VIDEO_TS.IFO: unable to open file ERROR

[thurmsl]

I have both AnyDVD-HD (ver. 7.0.6.0) and CloneDVD mobile (ver. 1.8.0.2) running on my system. I have been using CloneDVD mobile to make iPod versions with virtually zero problems and love the product. I also use the .VOB passthru feature of CDM to create a straight .VOB version for use on my home theater sysetm or computer (playing from network storage via a media player or PC).

The problem I have is that I get an error if I try to create mobile version from the CloneDVD mobile .VOB passthru files. When I try this, I get the Error ==> VIDEO_TS.IFO: unable to open file

While not a newbie at using the product, I confess that I don't know what actually makes it work, and therefore don't understand why the .VOB passthru files will play with-out problems, but CDM needs an .IFO file to get started.

I apologize if this issue has been previously addressed. I searched the forum and didn't see it (with the exception of people trying to make mobile versions of Blu-Rays). In my case, these are all standard DVDs.

This is more of an inconvenience problem and not a major issue. Sometimes I don't have immediate access to all of the original discs.

Thanks.

[Adbear]

You need to use the original disc with it's full structure to pass it through CloneDVD Mobile, It's designed to take in a DVD and output a converted file. A VOB file on it's own is not a DVD structure, therefore it won't work.