Is it possible to swap VOB files?

[Chris Borjis]

I don’t think you can do that unless you use files that
are the same exact size and duration down to the timecode frame.

use some generic name for the file.

make the first one Disc.

drop your second one in on top with the same name.

make that Disc.

and so on……

Thats the only way I can think of.

[Matt Hall]

Thanks for the reply. That’s the approach I’ve been trying. I made my new file the exact same length, buty I don’t think I can control the size exactly. Why do you think the size would that matter?

But also I don’t know the way to create a VOB file from a new file without using an authoring software. I tried to cheat by just renaming an mpeg i exported from fcp, but that didn’t seem to work.

Matt Hall
Director, Digital Post
CCG MetaMedia, Inc.

[Pierre-luc Pare]

To get a VOB file you must use a software that can do that, as ProCoder(Canopus). This VOB file is a “program stream”, and your single mpeg file is an “elementary stream”. ProCoder let you configure the output. So I’m not sure, but I think it could work well with it, then just rename to VTS_…VOB.

Let me know

Pete

[Matt Hall]

Thanks for the input. I’ll give procoder a shot or maybe sorenson squeeze or compressor. Program stream means that the audio and video have been “muxed” together right?

Matt Hall
Director, Digital Post
CCG MetaMedia, Inc.

[Pierre-luc Pare]

Right. Program stream –> VOB –> Muxed file.

Pete

[Dimad]

You can do it in few mouse clicks with DvdReMake Pro: https://www.dimadsoft.com/dvdremakepro

Replacement cells don’t need to be same size (program will take care of this and will modify all the needed info where required), but should contain same audio/sub streams and be of a same video format.