What to do with a collection of .VOB files

I've got a motley collection of VOB files. They came from attempts to back up my son's dvd's. Dumbo the elephant, The Wiggles, etc. And mostly it didn't work. I was too late. They were too scratched and peanut buttered. DVD decrypter couldn't get the files. Only some of them.

So I thought maybe I could make a sort of patchwork quilt dvd for him. Little short clips (the vobs) from all different dvd's.

Question is: How? What's the best software to use for the job? Is it feasible?

regards,

ab

 

A fast and cheap way is to download DVD Shrink.
http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/

Run Shrink and click 'DVD Re Author'.
On right panel click 'DVD Browser'
Open the folder(s) with the VOB files and drag the titles, one at a time,to the left panel.
You can either play the clip to see what's on it or click on the 'Start/End Frame' symbol and select what you want.
Make sure that the total is under 4300MB and burn a dvd.

 

If you only have VOB files (no IFO, BUP files) then you can't use Shrink. Shrink only works with a full set of DVD files, not individual VOB files.

If you just have VOB files and you want to put them together to author a new DVD then you could use something like NeroVision Express.

Also, You could use a simple mpeg editor like VideoRedo Plus (free trial) to edit each VOB for just the scenes you wanted. Then add the VOB's to NeroVision to make a new DVD.

 

Hi...

thanks for the input.

I see one of the dirs there (dumbo, as it happens) has got 4 Vobs, 2 Ifos, and 1 .bup. I don't know if that counts as a 'full set' - I guess there's a good chance that some of the files DVDDecrypt couldn't get were IFO and BUP ?

I've got Nerovision. I'll try that route.

Sounds like VOB files are merely mpegs? In that case I like the idea of editing them but I don't like to use free trial software until I've checked the market for freeware, open source stuff, etc.

I've got quite a lot of such stuff downloaded in the past and never tried. If there's any such that will do the job the same as VideoRedo Plus perhaps I've already got it - If someone could provide a name so's I can search my hard drives?

And, of course, I can do some googling and see what I get in the line of 'mpeg editor' - I'll do that.

regards,

ab