skippy76 wrote:That's great, thanks for all your help.
Now, I've ripped 3 DVDs and done the VLC convert of the VOB files (1 DVD has 5 and the other two has 4). I converted each of the VOB files.
Now when I play them with MPlay, great! I get perfect sound and video..
Except, it appears that it gets to a point where it's either the next chapter or next VOB file, either way it does not move on and I just get a black screen.
Have you come across this before?
Thanks
Andrew
I've not run across that, but there is one additional step that I perform before following the steps in that FAQ. I combine all of the VOBs into a single file, then transcode that one file with VLC. I do this from the command prompt (Start->Run->cmd in Windows XP). Make sure you're in the same directory as your DVD rip, then type (substituting the VOB names as appropriate):
copy /b VTS_01_1.VOB+VTS_01_2.VOB+VTS_01_3.VOB+VTS_01_4.VOB MyMovie.VOB
The -b tells it to do a binary copy, and the +'s tell it to combine each of the files in the specified order into the single MyMovie.VOB file. It's a bit more work, but it should yield better results. There may be a more convenient way to combine them in Windows, but I know this works, so...
Alternatively, the application you use to rip your DVDs may provide some sort of "single VOB" rip option that would take care of it for you.
TheEndless
[edit]corrected /b flag[/edit]