[Resolved] 72GB on disc and missing sound track?

[dellywhere]

I am new to AnyDVD. Lovely Bones unlocks OK for me, but the directory shows 72GB worth of files on the DVD - many repetitions of the primary files. And the first file of each set is missing the sound track. Is this a known problem? Is that sound track hidden in one of the other files? :confused:

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

I am new to AnyDVD. Lovely Bones unlocks OK for me, but the directory shows 72GB worth of files on the DVD - many repetitions of the primary files. And the first file of each set is missing the sound track. Is this a known problem? Is that sound track hidden in one of the other files? :confused:

In order for Slysoft to assess and address a possible problem with this release log files are required.

Refer here under Step II for creating and posting log files: http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=31059. The other information should also be read as well.

[dellywhere]

Sorry! On my first attempt to use AnyDVD, on The Lovely Bones, it seemed to unlock OK. But the resulting directory shows 72GB of files, vs perhaps 9GB that might reside on a DL disc. Instead of the expected one large cluster of VOB files, I get 11 such clusters. File 1 of each cluster lacks a sound track. That's about all I have observed. I had hoped this was a well known problem with a solution. But maybe it is not. I have attached the log file. Thank you!

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

I've moved your post[s] concerning this movie to a thread of its own. The previous poster was discussing the Blu-Ray release while you are discussing the standard DVD release.

There are a things to discuss with regard to what you've mentioned:


The disc apparently being 72 GB in size. In reality it is not. The disc appear to be this big due to how it was created and tricks the the Industry is using. The disc contains structural protections intended to make creating a backup difficult. You should be able to right-click on the fox icon in your systray and select Rip Video DVD to Harddisk... and rip the DVD to your hard drive. All the protection should be stripped and the resulting files on your HDD will be that which you'd normally expect to fit on a DVD DL or SL DVD disc depending on the actual size of the movie.
How exactly did you copy this to a directory? Use the AnyDVD ripper or use CloneDVD. Does the resulting output still take up 72 GB of space on your HDD or is it not the size of a standard DVD?
I'm not exactly sure about the audio issue. AnyDVD doesn't touch audio so there's no reason for it to be the cause of the audio problem. That said, it's possible in the way the disc is protected the publisher/studio has included bogus titles and those might be what you are talking about.
Using the AnyDVD ripper as I noted in the first item things should work unless there is a problem with AnyDVD not correctly handling this protection yet. Given the status window for AnyDVD giving a sane and normal DVD size I do believe it is being handled correctly.

Booktype: dvd-rom (version 1), Layers: 2 (opposite)
Size of first Layer: 1938496 sectors (3786 MBytes)
Total size: 3818928 sectors (7458 MBytes)
How exactly are you playing the files where you say audio is missing? Are you using playback software like PowerDVD, WinDVD, Arcsoft TotalMedia Theatre, or Windows Media Player?
With the use of the protections on this disc the disc makes use of many titlesets and this is why you are noticing the large number of VOBs spread across numerous groupings. I'm seeing 29 video title sets in the logs. Some DVDs actually go all the way up to 99.
Are you playing individual VOB files directly with your playback software or are you pointing it at the folder where the DVD was copied so that it is handled just like a normal DVD in terms of playback?


Looking at your logs I don't see where anything is working incorrectly at this time. In the event there is a problem then the more details we have means lets the developers pinpoint where to look for the problem. :)

[Clams]

I had hoped this was a well known problem with a solution. But maybe it is not. I have attached the log file. Thank you!

It is indeed a well known problem.
Usually we see it with people that use DVDShrink, Nero Recode, or even a Windows Explorer "DOS rip" of the DVD.

The solution is to use the AnyDD ripper first on those disks.

Short anwer... right click the little Fox and select "Rip video DVD to harddisk" then import thaty rip into whatever software you are using.

Do this EVERY time AnyDVD reports structural copy protection. Read everything Drinky just told you in post #4 carefully.

-W

[dellywhere]

Thank you, this is very helpful. I'm trying to put the movie on an external hard drive, to play on a TV which has a USB input. Once AnyDVD unlocked the disc, I used Windows Explorer to move the files to the hard drive. Usually quick, this took several hours. Once on the hard drive, it plays fine in Media Player, for instance, but with the TV's USB input, it speaks Spanish. So at this point I tried an AVS tool to convert one cluster to mpeg, where I can pick my language. This is where I see that file #1 has no sound track - probably part of their scheme to make it difficult. Clearly I have more time than brains. Next I will try "rip to Hard Disc" per your suggestions. I am a newcomer here. Thanks again.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Thank you, this is very helpful. I'm trying to put the movie on an external hard drive, to play on a TV which has a USB input. Once AnyDVD unlocked the disc, I used Windows Explorer to move the files to the hard drive. Usually quick, this took several hours. Once on the hard drive, it plays fine in Media Player, for instance, but with the TV's USB input, it speaks Spanish. So at this point I tried an AVS tool to convert one cluster to mpeg, where I can pick my language. This is where I see that file #1 has no sound track - probably part of their scheme to make it difficult. Clearly I have more time than brains. Next I will try "rip to Hard Disc" per your suggestions. I am a newcomer here. Thanks again.

If you see the following line in the AnyDVD status window...

Found & removed structural copy protection!

... then there is, of course, structural protections and you should use Rip Video DVD to Harddisk... rather than copy & paste. :) Using copy & paste won't remove the structural protection like you are seeing in this particular case.

From what I've seen of the logs I expect things should work out perfectly using Rip Video DVD to Harddisk... but if not post back and let us know.

We all learn something new at one point or another. No harm, no foul. :)

[dellywhere]

Yes, that solved the problem nicely. Thanks again for your help!!