On Wednesday 24 August 2005 09:44 pm, Simon Roberts wrote:
Thanks to all for the suggestions so far. mplayer fetches the vob (seemingly unconcerned about the region coding... Is it silently using up the five changes on my dvd drive?) and mencoder seems like it'll be able to create a smaller vob--when I finally work out what options I should be using!
But my remaining problem is that I can't see how to get a vob burned onto a DVD disk so that it becomes a real DVD disk. K3B seems to burn ISO images not from vob.
What should I look up for this part of the process?
Simon, I just went through what you are doing. Let me tell you my solution, lxdvdrip! what a neat idea. After going through all the machinations to install all the required programs, I now put the dvd in the reader, type lxdvdrip on the command line, play with mommie, then burn a perfect dvd with K3b. It's that easy! I have found a few dvds that I havent been able to copy but most are easy. One more caveat, dont use cheap dvd media! I have a bunch of new printable no-name dvds that make a decent copy for about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way then go nuts. The better media works fine burning the same iso. You can start by looking here: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/lxdvdrip/ Regards, Richard