Before I bought my DVD burner, I used a program I found on Limewire called DVD Extractor (.10, I think) for OS X to rip a number of DVDs. I just recently purchased a burner and have unsuccessfully tried to burn the extracted VOB file from one of these discs. Here's what I am having trouble finding an answer for... The extractor is a drag and drop application and it saved the contents of the DVD as a single .VOB file. I know the VOB file works, because I can play it using DIVXray and other software and it looks fine. However, when I burn it to a DVD-R or DVD-RW using Toast it doesn't work. I followed the instructions from a number of forums and in Toast selected Other>DVD, placed the .VOB file in a subdirectory called "VIDEO_TS" of the DVD which I named with all caps and underscore. I burnt the disc, and nothing recognizes it...Not Apple DVD player, not my home player. Should I be saving the extracted VOB file as disc image first? As an ISO? On my countless searches for an answer, I saw that a lot of people have a number of files when they extract a DVD...but I have only a single .VOB file, which I know contains all that is needed because I can play it with other Apps. I've looked everywhere for an answer...suggestions? Thanks in advance. Afterthought--should I name the VOB file something specific? The title is just the name of the disc I extracted it from.
Hi chadvirus, If you want regular DVD players to recognize your DVD- R’s, you can’t just make them with toast. You have to use a DVD program like DVD Studio Pro or a free ware like Transcoder. To make fancy DVD’s with titles and menus DVD Studio Pro is the go. You can download it from Limewire, it’s about 25Meg, get at least version 1.5. The program is fairly complicated to use, but it comes with a comprehensive instruction manuel. If your Studio Pro doesn’t come with a serial get the latest Serial Box (also on Limewire). If you just want a movie that plays, no frills or extras I find Transcoder a very good application, it will also recompress a large movie to fit a DVD-R. Get yourself OseX, select the format elementary streams, un-tick all the subtitles and in the audio window un-tick all but the EN (English) soundtrack. You should end up with two files that look something like this TITLE01- ANGLE1.M2V and TITLE01-ANGLE1-AUDIO1.AC3, drag them onto Transcoder (M2V first) in the Processing window tick Multiplex and (Transcode only if the movie is too big for a DVD-R). Press start and you will end up with a folder named DVD, drag it onto toast and burn. If you have trouble with sound sync drop the M2V file on Mpeg Append (there’s a free OS 9 version) before you start making your DVD. You should now have, in affect a home movie you can play any ware, copy it by simply using Disk copy or copy it to a VHS tape.__X_X_X_X_X_[small]Peter The Ripper[/small]
