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Hi Daniweb team,

I recorded a video in Sony videocam and play it in my computer. It has four chapters. I wanted to upload the 4th chapter only in the youtube, but when I edit it in the Windows Media Maker, it only sees the first part (which is weird) though in the DVD it has four.

I converted it in .AVI but same result. It only play the first part.

Why is that it only play the first part? I tried other software that can stream the chapters but only works if you will pay for it. (I think Mpeg2streaming?).

Please help!!

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This thread shows a classic authored-DVD symptom: the disc has a VIDEO_TS structure (the two .VOB / .IFO / .BUP files mentioned by ) and the chapter/navigation data lives in the IFO files. Stand-alone players read that navigation and present all chapters; many simple converters and Windows Movie Maker do not, so they only import the first physical VOB segment or the first logical title. As noted, treating the disc as a DVD project (rip the title) rather than converting an isolated .VOB is the correct approach.

Practical, reliable workflows (no special hardware required):

  • Friendly GUI path: rip the DVD title into a single container that preserves chapter markers, then export just the desired chapter. Tools that produce a single MKV with chapter metadata and then let an encoder pick a chapter work best (rip → select chapter → encode to H.264/MP4 for YouTube). This avoids missing segments caused by converting individual .VOB files.
  • Advanced CLI path: concatenate the .VOB segments in order and cut by timestamps with ffmpeg to avoid unnecessary re-encoding.

Example ffmpeg steps (manual method — filenames/times must match the actual disc):

# files.txt contents:
file 'VTS_01_1.VOB'
file 'VTS_01_2.VOB'

# join without re-encoding
ffmpeg -f concat -safe 0 -i files.txt -c copy full.mpg

# cut the chapter by time (replace with the chapter start/end)
ffmpeg -i full.mpg -ss 00:12:34 -to 00:17:45 -c copy chapter4.mpg

Notes and cautions: pick the DVD title with the largest runtime when ripping (that is usually the main title containing all chapters); avoid repeated lossy re-encodes to preserve quality; if the disc is AVCHD instead of VIDEO_TS, a different extractor is required. Windows Movie Maker’s behavior here is expected because it doesn’t honor DVD IFO navigation.

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Can you play all 4 chapters in your Videocam? Also if you have recorded it on DVD but haven't finalize it yet, did you try it on tv dvd player instead?

And also, how many files it created?

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Hello thank you for your reply, my answer is in red.

Can you play all 4 chapters in your Videocam? Yes, all of the 4 chapters are playing in my videocam. I can select the first or jump to the 3rd. I play it all I want. Also if you have recorded it on DVD but haven't finalize it yet, What did you mean? Sorry, but the file is already created in .Vob.did you try it on tv dvd player instead?Yes! It play the four chapters, it play all files.

And also, how many files it created? Ok. In my DVD player, it detects 2 .vob files (1st has two chapters) (2nd has four chapters). in my computer there's 2 .IFO 2 .VOB and 2 .BUP files.


Hope these helps!

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So it's a full DVD format. No wonder you can't edit the other chapters even when you convert its vob file to avi. If you try to play it on your computer using any DVD player (with DVD), it can play normally... If you extract it and play the .vob files alone, it won't work properly...

Actually you have to rip the DVD with a software tools like Nero in order to correctly obtaining files that can be edited later on.

You can try this. It's trial but you can use full function of it while period still last.
http://www.magicdvdripper.com/
http://download.cnet.com/Easy-DVD-Rip/3000-2140_4-10441877.html

OR

this. It's free but less function so you have to purchase like above for full function
http://www.winxdvd.com/dvd-ripper/

Hope this helps...

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