I hope I've chosen the right board for this message. However, let me get to the point. I've come to realize that wizard-utils (i.e. FairUse, AutoGK) uses internal(?) supplements to capture the appropriate chain for the i.e. movie to rip.
Now I've discovered VirtualDubMod, and come to love it, might I add. A wonderful little application that gives lots of options when it comes to syncing/merging audio tracks, aswell as adding filters like crops etc to the project video.
So, using azid.exe respectively lame.exe with the unplugged AC3 sound, I have no issues with "transcoding" the audio into MP3. The issue comes to.. like the topic indicates.. the PGC index.
The encrypted/not encrypted is not really the point here, because there are pretty simple solutions on that matter. The point is the bare de facto of the ProGram Chain index. I can load "raw" .VOB files into VDB. However, a typical movie is splitted into a bounce of .VOB's (which it kind of logical, due to fs regulations). Anyways. What to do.
I have found one possible "work-around", if I even get to call it that, 'cuz it's really not entirely free of flaws. It goes like this. I just merge the .VOB's into one by a batch copy command through DOS prompt. Then.. I can load the huge VOB into VirtualDubMod and do the stuffs (i.e. render audio; transcode audio; re-add audio; encode..).
However!
Most films contain some elements of "crap" that does not really come with the movie. For instance, a splash-screen promoting the "local level" DVD film supplier. Also, I've often gotten a rapid-movement set of frames containing the copyright-info that is normally shown in slowmo either before or after playback of the one(!) film element.
Gash, I must not have made myself complicated. I suppose you get the drill though. When I use one-click-does-it-all apps like FairUse, it seems to have some sort of internal engine that wraps the PGC index correct. It has actually never failed.
So, what I need to know is what is the best stand-alone util for this matter? And more important, how does it work? Do I need to have some util put together a AVS script that simply just playback the desired parts of all .VOBs? Seems kinda time-occupying, there must be some simplified way.
So, what does the hitchhiker's guide say about this..?
