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<blockquote data-quote="bryanoak" data-source="post: 423008" data-attributes="member: 89886">I think your best bet is to use a program to merge the VOBs from the film (or individual TV episode) and that way you'll have one file, rather than a VIDEO_TS folder to deal with. Just be sure that you add the .vob extension under Videos in MediaPortal Configuration. I have a ridiculous amount of ripped TV episodes and I got to a point where I felt it was a PITA dealing with all the folders, so I did this.That said, when I rip a TV DVD I rip each title separately, so it's easy to identify the right VOBs for merging.Although my htpc runs Vista, my primary computer is a mac, so I can't recommend a windows specific program but if you have a mac in your house I highly recommend MactheRipper. Not only will it rip each episode separately but using &quot;Title-Chapter Extraction&quot; it will create a single VOB, therefore, requiring no merging. For DVDs I had already ripped (and didn't feel like redoing) I used a program called D-Vision 3 which merged the VOBs from the VIDEO_TS folder on my hard drive into one large VOB.Hope that helped.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bryanoak, post: 423008, member: 89886"] I think your best bet is to use a program to merge the VOBs from the film (or individual TV episode) and that way you'll have one file, rather than a VIDEO_TS folder to deal with. Just be sure that you add the .vob extension under Videos in MediaPortal Configuration. I have a ridiculous amount of ripped TV episodes and I got to a point where I felt it was a PITA dealing with all the folders, so I did this. That said, when I rip a TV DVD I rip each title separately, so it's easy to identify the right VOBs for merging. Although my htpc runs Vista, my primary computer is a mac, so I can't recommend a windows specific program but if you have a mac in your house I highly recommend MactheRipper. Not only will it rip each episode separately but using "Title-Chapter Extraction" it will create a single VOB, therefore, requiring no merging. For DVDs I had already ripped (and didn't feel like redoing) I used a program called D-Vision 3 which merged the VOBs from the VIDEO_TS folder on my hard drive into one large VOB. Hope that helped. [/QUOTE]

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