My IfoEdit no longer seems to work !? Please help me! !!!

I dont know what the heck is going on- let me give you the quick summary of the problem, and see if you can help me please? I want to make a backup of a movie to take on a trip. I havent made a backup in like 6 months, but i remember the steps pretty well. I use smartripper then ifoedit, then burn with recordnow, etc.. I am a bit of a beginner, so please understand that I dont know all the technical stuff- Heres the problem - usually, after IfoEdit finishes correcting the VOB pointers (or is it VOBU pointers), it gives me a bunch of error messages saying about file size doesnt match or something, and i just hit "ok" like 10 times... Then reload the file and get VTS sectors, then usually its all ready to burn. But this time, it doesnt do that, and i suspect this is the source of the problem. so, when i try to play the vts_01_0.ifo file in the VIDEO_TS folder, powerDVD gives me an error message. It says error code: 80070002 - the system cannot find the file specified. Also, when i try to burn the VIDEO_TS folder now, recordnow rejects it and gives me an error message What is wrong? What am i doing wrong? I know my burner works fine because i tested it with some non-dvd data, and it works fine- Thanks to anyone in advance for your help!!

Got the same problem when there where more vtsX_XX.vob files in the folder than the number belonging to the main movie. ifoedit seems to inspect every file that's there and complains, if there are more than those belonging to the main movie. Are you sure that you've copied the main movie only into that folder?

yes as far as i can tell, im doing everything EXACTLY the same way as ive always done it- thats why i immediately recognized that something was wrong when it didnt bring up the size error messages after correcting the VOB pointers. It always does this. Always. It was just a part of the process. I dont know what it means, but I always did everything the exact same way, and that was just part of the arcane process that made it all work- now it doesnt do that, and i suspect its part of the problem. although i dont know. Virus maybe ? :(

i do realize that im using outdated software, and outdated versions, but what was really important to me was - i had a way that worked. No matter how arcane, and rediculous, if i hit the same buttons inthe same sequence each time, it worked. which was all i cared about now it doesnt work anymore and its driving me batshit. i use smartripper in movie mode. i take out all the bs like comments and other languages. then i process it in ifoedit, and it usually works just fine, but not anymore- i even tried the new ifoedit 0.971, and have teh same problem. :( :( :( :( :mad:

its always worked just fine for me using movie mode. thats what ive done since day 1. just select all the chapters and then the dest folder, and then decrypt it. then i have to go and get the video_ts.ifo file and put that into the folder. then i process them with ifo edit. then recorrect the vob pointers. then cancel out all the error messages. then get vts sectors. then i check it with powerdvd using 'ctrl - o then i burn it. i am quite sure that the problem is with me, and not my computer or burner. its always conveniant to say, damn it what the hell is wrong wtih this infernal machine, but the truth is im probably doing something wrong. i just need to find out what that is-

I rarely use SmartRipper nowadays but I forgot to mention that in Files Mode, check all files. I could go on and on about the DVD specs and what your normal routine is but let's do it this way. Post what files you have in your "back-up" VIDEO_TS folder. Not your original DVD. I really want to see what you have.

Crikey biscuit - what you're doing wrong is not taking any advice. "I do it my way and I wanna know why that don't work no more". Over and over and over again!! Do it another way, man and get it right! Be flexible! 2COOL is very knowledgeable - take his advice! DVD protection has moved a lot in the last 6 months - Smartripper is years old now, but DVD Decrypter just came out with a new version which defeats new forms of protection. Get up to the times! Regards

hmmmm- Ok, after thinking about it a bit, yes, i would like to try out some new software and new methods. I occasionally do use DVDdecryptor when smart ripper wont work on a disc, but that is rare- what does the new version have in it that the old one doesnt ? Also, what has happened in the dvd coypying world in the last 6-12 months that is so great? have i missed something ?