[plug] howto burn after dvd::rip

[Gavin Chester]

On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 19:36 +0800, Arie Hol wrote:
> 
> On 13 Sep 2006 at 17:00, Gavin Chester wrote:

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> Your first query about burning .vob files to a DVD, makes me think that 
> you do not fully understand the structure required for creating a usable 
> DVD. If I am wrong please forgive my ignorance on this matter.
> I am not an expert on this matter - but it is not a simple matter of just 
> burning .vob files to a DVD disk - the files need to be structured in a 
> specific way.
> 
> You at least need to create an .ifo file - either manually or using a DVD 
> authoring/mastering package - a lot of software packages do this 
> transparently but it is possible to do it manually - I don't know how to 
> do it myself . 

How dare you belittle me like that ...

Nah, just kidding ;-)  I am a danger to myself, that is I have a little
bit of knowledge ;-)  What I meant by my first and subsequent postings
is I have been down the ignorant path of trying to burn vob files to dvd
and I realise that error.  Now, I don't understand how to get to a point
where I have the matching ifo files and video_ts folder structure :-(
In that regard, dvd::rip is leaving me high and dry and other apps (like
k9copy) "just do it" (tm).

Thanks.  I think that you have finally hit the nail on the head and
helped make headway on the problem.  Plus, because no one has said
otherwise, I guess I am to assume that dvd:rip doesn't have the
capability to do all the final steps and burn the dvd without involving
other steps and apps :-/

> Have a look at the following sites - they are not Linux specific - but 
> they do try to give some understanding of DVD files structures :
> 
> http://www.mpucoder.com/DVD/
> 
> http://web.archive.org/web/20020803032536/http://dvdpro.com/dvd.htm
> 
> http://ifoedit.wh.fr0zen.com/guides.html
> 
> If I find anything better - I will post the links later - good luck.
> 

Thanks, I'll check those out.  It seems that I was spoilt by apps that
"just do it" and I was expecting that dvd::rip would also - albeit with
FAR greater complexity and configuration possibilities.

Gavin