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[Tricksta_]

Okie guys, I have searched all over the web and am getting very
frustrated at this point.

What I am doing is ripping chapters/editing out from Music Video DVD's
with DVD Shrink. In most cases the chapters are set in stone start to
finish, however there have been instances where I must set a start and
finish point and then pull the content off the dvd to a .vob file.

Here is my problem. When I try to compress this in TMPGENC I either get
no audio, or an error saying something is wrong with the audio stream
or if it does compress no audio.

I have tried WINAVI 7.1 and it produces low quality Xvid or Divx files,
with sound. I have yet to find a way for it to use the settings I
specify in the Codec.

I have also heard that DVD Shrink has an issue when you rip the clips
of not creating a proper compliant .VOB file.


Is there a tool(s) out there that anyone uses to rip out sections of a
DVD into a .VOB file, then convert it to a high quality divx/xvid/mpeg2
?


Thanks

Tricksta_

[Ken Maltby]

Why are you so insistent that you have .vob files?
The audio and video, that you are interested in, is inside the
DVD's .vob files, as video and audio streams. The video
is, for sure MPEG; the audio could be of several types
and there are probably several to choose from.

To "rip out sections of a DVD", I use www.VideoReDo.com
but, while it can output .vob, the .mpg file is more practical to
work with. With this or any other program you will want to
select the audio stream to keep/work with.

Once you have the .mpg clips, you might try AutoGK or the
newer Super c by Fever; to convert/encode to a variety of formats
including a pretty good AVC/H264. ( It can even use AAC with
that, if you use .MP4 instead of .AVI)

Luck;
Ken

[Earnest Pimpledorf]

Thanks for the help. I am still a newbie, and your advice helped alot.


Tricksta_

[Ken Maltby]

Ok, I get it now. You are being an annoying "Trickster", and
are not really working on a problem. Even if you had bought
VideoReDo, instead of used the trial period, what you describe
is not how it works.

If your error is when you are compressing the .mpg file that
VideoReDo made, then you should blame the compressing/
encoding program. You didn't try one of the ones I suggested
did you?


If the "Music Video DVDs" are encrypted, then you would
still need to run them through DVD Shrink, first before you do
any editing. In both DVD Shrink and in VideoReDo you had
the option of selecting the audio stream to use, what audio did
you choose?

Luck;
Ken

[Tricksta_]

Well I rippped the .VOB's with VideoRedo, and well when I go to
compress it gives and error stating the file is invalid or something.
Blah. Waste of Money. I even ran AnyDVD in system tray to see if it was
a copy protection issue. NOT. When ya play back the VOB the audio is
loud hissing.

The only method I have found thus far to be able and rip a clean VOB is
DVD SHRINK, then I compress with AVI.NET (which does not seem to give
me much flex on options for xvid or divx compression)

Anyone else have suggestions?

Thanks

[Tricksta_]

Btw there is only 1 Stream - PGC something. It is the only one I have
to choose. Once again I only get static on playback of the .VOBs when I
rip this. Even if I use SHRINK (somehow Avi.net finds a way to correct
it once I compress, but that program is not a preference for me.

[Tricksta_]

hehehe,

Good reply Ken. Sorry to be a pain, and I do appreciate your feedback.
Yes I am using the trial version of VideoRedo, and ripping a music dvd
I own with intent to turn it into an Xvid via one of your suggested
programs.

I possibly might have taken the wrong steps with this program.

I believe I was ripping the material from the DVD itself within V-Redo?
This is an encrypted Music DVD, that is for sure. So 2 questions -

1) Did I get what you said above right when you mentioned If it is an
protected/encrypted DVD then I will first have to rip it with DVD
Shrink, then load the files into V-Redo..and go from there?

2) Is there any guides you know related to this topic, and using
Video-REDO that you are aware of?

Thanks Again for your Feedback,

Tricksta_