Dear Anyone. Got a movie. It started out as an AVI. Converted it to a VOB - no probs. Checked the VOB played properly in VLC, again no problem, whole movie played fine. Tried, with 3 different packages, to convert it to a DVD. Only half of it converts - it thinks it's reached the end of the conversion process after it's done the first 40 minutes! How do I fix the VOB so the WHOLE movie converts, not just the first 40 minutes? I've never come across this problem before - like I say, VLC plays the whole thing so why isn't the whole movie converting? Yours puzzledly - ulricburk the noob.
In general terms means it is in DVD Format. If it is in DVD format, the containing folder (VIDEO_TS) should have .ifo, .bup and (usually) multiple .vob files therein. If that is the case, then using the likes of ImgBurn to burn the folder to DVD disk should get a working movie disk.
Dear Attar. Nope - it hadn't got as far as the chopped-up-for-DVD-disc stage. I use Super DVD Creator. This does everything in 2 stages. Stage 1 converts the AVI (or whatever) to a VOB. Stage 2 converts the VOB to a DVD Disc - THAT'S when you get the empty Audio folder and the Video folder full of bups and ifos and stuff! Super DVD - and 3 other freeware packages, I've bought Super DVD legit - converts it to a solid VOB. That part works fine, with all the packages. It's when you hit the turning-the-solid-VOB-into-a-DVD-setup part that things go pearshaped. One package only gets the first 3 minutes, then comes up JOB DONE. It gives you a DVD folder with 3 minutes of video in, mini BUPS etc. Super DVD creator gets as far as 40 minutes before thinking it's finished - it gives you a DVD folder with 40 minutes, approx. half the film, in as a perfectly constructed DVD. Nothing manages to convert the WHOLE solid VOB into a DVD, although if you play the solid, non-DVD-converted VOB, you get the whole movie. So there can't be a lot wrong or else, surely, the movie wouldn't play at all! Why, when it starts chopping the solid VOB into a DVD 2-folder setup, does it think it's finished before it's got all of the way through??? Yours hopefully, ulricburk.
Download DVD Flick. Look at the short guide included with the program and elect not to burn the disk. Load the AVI and create the DVD files. The output folder should contain all the files ready to burn to disk. If you run VLC and select 'File' 'Open Directory', the movie should run.(if you created a menu with DVD Flick, it should also be functional). http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_tools/dvd_flick.cfm
