFOEdit to 'strip' the angle I wanted. This yielded a 'perfect' output - no synch issues, no jumps and jerks, etc. The process was 'interesting', and the IFOEdit guides are not the easiest to follow (not many people need to rip angles, I'm guessing) but nonetheless it worked, and I learned a whole lot in hte process. It looks like, to me, that DVDDecrypter is not doing a good job of ripping angles, and thus, the 'starting point' I was using above - the 'input' to VOB2MPEG - was not good - so, garbage in, garbage out! My source was also pretty complex, I think - once I dug into the weeds with IFOEdit, I could see very complex interleaved angles. 80% of the movie was multi-angled, with odd bits here and there single-angle. So there were multiple consecutive vob id/cells for each angle, and it seems that the 'problem spots' I described above corresponded to the various points in the movie were it switched from no angles to angles, and/or transitions from one vob id to the next. I suspect that very few movies out there use angles to this degree. Anyway - I may NOW use VOB2MPEG on the CONVERTED version, because I'm still not happy with the DVD's native menu structure; I'd rather build my own, and for that, I'd rather use TMPGEnc DVD Author, which lets me do simple menus. Thanks for all the help! | ||||
| T AL Z posted 2005 Dec 20 14:20 | ||||
Any ideas on this one? I imported another VOB file from a different DVD and the movie clip file works. But Premiere will still not import the file. It only brings in the audio (which in this case silence as it was a silent film). I may try to convert the file generated with VOB2MPG to another form (avi?). Is there a good program for this? I also find it weird that the 'mpg' file created with VOB2MPG will not open with Quicktime. Am I missing something? Any help figuring out how to get this file off the DVD into Premiere for resizing (smaller for internet use) please let me know. | ||||
| liftmanj posted 2006 Jan 03 21:42 | ||||
| I love vob2mpg. It seems to be the answer to my problems. I want to convert VOB files to mpg so I can cut them and order them like I want on a DVD. The only problem is that I can't hear any audio. What am I doing wrong? | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Jan 04 02:42 | ||||
| Is the audio AC3? Have you got your PC setup to play AC3? Maybe AC3filter will help. | ||||
| liftmanj posted 2006 Jan 04 17:53 | ||||
| I now have a mini dvd from my camcorder. I tried to join the vobs and convert them to an mpg file with this program but it just gave me 4 separate mpgs. What am I doing wrong? | ||||
| liftmanj posted 2006 Jan 04 22:59 | ||||
| One more thing ChrissyBoy. When I try to split my resulting mpg into multiple parts, I lose the audio. Do you have any suggestions? I'm using Tmpgenc to split it. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Jan 05 10:40 | ||||
| Try VideoReDo to do this - it may be that tmpgenc won't deal with AC3... | ||||
| oldfart13 posted 2006 Jan 10 10:36 | ||||
| liftmanj - I am using Womble Mpeg Video Wizard to split files created by Vob2Mpg from my Liteon 5001 DVD recorder and it doesn't lose the sync at all. Try that program and get back to us... | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 04:42 | ||||
| Hi! Can anybody help me. I have converted the VOB files within one directory to one mpg file. The picture is perfect but the sound is terrible. What have I done wrong? :( | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 28 04:54 | ||||
| Can you post your log file? | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 04:56 | ||||
| included is the log file
vob2mpg-20060426154407.txt | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 28 05:08 | ||||
| Can you used the attached tool (MakeSample) to make me a sample. Then can you email it to me and I'll take a look. (It looks like the audio bitrate is silly)
makesample.zip | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 05:12 | ||||
| the link does not work
http://makesample.zip/ | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 28 05:19 | ||||
| try now | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 05:23 | ||||
| clip mailed 54s long I hope it is enougth. | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 05:32 | ||||
| something is wrong with my e-mail, do you have MSN | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 28 07:59 | ||||
| Samples recieved. Sound seems fine... Does the samples exhibit the same problem at your end? Is the audio issue on the PC or DVD player or both? | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 08:07 | ||||
| Sample of VOB works fine but not sample of mpg file. The sound is bad on my PC and my multimedia HD | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 28 09:04 | ||||
| what if you play the mpg with MPC? | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 09:15 | ||||
| the mpg works with MPC, why? | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 28 10:42 | ||||
| I suspect that it was an issue with the application you were using in the first instance. What was it: WMP? | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 28 12:37 | ||||
| real player, nero show time and windows media player. Strange is that it still does not work on my multimedia HD. Thats way I would like to know way so that I can get it working for my HD. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 30 05:22 | ||||
| What is your "multimedia HD"? Also are you a SVCD2DVD registered user? | ||||
| mecki72 posted 2006 Apr 30 05:41 | ||||
| My multimedia HD is an Iomega ScreenPlay Pro 200GB.
No I am not SVCD2DVD registered user. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Apr 30 07:18 | ||||
| Ok I will take a look at that bit of kit.
Pity as you could just run the mpg through S2D to change the audio. Email me and i will do you a special build to output AC3 when i get a chance. | ||||
| jgombos posted 2006 Oct 05 10:29 | ||||
| This tool is just what I need, but it only works part of the time for me because it needs large amounts of memory, and the underlying ffmpeg fails when there's a shortage.
I need an alternative to VOB2MPG that can operate with 128MB physical ram, and ~512MB virtual ram, running XP Pro. Any suggestions? BTW- I searched the tool library for "VOB to MPG" in tool features (strangely, VOB2MPG didn't show up), and the following tools were listed: MediaCoder, SUPER, TMPGEnc, TMPGEnc Plus, TMPGEnc Xpress, Total Video Converter It doesn't look like any of them have the simplicity of VOB2MPG, and I'm setting this up for a user that will get confused when dealing with multiple split VOB files. | ||||
| guvenck posted 2006 Nov 04 12:17 | ||||
| Hi, thanks for this handy tool. I appreciate your efforts in delivering such a nice tool for free. Keep up the good work. I have a question for you: MPG output files created from a NTSC DVD are unfortunately interlaced. Is there a chance to put a deinterlace filter option to this tool? | ||||
| gfrobe posted 2006 Nov 12 17:24 | ||||
| Hi Chrissyboy. Just tried converting a video-ts folder containing 3.65gb of VOBs and all it gave me was a 6mb MPEG containing only about 30 seconds of my footage. Can you help?
The contents of my TS folder is: Directory of F:\Video DVD\VIDEO_TS 12/11/2006 17:40 <DIR> . 12/11/2006 17:40 <DIR> .. 12/11/2006 20:15 12,288 VIDEO_TS.BUP 12/11/2006 20:15 12,288 VIDEO_TS.IFO 01/01/2000 00:00 655,360 VIDEO_TS.VOB 12/11/2006 20:15 108,544 VTS_01_0.BUP 12/11/2006 20:15 108,544 VTS_01_0.IFO 01/01/2000 00:00 827,260,928 VTS_01_1.VOB 01/01/2000 00:00 827,260,928 VTS_01_2.VOB 12/11/2006 23:23 827,260,928 VTS_01_3.VOB 01/01/2000 00:00 827,260,928 VTS_01_4.VOB 01/01/2000 00:00 827,326,464 VTS_01_5.VOB 10 File(s) 4,137,267,200 bytes 2 Dir(s) 25,857,253,376 bytes free Thanks. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Nov 12 17:48 | ||||
| Can you attach your log file for this run? (Log files are kept in the "logs" folder under where you installed the program) | ||||
| gfrobe posted 2006 Nov 13 02:04 | ||||
| Hi, log is attached.
Thanks. vob2mpg-20061112225623.txt | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Nov 13 03:36 | ||||
| Where are these files from? Comercial DVD? Homebrew DVD? DVD Recorder? | ||||
| gfrobe posted 2006 Nov 13 07:50 | ||||
| They were made by a Philips DVD recorder directly from analog VHSC tapes. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Nov 13 07:56 | ||||
| Well i would use FixVTS on the VIDEO_TS folder first as it does indeed look non standard. (hence the question). Then try again. Please let me know how you get on. | ||||
| Jikchung posted 2006 Nov 13 08:15 | ||||
| @ gfrobe
I had the same issue from a similar source. As ChrissyBoy said, FixVTS cleared it right up. IF that doesn't work try ripping the disc with RipIt4Me, that has worked for me as well in similar cases. | ||||
| gfrobe posted 2006 Nov 13 09:29 | ||||
| Thanks. FixVTS worked and I now have a 3.6gb mpg. One further question though. I'm now trying to import the video into Windows Movie Maker and I get one large clip with audio only and no picture. Is the output of VOB2MPG incompatible? I read the thread and tried doing a Quickstream fix with VideoReDo hoping this would solve it but no luck.
Thanks again for all your help. | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Nov 13 11:21 | ||||
| Do you have a mpeg2 codec? | ||||
| gfrobe posted 2006 Nov 13 11:42 | ||||
| Yes and video plays fine using Windows Media Player. Just doesn't work in Movie Maker.
I realize this may be a limitation of Movie Maker and not a problem with the file so will continue to google for an answer. Any suggestions are appreciated though. Thanks. | ||||
| Angler posted 2006 Nov 17 19:23 | ||||
| This tool would be just incredible if it worked properly.
I'm getting the static issue too. But, it's totally inconsistent. When I pull the merged mpeg into ulead editor, the beginning starts off fine, then the sound just gets awful. Total static. But, this is what's weird. I separated the audio from the video in ulead, and saved the audio as a .wav. The whole wav file was fine???? Hope this helps. | ||||
| netarc posted 2006 Nov 18 13:50 | ||||
| Hi, Chris ... a question for you re: VOB2MPGs output .. you mentioned in the original post that it "goes through a whole VIDEO_TS folder and joins up the various vobsets to produce mpgs for the different titles."
Does this mean that _each_ title is assigned a discrete MPG file, or is will the created MPG files correspond to the original VOB file. For instance, say I have a VOB that contains three titles (chapters) ... will the VOB2MPG's output be three MPG files, or a single one? Reason I ask - I have a series of toon DVDs, for which I'd like to extract my favorites and play directly from HD (w/o having to access the DVD menu, etc) ... been doing this by ripping to HD and then using DVDShrink in reauthor mode, then pulling the title VOB out and translating to MPG - but it sounds like your tool may save me a step or two, if it's output is based upon titles/chapters, rather than originating VOB? | ||||
| dancelaw posted 2006 Dec 01 14:13 | ||||
| Hi, VOB2MPG worked great and quickly converted my vob file to a movie file. When I played it on Windows Media Player and Winamp, it played fine as long as I didn't move through the video using the slider. If I fast forwarded or rewinded, the audio would become a loud static noise. The noise would only go away if I started the video from the beginning. Is there any way to alleviate this problem? I appreciate your input. Thanks. | ||||
| jhnyutah posted 2006 Dec 07 20:04 | ||||
| I am having the same problem with my fancy new computer and all the latest updates. Most of the time Vob2mpg converts about half the movie. Occasionally I get the ffmpeg.exe error needs to close etc. Previously I had no problem converting dozens of ripped dvds for streaming to my Xbox 360. Only thing I can think of is Window Media Player 11.
When I use ImTOO Platinum I can convert whole movie, to Mpeg2 and Mpeg1. Mpeg2 won't play on WMP11 (only audio), but will play on WMP 6 classic (audio and video) and on xbox 360. When I convert to Mpeg1 it plays on WMP11 and Xbox 360. Vob2mpg was awesome and I used it almost every day. Rip, convert and stream. What gives. I have seen a few other recent post on the internet, but no cause or solutions. Oh yes I have tried 5 different rippers and it doesn't matter. I even tried converting some of my old ripped dvds vobs that I already have Mpegs for from the good old days and they won't convert completely either. Thanks, Johnny | ||||
| eegah posted 2006 Dec 17 08:49 | ||||
| VOB2MPG doesn't work on large files for me. On my main movie vobs, which are about 4.5GB total, it takes forever and eventually ffmpeg dies, leaving a partial mpg file. Another vob set that is about 700MB works perfectly fine. I tried upping my virtual memory, but it didn't help.
Any ideas? | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Dec 18 03:19 | ||||
| Can you post your log file? Log files are kept in the logs filder under where you installed the program. | ||||
| eegah posted 2006 Dec 18 08:47 | ||||
| The log file was 84MB due to a huge amount of buffer underflow messages, so I deleted most of those. I made a note in the file.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/eegah/vob2mpg-20061216161953-edit.txt Thanks for your help! | ||||
| Lolybina posted 2006 Dec 19 07:31 | ||||
| Hi there Chrissy Boy,
I have converted my VOB files using VOB2MPG - was quick and super straight forward. however, when I try importing the newly converted MPG files into Premiere, only the Audio appears - there is no visual. Is there a setting I need to be aware of to rectify this? Or do I first need to treat the original VOB somehow before converting it? I have been able to play the new MPGS in Media PLayer without a hitch. Please help me - I need to use the footage urgently for a project I am creating for work and am SUPER stuck! Thank you - Lolybina | ||||
| Jikchung posted 2006 Dec 19 07:56 | ||||
| I am not familiar with Premiere, but is it possible that you need to demux the file for use? | ||||
| Lolybina posted 2006 Dec 19 08:48 | ||||
| Hi there KikChung - thank you for responding, but I am not familiar with demux...what is it and what does it do? How does it work?
Thank you lolybina | ||||
| Jikchung posted 2006 Dec 19 08:53 | ||||
| Demuxing is separating the file into its separate component parts - audio and video. The simplest tool I have used for this is TmpgEnc (under 'mpeg tools'). Your help section or manual for premiere should tell you whether you need to demux or not... have you used mpg video in premiere before?
If you are simply wanting to edit and combine the mpgs, I would recommend VideoRedo for simplicity and function. | ||||
| Lolybina posted 2006 Dec 19 09:02 | ||||
| Thank you - I will try it out! | ||||
| eegah posted 2006 Dec 22 06:55 | ||||
ChrissyBoy: I haven't heard back from you, so I assume that you didn't have any luck? | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2006 Dec 22 07:39 | ||||
| Well it would seem that it is having problems with the input (VTS_01_1.VOB). Could you search this forum for "makesample" and use that tool to send me (via email) a 5MB sample of that file? | ||||
| NotSoEasy posted 2007 Jan 13 02:11 | ||||
| For whatever reason, I cant get this program to work.
I load my .VOB file and click start and it finishes it in .01 seconds with no results.I have .net 1.1 and 2.0 installed so I know it isn't that. I have emailed you a sample with subject name VERY FAST | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2007 Jan 13 13:05 | ||||
| "I load my .VOB file " - do you mean your VIDEO_TS folder? Can you attach your log file? Log files are created in the logs filder under where you installed the program. | ||||
| NotSoEasy posted 2007 Jan 13 20:31 | ||||
| No.I do not have a VIDEO_TS folder because I only have one file and it is a .vob
This is a DVD file that has no menu or anything, just strictly the show in a single .vob vob2mpg-20070113182807.txt | ||||
| bobbel posted 2007 Jan 14 03:41 | ||||
Same "problem" if u only have one VOB file. It's easy to get around it: Rename that VOB to MPG. SVCD2DVD will be able to process it. :) bobbel | ||||
| farmwald posted 2007 Mar 04 23:32 | ||||
| I think that VOB2MPG 2.3 fails on VOB files greater than about 2GB.
I have a directory of .VOB files (produced by DVDShrink). If I use VOB2MPG on the directory, the files of size 2,003,896 KB and 2,036, 424 KB work fine; while the other files (the smallest of which is 2,122,124 KB) produce 0 length outputs. I can reproduce this on other directories. Thanks. | ||||
| Freddys74 posted 2007 Apr 05 21:36 | ||||
| Why do you convert Vob files whit a program !!!!
U don´t need any program. Just rename your .vob file to .mpg, it works perfect. (and u have audio too) Ex. : videofile.VOB (rename) videofile.mpg Good luck.... / Per (from SWEDEN) | ||||
| texas1 posted 2007 Apr 13 11:11 | ||||
| I use VOB Blanker to get the cells I want so that the entire dvd does not have to be converted. This worked very nicely the first time as I was working with only a 92MB VOB and converted to MPEG.
Second time around however on a different VOB (114MB) , it just goes thru it in 1 second and nothing is created. I've rebooted, uninstalled, rebooted, installed and still the same. I have not changed anything that I know of. what am I doing wrong? do in need something? | ||||
| ChrissyBoy posted 2007 Apr 13 11:14 | ||||
| Can you post your log? (Log files are kept in the "logs" folder under where you installed the program) | ||||
| mats.hogberg posted 2007 Apr 13 11:20 | ||||
To get a real mpg from a VOB, VOB2MPG is an indispensible tool. /Mats | ||||
| texas1 posted 2007 Apr 13 11:36 | ||||
| CB,
this log is from 2 unsuccessfulattempts . The first is from Folder "1" which was actually successful yesterday and contained the 92MB file. The second is from folder "2" and also not successful. Output folder "cowboys". ******************************************************************** ************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************ ******************************************************************** ***************************** VOB2MPG ***************************** Name: VOB2MPG Title: Version: 2.3.0.0 Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe Executable size: 640 KB Executable size in bytes: 655360 Executable CreationTime: 3/14/2006 11:49:26 PM Executable LastWriteTime: 3/14/2006 11:49:26 PM Executable LastAccessTime: 4/13/2007 5:32:59 PM ****************************** Drives ******************************* DeviceID: C: FileSystem: NTFS Size: 57.2 GB FreeSpace: 42.4 GB DeviceID: D: FileSystem: NTFS Size: 4.01 GB FreeSpace: 3.99 GB ******************************************************************** ********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ******************** ******************************************************************** ********************** Input Folder ******************* 11:33:13: Volume in drive C has no label. 11:33:13: Volume Serial Number is BC0F-321C 11:33:13: Directory of C:\1 11:33:13: 04/13/2007 11:25 AM <DIR> . 11:33:13: 04/13/2007 11:25 AM <DIR> .. 11:33:13: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 97,579,008 earl ricky.VOB 11:33:13: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 14,336 VIDEO_TS.BUP 11:33:13: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 14,336 VIDEO_TS.IFO 11:33:13: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 57,344 VIDEO_TS.VOB 11:33:13: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 22,528 VTS_01_0.BUP 11:33:13: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 22,528 VTS_01_0.IFO 11:33:13: 6 File(s) 97,710,080 bytes 11:33:13: 2 Dir(s) 45,567,709,184 bytes free 11:33:13: C:\1> ********************** Output Folder ******************* 11:33:13: Volume in drive C has no label. 11:33:13: Volume Serial Number is BC0F-321C 11:33:13: Directory of C:\cowboys 11:33:13: 04/13/2007 11:30 AM <DIR> . 11:33:13: 04/13/2007 11:30 AM <DIR> .. 11:33:13: 0 File(s) 0 bytes 11:33:13: 2 Dir(s) 45,567,709,184 bytes free 11:33:13: C:\cowboys> ******************************************************************** ************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************ ******************************************************************** ***************************** VOB2MPG ***************************** Name: VOB2MPG Title: Version: 2.3.0.0 Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe Executable size: 640 KB Executable size in bytes: 655360 Executable CreationTime: 3/14/2006 11:49:26 PM Executable LastWriteTime: 3/14/2006 11:49:26 PM Executable LastAccessTime: 4/13/2007 5:32:59 PM ****************************** Drives ******************************* DeviceID: C: FileSystem: NTFS Size: 57.2 GB FreeSpace: 42.4 GB DeviceID: D: FileSystem: NTFS Size: 4.01 GB FreeSpace: 3.99 GB ******************************************************************** ********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ******************** ******************************************************************** ********************** Input Folder ******************* 11:33:26: Volume in drive C has no label. 11:33:26: Volume Serial Number is BC0F-321C 11:33:26: Directory of C:\2 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 11:12 AM <DIR> . 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 11:12 AM <DIR> .. 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 10:46 AM 14,336 VIDEO_TS.BUP 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 10:46 AM 14,336 VIDEO_TS.IFO 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 10:46 AM 57,344 VIDEO_TS.VOB 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 10:46 AM 22,528 VTS_01_0.BUP 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 10:46 AM 22,528 VTS_01_0.IFO 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 10:46 AM 116,903,936 VTS_01_1.VOB 11:33:26: 6 File(s) 117,035,008 bytes 11:33:26: 2 Dir(s) 45,567,725,568 bytes free 11:33:26: C:\2> ********************** AV Details ******************* file=C:\2\VTS_01_1.VOB FormatName=mpeg Num_Frames=752 DurationInSecs=25 Duration=00:00:25.1 VideoCodec=mpeg2video Width=704 Height=480 Standard=NTSC BitRate=37225 AudioStreamCount=1 Audio1StreamID=[0x80] Audio1SampleRate=0 Audio1Codec=ac3 Audio1BitRate=0 Audio1Channels=0 ************************ END ************************ 11:33:26: FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard 11:33:26: configuration: --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads 11:33:26: libavutil version: 49.0.0 11:33:26: libavcodec version: 51.4.0 11:33:26: libavformat version: 50.2.1 11:33:26: built on Mar 14 2006 17:24:07, gcc: 3.4.4 (mingw special) 11:33:26: Input #0, mpeg, from 'multi:C:\2\VTS_01_1.VOB*': 11:33:26: Duration: 00:00:25.1, start: 0.178022, bitrate: 37225 kb/s 11:33:26: Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x480, 300 kb/s 11:33:26: Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3 11:33:26: Assuming NTSC for target. 11:33:26: Output #0, dvd, to 'C:\cowboys\VTS_01.mpg': 11:33:26: Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x480, q=2-31, 300 kb/s 11:33:26: Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3 11:33:26: Stream mapping: 11:33:26: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 11:33:26: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1 11:33:26: [dvd @ 0069DF34]sample rate not set 11:33:26: Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?) ********************** Output Folder ******************* 11:33:26: Volume in drive C has no label. 11:33:26: Volume Serial Number is BC0F-321C 11:33:26: Directory of C:\cowboys 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 11:33 AM <DIR> . 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 11:33 AM <DIR> .. 11:33:26: 04/13/2007 11:33 AM 0 VTS_01.mpg 11:33:26: 1 File(s) 0 bytes 11:33:26: 2 Dir(s) 45,567,721,472 bytes free 11:33:26: C:\cowboys> | ||||
| texas1 posted 2007 Apr 13 11:37 | ||||
| CB,
this log is from the successful attempt on Folder "1" (92mb) from yesterday, Output is "New Folder" ******************************************************************** ************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************ ******************************************************************** ***************************** VOB2MPG ***************************** Name: VOB2MPG Title: Version: 2.3.0.0 Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\VOB2MPG\VOB2MPG.exe Executable size: 640 KB Executable size in bytes: 655360 Executable CreationTime: 3/14/2006 11:49:26 PM Executable LastWriteTime: 3/14/2006 11:49:26 PM Executable LastAccessTime: 4/13/2007 1:24:56 AM ****************************** Drives ******************************* DeviceID: C: FileSystem: NTFS Size: 57.2 GB FreeSpace: 42.6 GB DeviceID: D: FileSystem: NTFS Size: 4.01 GB FreeSpace: 3.99 GB ******************************************************************** ********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ******************** ******************************************************************** ********************** Input Folder ******************* 19:25:31: Volume in drive C has no label. 19:25:31: Volume Serial Number is BC0F-321C 19:25:31: Directory of C:\1 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:25 PM <DIR> . 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:25 PM <DIR> .. 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 14,336 VIDEO_TS.BUP 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 14,336 VIDEO_TS.IFO 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 57,344 VIDEO_TS.VOB 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 22,528 VTS_01_0.BUP 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 22,528 VTS_01_0.IFO 19:25:31: 04/12/2007 07:10 AM 97,579,008 VTS_01_1.VOB 19:25:31: 6 File(s) 97,710,080 bytes 19:25:31: 2 Dir(s) 45,822,296,064 bytes free 19:25:31: C:\1> ********************** AV Details ******************* file=C:\1\VTS_01_1.VOB FormatName=mpeg Num_Frames=-2147483648 DurationInSecs=-2147483648 Duration=-577014:-32:-22.-7 VideoCodec=mpeg2video Width=704 Height=480 Standard=NTSC BitRate=0 AudioStreamCount=1 Audio1StreamID=[0x80] Audio1SampleRate=48000 Audio1Codec=ac3 Audio1BitRate=256 Audio1Channels=2 ************************ END ************************ 19:25:33: FFmpeg version CVS, Copyright (c) 2000-2004 Fabrice Bellard 19:25:33: configuration: --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads 19:25:33: libavutil version: 49.0.0 19:25:33: libavcodec version: 51.4.0 19:25:33: libavformat version: 50.2.1 19:25:33: built on Mar 14 2006 17:24:07, gcc: 3.4.4 (mingw special) 19:25:33: Input #0, mpeg, from 'multi:C:\1\VTS_01_1.VOB*': 19:25:33: Duration: N/A, start: 0.178022, bitrate: N/A 19:25:33: Stream #0.0[0x1e0], 29.97 fps(r): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x480, 9558 kb/s 19:25:33: Stream #0.1[0x80]: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s 19:25:33: Assuming NTSC for target. 19:25:33: Output #0, dvd, to 'C:\New Folder\VTS_01.mpg': 19:25:33: Stream #0.0, 29.97 fps(c): Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 704x480, q=2-31, 9558 kb/s 19:25:33: Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 256 kb/s 19:25:33: Stream mapping: 19:25:33: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0 19:25:33: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1 19:25:33: error, non monotone timestamps 156156 >= 16287 19:25:45: frame= 3848 q=19416.7 Lsize= 94288kB time=120.9 bitrate=6388.3kbits/s 19:25:45: video:88641kB audio:3782kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.017772% ********************** Output Folder ******************* 19:25:45: Volume in drive C has no label. 19:25:45: Volume Serial Number is BC0F-321C 19:25:45: Directory of C:\New Folder 19:25:45: 04/12/2007 07:25 PM <DIR> . 19:25:45: 04/12/20 |