DVD Ripper Chapters

[miller75]

I am ripping a DVD to VOB format, is there any way to keep the chapter info. If I play the original dvd I can skip the chapters but not with the ripped VOB

[signals]

You can keep it using the MP4 profile and many others but not VOB Passthrough. In spite of the name, it is a deconstructive process that strips away the DVD-Video characteristics of the files and does not re-encode them.

[miller75]

Thanks, the only problem is I seem to be loosing a lot of quality if I uses MP4, is there anywhere I can find info on keeping the DVD quality on an MP4?

[90312]

You can use mp4 Passthrough, as the name implies it passes audio and video through to the container uncompressed and unchanged. Makes for a big file.

[miller75]

I dont have a mp4 Passthrough option

[90312]

It's available in 9.3.0.1, haven't checked 9.3.0.2 yet?

[90312]

Never mind as soon as I select a source it changes to plain old MP4 so it don't work anyway. Will your device play an iso? Main Movie iso is another route.

[Nik_Simpson]

MKV is an option

If your device can play mkv, then mkv passthrough is another option.

[signals]

If the source is h264 it should still work. Apparently not for MPEG-2, it (MP4 Passthrough) disappears when an MPEG-2 source is loaded.

[90312]

Yep works with an H.264 BR disc. Oh well

[miller75]

Thanks guys, I have gone for mkv. My Samsung TV wont pick the chapters up but my NeoTV 550's will