How to re-structure a DVD movie.

[loco21]

Hello everyone!!

I have a lil problem, i riped the movie 50 first dates in my hard drive. using DVD2SVCD. the rip was fine..i have all the .VOB files, I also have a .IFO file.

Heres all the files.
VTS_09_0.IFO
VTS_09_1.vob
VTS_09_2.vob
VTS_09_3.vob
VTS_09_4.vob
VTS_09_5.vob

Now, i read about the DVD,, it follows a special structure.. suppose to be a Video_TS.IFO & other files...

I also tryed burning only the VOB files directly with NERO, but the DVD disk is not playable with PowerDVD. i guess because of those missing files in the DVD structure.

How can i fix this. is there a way i can copy the movie on DVD & make a playable with PowerDVD & all other DVDPlayers.

Thanks

[Spazmogen]

You can patch the .ifo using IFO Edit.

or use DVD2ONE to extract the main movie (no menu or special features, but chapters are intact).

IFO edit is a free tool.
DVD2ONE is not.

Or try DVDSHRINK to shrink the movie.

Or you can completely re-author the movie using Nero Recode.

Personally, I use DVD Decryptor to rip the whole DVD into an .ISO file.
Mount the ISO into a virtual drive.
Run DVD2ONE to extract only the main movie into a folder.
Burn it with Nero 6.

DVD2ONE makes a compliant file for Nero.

Works every time.

Takes about 40 minutes from start to finish.


DVD2ONE can also shrink the whole DVD to fit onto 1 disc.

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[MediumRare]

The question may be more basic. A video DVD normally contains 2 folders:
- VIDEO_TS
- AUDIO_TS

The AUDIO_TS folder is usually empty. But you have to put your VOB and IFO files in the VIDEO_TS folder and not in the root directory of the Nero (or whatever) project. Nero will automatically create these folders in a DVD-video project.

G

[loco21]

Thanks for the replies apreciate it

BTW, i did put the VOB files & the IFO file in VIDEO_TS folder,, like i said, i dont have the right structure.

Im gonna try IFOedit, see how it works out..

Thanks guys!!

[hoxlund]

Personally, I use DVD Decryptor to rip the whole DVD into an .ISO file.
Mount the ISO into a virtual drive.
Run DVD2ONE to extract only the main movie into a folder.
Burn it with Nero 6

you know dvdshrink can do all that in one step after you hit the backup button

[Spazmogen]

hoxlund:
I've never really used shrink.

I'll have to give it a try. I do have it installed, I've just never run it.