MHR wrote:

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:17 AM, lingu <hicheerup@gmail.com wrote:

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Hi,

I download dvd movie files from torrent.It is like below

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1048614912 2008-07-24 16:49 VTS_01_1.VOB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 538210304 2008-07-24 16:52 VTS_01_2.VOB

File command on above giving the below ouput.

file VTS_01_1.VOB VTS_01_1.VOB: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex

file VTS_01_2.VOB VTS_01_2.VOB: MPEG sequence, v2, program multiplex

When i opened any of the above files using vlc or kaffeine it is playing the movie properly.But when i try to create the video dvd file onto my dvd using k3b its giving error "Not able to find DVD format".

Plz help me how to write this into dvd to watch this movie in normal dvd player.

You probably ought to ask this on either a k3b or a kde list. My experience with k3b leads me to believe that you have to have a complete DVD file structure set up to create a video DVD with it (if you're going to use that format), which means you need the info files, vob files and some others I can't recall off the top of my head. There are other options, too - check out dvdauthor or qdvdauthor, for example.

mhr

For sure! Here is what a certain commercial DVD looks like. (User & group changed to CMOA.) On occasion, I have removed languages and extras (outtakes, etc.) but it takes more patience than I have to build a DVD from scratch. For backing up commercial DVDs, I like DVDShrink (using no shrinking) to rip and reassemble, building the iso across the network, burning the DVD with either k3b or growisofs from a command line for absolute reliability.

[root@mavis etc]# ls -lR /media/hdc /media/hdc: total 4 dr-xr-xr-x 2 abcdefghij abcdefghij 40 Oct 29 2007 AUDIO_TS dr-xr-xr-x 2 abcdefghij abcdefghij 820 Oct 29 2007 VIDEO_TS

/media/hdc/AUDIO_TS: total 0

/media/hdc/VIDEO_TS: total 4571120 -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 12288 Oct 29 2007 VIDEO_TS.BUP -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 12288 Oct 29 2007 VIDEO_TS.IFO -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 137216 Oct 29 2007 VIDEO_TS.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 96256 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_0.BUP -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 96256 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_0.IFO -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 608256 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_0.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 1073739776 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_1.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 1073739776 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_2.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 1073739776 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_3.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 1073739776 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_4.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 371408896 Oct 29 2007 VTS_01_5.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 18432 Oct 29 2007 VTS_02_0.BUP -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 18432 Oct 29 2007 VTS_02_0.IFO -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 8192 Oct 29 2007 VTS_02_0.VOB -r-xr-xr-x 1 abcdefghij abcdefghij 13451264 Oct 29 2007 VTS_02_1.VOB [root@mavis etc]#

MHR wrote:

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Robert kerplop@sbcglobal.net wrote:

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On occasion, I have removed languages and extras (outtakes, etc.) but it takes more patience than I have to build a DVD from scratch. For backing up commercial DVDs, I like DVDShrink (using no shrinking) to rip and reassemble, building the iso across the network, burning the DVD with either k3b or growisofs from a command line for absolute reliability.

I have never been able to find a complete dvdshrink for linux - what is your source for that?

Blush! I should have said "DVDShrink in Windows". I haven't found a good Linux substitute either, so on those rare occasions that I want to backup a DVD, I borrow the Windows machine I have set up for the great-grandkids.

My apologies for the confusion and the OT noise.

on 7-30-2008 5:45 PM MHR spake the following:

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Robert kerplop-rphTv4pjVZMJGwgDXS7ZQA@public.gmane.org wrote:

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Blush! I should have said "DVDShrink in Windows". I haven't found a good Linux substitute either, so on those rare occasions that I want to backup a DVD, I borrow the Windows machine I have set up for the great-grandkids.

My apologies for the confusion and the OT noise.

Rats! I thought you had an answer to some of my DVD issues. (sigh) I hear k9copy can do this, but I haven't looked too deeply into that one yet. I had a lot of trouble with dvdshrink (on Windows) the last few times I tried to use it - disappointing and annoying. Apparently there are a fair number of movies that it will not do, and I had to pick several of them.

Thanks for the clarification (darn you!).

mhr

This thread is bordering on discussions of illegal activity which I would suspect the CentOS group would rather have go offlist to avoid any troubles from legal types.

on 7-31-2008 10:30 AM MHR spake the following:

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Scott Silva ssilva-m4n3GYAQT2lWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org wrote:

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This thread is bordering on discussions of illegal activity which I would suspect the CentOS group would rather have go offlist to avoid any troubles from legal types.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I use all of the DVD tools I have (and can get) exclusively for creating my own or to make legal backup copies of DVDs I have purchased and, at least in the common sense, own.

However, this issue has nothing to do with CentOS per se, and is thus at least OT, if not otherwise of concern.

Thanks for broadening the perspective (darn you! :-).

mhr

Well here in the "free" US, I don't think you are allowed to make copies of anything, owned or not. In fact someone might sue you if you have twins! ;-P

Robert wrote:

Blush! I should have said "DVDShrink in Windows". I haven't found a good Linux substitute either, so on those rare occasions that I want to backup a DVD, I borrow the Windows machine I have set up for the great-grandkids.

Have you tried dvd::rip?

http://exit1.org/dvdrip/index.cipp

Basically a front end to transcode and a few other tools.

nate