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@localhost JVC_DVD_ROM_PVD]$ ls > > VIDEO_TS > > [fossiili@localhost JVC_DVD_ROM_PVD]$ cd VIDEO_TS > > [fossiili@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@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
