VOB Files Audio Delay Problem

[Russ Croucher]

In working with a customer that has DVDs I have discovered an audio delay in the VOB file going always back to 11.20 version. So I was able to go all the way back to version 11.20, dated February 2022 up to the current version to show that there some type of audio delay. I have created several project files and put on the cloud link below  to help try to solve this problem.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AuSetTxgq7JxqotVabQCqjPf0lQpIA?e=6mUkvt

I'm looking for help the possibly someone can come up with a workaround to help solve this customer's problem. The project file once is loaded actually position the cursor white where you can play the video and see a baby playing with the piano and you hear the sound several seconds later.

Help help help!
 

[borate]

Reported...though this appears to be a non-standard file.  In players it's listed as :26 long, with the seek bar unusable beyond that point.

Suggest that it be screen captured as an mp4.  Crop out the switching pulses at the bottom.

[Russ Croucher]

What I need help with a workaround to take the DVD stick it in the computer and drag-and-drop it to the media bin which will read all the VOB files in order. Then I take all those and drag them to the timeline to create a MP4 file. But somehow these VOB files have an audio delay which is causing issues with Videopad. I have verified that VLC does not have the problem.

[borate]

Appears that this isn't going to succeed with that method.  A workaround until, and if, it's fixed is above.  The devs are aware of the issue.

[Russ Croucher]

I'll keep looking at it. I get a lot of flak about it because VLC can read it no problem. I understand. Yes it may be not standard borrow I do about the guy created these files 20 years ago. I cannot create an ISO image because "imgBurn" says it's a DVD-ROM and it cannot create an ISO image. Does your disk reader create images from these discs?

One thought is I could use VLC to create a 640x480 window and then use debut to copy the entire thing to creating a clean MP4 file with no delay. What you guys think?

[borate]

Precisely what was suggested - a capture.  A test of that approach played fine in VP.

Yes, a DVD image can be created here, but the result is even worse than the original.

[Russ Croucher]

Thanks for the input. That's when I'm going to do capture everything at 640x480 with debut send it to MP4 and then use Videopad for the rest like image stabilization.

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My solution to the problem was to play the video with media player and then use Debut to do a screen capture. I do believe they're doing something unusually wrong in the format but I do want to retrieve what the customer recorded. Maybe there's an easy fix down the road but this works great.

I will say I've had many DVDs where I can just read the entire DVD with Videopad and create an MP4. This is the 1st time I had anytime of audio problem. But this is a good working solution except I cannot read the VOB files directly.

[borate]

Tested several VOBs here.  Some are good, others are not.  We'll see what the future brings....