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Getting started - here is what I understand.
VOB files are basically the same as MPG files (except they can have additional audio tracks etc and not just one audio one video track like your typical MPG should).
You can therefore use SmartRipper to rip a movie video and a single audio track to a smaller single VOB file (make sure to set SmartRipper to max filesize in settings is all you do here) and then the resulting VOB file can be renamed to an MPG and voila your movie is in a single large MPG file then.
Now since I like to store my movies from my tivo and dvd collection on my computer at the 2 gig MPG size I generally use DVDx to run them through DivX (two pass) and the 2 gig mpgs that result are generally good quality - more than fine for my viewing taste.
Another good way to get small 2 gig Mpgs is to use the Gateway DVD recorder and record from the Tivo using 4 hour mode. This gets 2 movies on a disk and then SmartRipper results in 2 gig VOBs per movie which can just be renamed very nice (and a lot faster than Vidomi or DVDx)
Here is my dilemma now. I need a simple way to be able to drop two of these 2 gig MPG's onto a DVDRW inside the VIDEO_TS folder and have them menu'd up with IFO and ideally just rename them to VOB and have the dvd player be able to play them again. So I am basically looking for the most efficient way to put typically 2 gig MPG/VOB files onto a 4.4 gig dvd +r or +rw so I can play them on my Xbox or other dvd player in the house.
For those that wrestle with legal issues by the way a tivo on your digital dish is perhaps the most efficient and very legal way to collect HQ video I have found.
Oh yes I have and tried using ezCD_Dvd_Creator6 from Roxio but the stupid thing demands on rebuilding my MPG file into a VOB file through some sort of conversion and the result is it thinks my 2 gig MPG is really 5 gig because it is 2 hours long and takes all day to build a nice DVD with a single movie not at all what I need (ironic given the large price tag for the stupid software) further evidence of the equation..
programmers stupid creations <> users needs ever
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