I need some help with a guide by Alkohol that I have been using in order to backup a copy of Memoirs of a Giesha Girl. The guide is for PgcEdit and Dvd shrink. Everything works as it is in the guide except at the end. When I close out PgcEdit DVD shrink is supposed to automaticaly start up but it doesnt. I cant get past this step.
Obviously I have already tried that. When I do I get this error message from dvd shrink:
Dvd shrink encountered and error and cannot continue.
Failed to open file "C:\blah, blah, blah\vts_o1_o.VOB."
The system cannot find the file specified.
That method may not work for this movie, so try one that will:
Download and install DVDFab decrypter (if you don't already have it, make sure it's the latest version), use DVDFab to rip the video files to your HDD.
Once DVDFab decrypter is done, you'll have a VIDEO_TS folder on your hard drive containing the files it ripped. These files will need to be processed thru vobblanker to remove fake cells and correct file structure so shrink can open the files and process them correctly.
Unzip the file and run the executable, it will look a bit like this:
For input folder selection: browse to where the VIDEO_TS folder created by DVDFab decrypter is located, inside the folder, look for the VIDEO_TS.IFO file and choose it.
The path might look something like this:
c:\Movie folder\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.IFO
Note: When importing the VIDEO_TS.IFO file, if you notice that vobblanker has marked a video title set (VTS) in the top half as skipped, click on the Proc.All button on the right to ensure all video title sets are processed.
For output folder selection: create a new folder on your desktop and call it "MOVIE", inside that folder create a new folder and call it "VIDEO_TS "(this is where you'll have vobblanker put the output files it will create)
Once the folders have been created, have the output folder selection point to the VIDEO_TS folder in the MOVIE folder.
The path for output folder might look something like this:
c:\documents and settings\johnl123\desktop\MOVIE\VIDEO_TS
Now just press the PROCESS button on the bottom and wait until it's done. Once the process is complete, there should be a new set of video files that vobblanker created in the VIDEO_TS folder that's in the MOVIE folder on your desktop.
At this point run DVDshrink and open the files, click on the "open files" tab and browse to where the VIDEO_TS folder is that's in the MOVIE folder on your desktop and choose it. Shrink will import the files now correctly with no errors, at this point you can use shrink as you normally would to create a backup. Have shrink reauthor the DVD to backup just the main movie and 5.1 eng audio channel, have shrink create an ISO image and burn it to disk using DVD decrypter.
I suspect there is something on your system that is causing or stopping DVD Shrink to open. Yes, as stated in the guide, if you have DVD Shrink installed on your system, then it should automatically open DVD Shrink once PgcEdit is done.
Have you changed anything via the Wizard? Are you sure you can not open the already "decrypted" VIDEO_TS file through DVD Shrink manually? Because I mainly use Nero Recode 2 or DVD-RB Pro + CCE and I can manually open my VIDEO_TS file without any issues at all.
Just in case if you want to go with another FREE route/guide of mine and you're interested on how to use "DVDFAB Decrypter + VobBlanker", then here http://www.k-probe.com/backup-newly-release-movie-DVD-DVDFAB-Decr... is my "newly revised" guide. It is NOT that hard, all you need to do is spend some times and read and follow the steps closely and you'll be able to "rip and backup" any dvds/movies in no time.
**NOTE: DVDFAB Decrypter to rip is only "12 minutes" and VobBlanker to process the VIDEO_TS.IFO is only "5 minutes". The rest you can substitute Nero Recode 2 with DVD Shrink if you like.
WARNING: Do not "update/upgrade" your SAMSUNG BD-D5XXX series (Bluray Player), or else you cant enjoy any of your movie files. How 2 downgrade Samsung BD-D5XXX Series Bluray playerhttp://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4244
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12. May 2006 @ 01:53
