Windows DVD Maker only recognizes 8 sec of a 15 min file

I am trying to make a DVD of my daughter's Kindergarten play. I can add the
..vob file to the menu, but when it shows up it only recognizes the first 8
seconds of the file.

How do I get the program to recognize the entire file so I can burn this disk?

On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:39:01 -0700, curtishandful
<curtishandful@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I am trying to make a DVD of my daughter's Kindergarten play. I can add the
>.vob file to the menu, but when it shows up it only recognizes the first 8
>seconds of the file.

You sure about it being a VOB file? A VOB file (Versioned Object Base)
is a finished, not raw file and is actually a container similar to AVI
files. Most video editors/DVD Makers will have trouble understanding
the various streams inside and often will only see the video and dump
the audio portion or play it out of sync if at all. To burn a VOB file
to a DVD±R type disc, other standard DVD-Video files are needed, like
IFO and BUP files.
>
>How do I get the program to recognize the entire file so I can burn this disk?

What is your source of this VOB file? Normally a VOB is a end
product, ie the result of burning something to a DVD, not a source of
some video from say a video camera. So in effect you are trying to put
the horse behind the cart.

If a VOB file is all you have generally you will need to break it
apart into it's component parts if you want to do more that just play
it. Even playing VOB files especially on the Windows platform is at
best hit or miss with many applications having all kinds of troubles
playing them without stuttering if they play at all.

In summary the probable reason you're having trouble is some or all
the necessary support files are missing and need to be recreated
during the burn process, so you need a seperated video and audio
stream.

Another issue you are likely to run into is getting some applications
to properly read the contained audio track assuming they can work on a
VOB file at all, many won't.

One possible solution is here:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/108963

Thank you for your help. I did what you suggested and it converted the video
just great. However, there was no sound.

How do I get it to convert the sound as well?

"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:39:01 -0700, curtishandful
> <curtishandful@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to make a DVD of my daughter's Kindergarten play. I can add the
> >.vob file to the menu, but when it shows up it only recognizes the first 8
> >seconds of the file.
>
> You sure about it being a VOB file? A VOB file (Versioned Object Base)
> is a finished, not raw file and is actually a container similar to AVI
> files. Most video editors/DVD Makers will have trouble understanding
> the various streams inside and often will only see the video and dump
> the audio portion or play it out of sync if at all. To burn a VOB file
> to a DVD±R type disc, other standard DVD-Video files are needed, like
> IFO and BUP files.
> >
> >How do I get the program to recognize the entire file so I can burn this disk?
>
> What is your source of this VOB file? Normally a VOB is a end
> product, ie the result of burning something to a DVD, not a source of
> some video from say a video camera. So in effect you are trying to put
> the horse behind the cart.
>
> If a VOB file is all you have generally you will need to break it
> apart into it's component parts if you want to do more that just play
> it. Even playing VOB files especially on the Windows platform is at
> best hit or miss with many applications having all kinds of troubles
> playing them without stuttering if they play at all.
>
> In summary the probable reason you're having trouble is some or all
> the necessary support files are missing and need to be recreated
> during the burn process, so you need a seperated video and audio
> stream.
>
> Another issue you are likely to run into is getting some applications
> to properly read the contained audio track assuming they can work on a
> VOB file at all, many won't.
>
> One possible solution is here:
>
> http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/108963
>
>
>
>
>

On Wed, 23 May 2007 17:16:02 -0700, curtishandful
<curtishandful@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Thank you for your help. I did what you suggested and it converted the video
>just great. However, there was no sound.
>
>How do I get it to convert the sound as well?

Something I've rarely done in extract anything from a VOB, but looking
around I found the following:

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/M...Converter.html

Part of the problem is probably the audio track is in a format
whatever tool you're using is having trouble extracting. Typically VOB
files carry a AC3 audio track. The above free application should pull
it out then with luck you may be able to add the extracted sound track
to your project.