Forum: PC Version Technical Support - Topic: VOB files ... [ripping tips]

I have several vob files that still will not play in VDJ.

These are from rips from a store bought DVD, such as concert footage or individual artist's DVDs, not promotional ones.

Some error out, some play at an incorrect (sluggish) sounding speed.

What troubles me the most is that when I rip these discs using DVD Decrypter some play, some don't from the same rip. But, the majority of the entire disc rips, of this same type of material, all do play correctly.

What would be the logic of this?

I located, and have downloaded Codec Pack indentified as "All In One" which has DivX, Xvid and a few other features.

Is this what I need?

And how would this be installed to work with VDJ?

Any other suggestions would be helpful.

Rip to MPEG2, with stereo sound, prefferably Windows PCM sound.

Sluggish sound is most likely to AAC/AC3 audio codec, that needs a DAMN powerfull pc to work good in mixing software like VDJ

I have been using VOB files long before VirtualDJ and all the others put together. I had the same problem when I bought this program. I was ripping with vstrip. I found out that it was the rippind program and the way it was reading and ripping the disks that was messing everything up. I found a program called Imtoo DVD ripper and it solved all my problems. Hope this helps you. Mike

Thanx for that tip Michael ;)

Michael,

I have that software too.

Are you able to share the (extensive) settings you use?

OK, I will try.
At the bottom in the profiles use the DVD-video (*.vob)

on the right my settings are,
Duration = full
Standard = ntsc
Video size = 720x480
bit rate = 6000
bit max = 9000
buffer = 224
frame rate = 29.97
audio codec = ac3
bit rate = 448
sample rate = 48000
channels = 2 (Stereo)

And back to the bottom under the Zoom tab use Full (Keep aspect ratio)

Hope all this helps everyone. It helped me after weeks of messing around. it even got me through all the 5.1 audio issues i was having with other programs.

DVD ripper? Will it also combine two vob files. I have two minidisks
from a sony cam that I took; one is 30 min. and one is 15 min. Would like to put them together to one file. Anyone one know how I can do this??

anwered your other post

:)

vobblanker is an awesome tool to use to rip video

Are any or both of these mentioned by you two freeware or payware?

smart ripper is free

These files are just binary streams so you can just append one to the other.
Here is the command to do this in DOS:
copy /b file1.vob + /b file2.vob newfile.vob

That will create newfile.vob will play as the contents of file1.vob followed immediately by the contents of file2.vob

hey thx the answer i was looking for.
Good, as I am familar with some old DOS operations as well. Should come easy.

I agree with sky, smart ripper is a great program. However I have had times when it was able to rip certain dvd's. Also it is much harder to find in google these days.
Instead I have been using DVD Decrypter and have not have a problem as of yet
Hope this helps you
DJ Angel S

I was wonderin' though. When I use my video camera and extract the video from it, two other files show up along with the vob file. What are these for and/or do I need to do something with them somehow?

I found that the problem with other non-promo only dvds is that they are writen with a diffrent codec than the one you need to play the video in vertual dj is.

You need to change the codec to "PCM_s16be"
ImToo MPEG Encoder will not convert a VOB file with this codec.
ImToo DVD Encoder might I've never used it.

I found another way to do it:

Make a Video DVD with the file in Nero 7,
Do not create a menu for your DVD,
unless you intend to use it in a DVJ-1000 or VDJ-X1.
Click the "More" button,
Click the "Video Options"
Change the "Audio Format" to "LPCM"
This will encode you video with the "PCM_s16be" codec you need

Then you can either burn them to a DVD
or to a folder on your computer.
If you burn to a DVD you will have to rip that DVD to get the video with the correct codec.
If you burn to a folder on your computer, you can use that one in VDJ.

You will have to rename it, so make a track list of what you are burning.

*****Also in Nero 7 DVD*****
you can edit your movies & video clips to just the part of the clip you want and not the whole chapter.

one more thing is that if you Burn to a folder on your computer you can put as meny videos as you want in the folder without worring about that 4.7GB you would have to stick to with a DVD.
But some of those DVDs are fun to scratch with if you are using a DVJ-1000 or VDJ-X1.

Many thanks and kudos to micheal and kreg for their infinaite wisdom and walk throughs =D