VIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_01_2.VOB VIDEO_TS.BUP VIDEO_TS.VOB VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_01_2.VOB VIDEO_TS.IFO VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_1.VOB :(

[Kenny Gow]

John Austin wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 09:03 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> On Monday 24 July 2006 07:06, Heikki Pesonen wrote:
>>> I have old 2*8 and super 8 films I have earlier transferred to computer
>>> using VHS-video. In my recent computer I do not have the analog video input
>>> device. A friend of mine transferred my movies to DVD, and I see them in my
>>> DVD-TV system. So I thought It's as simple as earlier to transfer the data
>>> from the DVD to the computer.
>>>
>>> Earlier I used Pinnacle Studio in Windows, which is a very good program to
>>> use, although unstable. But now Pinnacle Studio 9 can not read the files in
>>> the DVD, although they seem to be mpeg-files. In Linux the content of my
>>> DVD is:
>>>
>>> [fossiili at localhost JVC_DVD_ROM_PVD]$ ls
>>> VIDEO_TS
>>> [fossiili at localhost JVC_DVD_ROM_PVD]$ cd VIDEO_TS
>>> [fossiili at localhost VIDEO_TS]$ ls
>>> VIDEO_TS.BUP  VIDEO_TS.VOB  VTS_01_0.IFO  VTS_01_2.VOB
>>> VIDEO_TS.IFO  VTS_01_0.BUP  VTS_01_1.VOB
>>> [fossiili at localhost VIDEO_TS]$
>>>
>>> I appreciate, if you can tell me some programs I could use
>>> 1. to read these VOB-files and transfer them to some common mpeg-format I
>>> could move to vfat and after that process in Windows
>>> 2. to edit the files in Fedora Core 5 and write the results to DVD/CD or
>>> VHS.
>>>
>>> No wonder, that "Totem was not able to play this disk" - neither could any
>>> program I have in my WindowsXP Home. It does not matter, because a cheap
>>> device with my old TV can do that!
>> You're much nearer than you think.  First, you do not need to change the 
>> format or to edit those files in any way.  As well as the files you list, you 
>> should have a directory called AUDIO_TS.  Use k3b or any other burning 
>> application to copy both AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS onto your dvd.  (It doesn't 
>> matter if AUDIO_TS is empty.)
>>
>> You then have a playable DVD.  However, you will need other packages installed 
>> to play them, as those are not supplied with FC, due to potential illegality 
>> in some countries.  You can get them through some of the external 
>> repositories, probably freshrpms or livna.  You certainly need libdvdcss, and 
>> you should get every codec package you can see, as you will also need them 
>> for mp3 and some other multimedia formats.
>>
>> Anne
> 
> Hi
> 
> I have just carried out the above and created an iso image from VIDEO_TS
> and AUDIO_TS directories using xcdroast
> 
> Ran mplayer directly on the iso image, it ran correctly as a complete
> dvd!!
> (I usually play the VOB files separately! in which case mplayer, xine
> and totem-xine all work)
> ################################
> I tried totem-xine on the iso image with the message
> "The source seems encrypted, and can't be read.
> Are you trying to play an encrypted DVD without libdvdcss?"
> However
> rpm -qa|grep -i libdvdcss
> libdvdcss-1.2.9-2.lvn5.i386
> ################################
> I tried xine on the iso image with the message
> "couldn't find demux for ...iso
> this usually means the file format was not recognised"
> 
> I don't understand what is going on!!!!
> 
> John
> 
Try

xine dvd:/full/path/to/iso/image

and also make sure you have all the libdvd* libraries:

libdvdnav-0.1.10-2.lvn5
libdvdplay-1.0.1-4.lvn5
libdvdcss-1.2.9-2.lvn5
libdvdread-0.9.4-4.lvn5

--Kenny