How to properly burn a dvd VIDEO_TS folder?

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Schizoid · Post by **Schizoid** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:17 am

I have the VIDEO_TS folder from a dvd that is under 4.4gb. I can play the individual files in mplayer without any trouble. I would like to burn them to a dvd.

I use mkisofs:

mkisofs -dvd-video -v -o video.iso hello/

where hello is a dir with VIDEO_TS in it.

But when I play the video.iso in mplayer there is no longer any audio. I have tried putting an empty AUDIO_TS folder inside hello along with the VIDEO_TS folder but this does not seem to help.

If I mount the iso and play the individual files they of course have audio, so it must be some part of the dvd-video structure that is broken with this method. Any ideas?

Thank you!

m707 · Post by **m707** » Thu May 27, 2004 10:23 am

You need the corresponding .ifo and their backup (bup) files matching the arrangement of the elementary streams of your vobs.

If the vobs are altered after the ripping process (shrinked, skipped some subtitle/audio streams of the original) it will not work out of the box.

You have to use dvdauthor on the vobs first to create new ifos. Emerge dvdauthor and have a look at the man page. If you do not need sophisticated things (menus) you can simply pass the vobs of the interessting titleset on the dvdauthor commandline.

The titleset is named vts_***here***_x.vob. The biggest titelset (sum all single) should be the main movie you are interessted in.

The audio_ts dir on dvds is reserved for audio dvds and has nothing to do with the sound of video dvds.

HTH

Schizoid · Post by **Schizoid** » Thu May 27, 2004 11:22 am

Thank you for the reply!

I will give dvdauthor a try later today to make new ifo files, however there are already ifo/bup files in the VIDEO_TS folder

m707 · Post by **m707** » Thu May 27, 2004 12:25 pm

Yes but these ifos are probably messed.

You can test wether the files will do using:

mplayer -dvd-device /path/to/files dvd://1

Probably your main video is in a different titleset than exchange 1 by the corresponding number.

If you have menus, too, you will be better of using xine or ogle, but I am not sure concerning the syntax (xine dvd:///path/to/files??).

slaterson · Post by **slaterson** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:52 am

i have a similar problem. i have downloaded a couple concert dvds, the download is a single VIDEO_TS directory. contents look like this:

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# ls -l DVD_D1/VIDEO_TS
total 3983672
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      14336 Jun  2 19:05 VIDEO_TS.BUP
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      14336 Jun  2 19:05 VIDEO_TS.IFO
-rw-r--r--  1 root root        480 Jun  2 19:05 VIDEO_TS.MD5
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     116736 Jun  2 19:05 VIDEO_TS.VOB
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      59392 Jun  2 19:01 VTS_01_0.BUP
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      59392 Jun  2 19:01 VTS_01_0.IFO
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   30859264 Jun  2 19:01 VTS_01_0.VOB
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1073565696 Jun  2 19:02 VTS_01_1.VOB
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1073565696 Jun  2 19:04 VTS_01_2.VOB
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 1073565696 Jun  2 19:04 VTS_01_3.VOB
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  827445248 Jun  2 19:05 VTS_01_4.VOB

i can play the dvd with xine using the command:

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xine dvd:///mnt/local/shows/DVD_D1/VIDEO_TS

however, after i burned it to a dvd with the command:

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cd /mnt/local/shows
growisofs -Z /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 DVD_D1

the disc is recognized as a dvd. mounting the dvd after burning gives me:

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# ls -ls /mnt/dvd/video_ts/
total 3983659
     14 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root      14336 Jun  2 19:05 video_ts.bup
     14 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root      14336 Jun  2 19:05 video_ts.ifo
      1 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root        480 Jun  2 19:05 video_ts.md5
    114 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root     116736 Jun  2 19:05 video_ts.vob
     58 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root      59392 Jun  2 19:01 vts_01_0.bup
     58 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root      59392 Jun  2 19:01 vts_01_0.ifo
  30136 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root   30859264 Jun  2 19:01 vts_01_0.vob
1048404 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root 1073565696 Jun  2 19:02 vts_01_1.vob
1048404 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root 1073565696 Jun  2 19:04 vts_01_2.vob
1048404 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root 1073565696 Jun  2 19:04 vts_01_3.vob
 808052 -r-xr-xr-x  1 root root  827445248 Jun  2 19:05 vts_01_4.vob

i have no idea why this isn't work. the disc has dvd menus, xine picks those up fine.

any thought?

m707 · Post by **m707** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 5:51 am

slaterson wrote: the disc is recognized as a dvd.

You missed a _not_ there, didn't you?

slaterson wrote: 1 -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 480 Jun 2 19:05 video_ts.md5

I suppose this file contais the md5sum of the video.ts you do not need it on dvd.

slaterson wrote: any thought?

I do not know if it's because of the .md5 file. To come closer to the issue I would try:

mkisofs -dvd-video -o image.raw <DIR>

verify wether this image is playable (mplayer image.raw) and if so burn it using:

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/to/image.raw

HTH

ScubaStreb · Post by **ScubaStreb** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:19 am

If you use lxdvdrip, it will copy 1:1 a DVD that is less than 4.4GB.

lbrtuk · Post by **lbrtuk** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 1:54 pm

Wait, how were you people planning on decrypting the content?

slaterson · Post by **slaterson** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:17 pm

m707,
thanks for looksie. good eye(s). after removing the md5 file and burning to disc, it works!

also, you caught my missed 'not'.

thanks for the help!

m707 · Post by **m707** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 2:33 pm

lbrtuk wrote:Wait, how were you people planning on decrypting the content?

Encryption is no issue here.

Xine played the files from the hd and should not fail when imaging and burning to DVD, too. No matter whether the original tracks are still css protected or not.

slaterson · Post by **slaterson** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 8:46 pm

lbrtuk wrote:Wait, how were you people planning on decrypting the content?

the files are not encrypted. the videos i am using are not ripped from a 'store bought' dvd, they are concert bootleg videos. no encryption or region coding involved.