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<blockquote data-quote="yogiman_uk" data-source="post: 110922" data-attributes="member: 22611">Hi EveryoneI was hoping someone might be able to solve a little problem I have.&nbsp; For use with my MP. HTPC.&nbsp; I have been converting my DVD's to .mpg files.&nbsp; I don't want to use divx etc as I am not happy with the blocky effect and the time it takes to convert the movies.However I figured out that .vob files are basically .mpg files so I used dvd shrink to compress movies to the maximum it will allow and I disabled the (cut into 1gb chunks) option at I obviously wanted a single file.&nbsp; Once I had done this I then rename the resulting .vob file to .mpg and it plays.&nbsp; The files are about half the size of a DVD, twice the size of a DivX but I have plenty of hard disk space so I was quite happy with the results.Now to my problem.On some of the movies I have used this method on they report incorrect film length, so for example a movie of 3 hours says it is only 56 minutes.&nbsp; Now as a vob file, dvd playing software appears to ignore this and plays the whole movie, however as a .mpg file it only plays the movie to the 56 minute point and then either stops or freezes.Now if I then rename the .mpg back to vob and play it in say powerdvd it works fine although still reports incorrect film length.This is obviously causing me a problem.&nbsp; Can any one tell me what is going on here and if there is a way around the problem?ThanksYogiman!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yogiman_uk, post: 110922, member: 22611"] Hi Everyone I was hoping someone might be able to solve a little problem I have. For use with my MP. HTPC. I have been converting my DVD's to .mpg files. I don't want to use divx etc as I am not happy with the blocky effect and the time it takes to convert the movies. However I figured out that .vob files are basically .mpg files so I used dvd shrink to compress movies to the maximum it will allow and I disabled the (cut into 1gb chunks) option at I obviously wanted a single file. Once I had done this I then rename the resulting .vob file to .mpg and it plays. The files are about half the size of a DVD, twice the size of a DivX but I have plenty of hard disk space so I was quite happy with the results. Now to my problem. On some of the movies I have used this method on they report incorrect film length, so for example a movie of 3 hours says it is only 56 minutes. Now as a vob file, dvd playing software appears to ignore this and plays the whole movie, however as a .mpg file it only plays the movie to the 56 minute point and then either stops or freezes. Now if I then rename the .mpg back to vob and play it in say powerdvd it works fine although still reports incorrect film length. This is obviously causing me a problem. Can any one tell me what is going on here and if there is a way around the problem? Thanks Yogiman! [/QUOTE]

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