|  | Posted by Rick Merrill on 02/15/07 21:53 
Gene wrote:> I have looked, but never found, a really good program
 > (Windows, DOS, whatever) that can "salvage" a
 > video DVD that would not open in Windows. Surely
 > there is a program somewhere that will reconstruct
 > an unreadable video DVD, even if frames are missing or
 > of poor quality,etc.  My gut feeling is that MOST of the
 > VOB file data is written to the video DVD, and it's just a
 > matter of reading the bits of data and reassembling a video
 > DVD,  as best the program can. Something is better
 > than nothing. I'm thinking of a program that bypasses
 > Windows and operates at the hardware level.  A DOS
 > program would be just fine.
 >
 > If anyone has ever seen such a program, please post a link,
 > or program name, etc.  It sounds like such an obvious
 > tool that I'm surprised that it's not a freeware thing.
 >
 > THANKS,
 > Gene
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > "Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
 > news:25ednSS5qbVk_0nYnZ2dnUVZ_tmknZ2d@giganews.com...
 >> "Andy" <woof@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 >> news:er19v1$2pk7$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
 >>> I have DVD of a home video that was recorded from the camera onto a TDK
 >>> disk
 
 Was the disk "Finalized?"  This is required by almost all DVD recorders.
 
 Was the disk in "Video" (not VR)mode?
 
 >>> in a DVD recorder. When I try to import the .VOB file into Womble MPEG
 >>> Video
 >>> Wizard DVD I get the message "Cannot open the file".
 
 EIther the disk is dead or you didn't finalize.
 
 >>> What would cause this, and how can I get it to import?
 >>>
 >>> Thanks
 >>  What kind of disk was it?  If it wasn't a DVD+RW disk, then
 >> was it finalized in the DVD Recorder?
 >>
 >>  Can you see the contents of the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD,
 >> using Windows Explorer?
 
 No, use Womble MVW.
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