Now this is getting down to something I can understand! I will give it a try to see if what I understand is correct and works.
Thanks, -Denis On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:43 AM, King Beowulf <[email protected]>wrote: > On 12/09/2013 04:43 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > I have a DVD recording made of an on-air program. I want to remove the > > commercials. I see that Avidemux (GTK+) has that ability. My question > > relates to the structure of the video. I see that there are two folders > > VIDEO_RM and VIDEO_TS. Under the first there are three files: > > VIDEO_RM.BUP, VIDEO_RM.DAT, VIDEO_RM.IFO. Under the second there are four > > files VIDEO_TS.BUP, VIDEO_TS.IFO, VTS_01_0.BUP, VTS_01_0.IFO, and nine > > files VTS_01_n.VOB (n=1 to 9). These 9 contain the video. > > > > I believe I can cut the unwanted stuff from each of the .VOB files, but I > > do not know how the result can be put back into a form that I can use to > > write a DVD that my player will understand. Can someone here help me > > understand enough to accomplish my goal? > > > > Thanks, > > -Denis > > VIDEO_Rm is a weird quirk from Philips and related recorders to store > recorder metadata. Most modern payers, etc ignore it. However it could > create issues during "ripping" the video to hard drive for editing. > > DVD-Video structure is explained here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video > > You can get software that will "rip" the VOB files (the video) using > playback information in the IFO files (BUP are backuop IFO files). Once > you have that, you can edit the video stream and remaster the DVD. > Remastering will create new IFO files that your payer will use for > playback. In summary: > > 1. rip (dvd::rip, or similar) > 2. edit (Avidemux, kdenlive, openshot or similar) > 3. master DVD iso (Q DVDauthor, bombono-dvd, Devede, DVDStyler, or simiar > > Some of the editors can create DVD compliant files the you can burn to > DVD with K3B or similar program. > > Have fun ! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
