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DVD Shrink error? Fix DVD files with FixVTS


This short article exists to show users a way to use a small but excellent tool called FixVTS to adjust your DVD files into better DVD compliance. Why? There are several reasons why you may need to do this. The most common reason is because software such as DVD Shrink has given errors when attempting to open a DVD. Using FixVTS, you can fix up the DVD in a matter of minutes and it should have solved such problems.


Introduction & Requirements


FixVTS - Download, unzip and run.

For such a small program, FixVTS is capable of a whole lot. FixVTS can process an entire DVD or just selected parts. It is important to mention that FixVTS won't corrupt any files and they will be still 100% playable. However, if you are still skeptical of making changes, it can create a backup.


FixVTS' simple interface


FixVTS is very small and only has a few options that you can change. Nevertheless, it is more than enough for what we are trying to accomplish.

Remove unref. and blank cells if selected will mean Vob cells that are not referenced in the IFO file will be removed from the output. If you used DVD Shrink a lot, you will notice there is a lot of Unreferenced Material on DVDs. With Shrink you can of course convert that material to still frames and save some space, but if you would prefer to have it done here instead of later, then keep this option selected.

Fix wrong PGC LBA pointers should be selected. The option was added in FixVTS 1.3. This adjusts the First VOBU start LBA, Last VOBU start LBA and Last VOBU End LBA in PGCs when these LBAs are obviously bogus and remaps a cell if it references something crazy.

In place (no backup) if selected means that FixVTS will process and make changes to your DVD files without there being a possibility to restore a backup. Now as I mentioned earlier, FixVTS won't damage your files (I can't see why it would do anything other than good) but if you are skeptical you should keep this unselected. However, if you select the option and decide not to have a backup, the process will be much faster.


Opening DVD files in FixVTS


Click Open and navigate to your DVD folder. Depending on what VOB files you select, you will have an option later to simply "cleanup" that particular VTS or to process the entire DVD. This article aims to make my DVD files work with DVD Shrink so I'm going to process the entire DVD so it doesn't matter what file i select.

I opened VIDEO_TS.VOB...


Start the Process


All that is left to do now is start the process. Before you begin, think again about whether you want FIxVTS to make a Backup or not. You will see in the screenshot i took that I decided to select In place (no backup) because I want the process to be faster and I highly doubt that anything will go wrong.

Now, if you are only processing a particular VTS then click Cleanup, but if you want FixVTS to process the entire DVD, click Full DVD...


You get a message?


The message is pretty straight forward, just one last warning before FixVTS alters files...


The Process


The entire process should not take too long, but of course it depends on your settings and the actual DVD itself. In most cases though (and especially if there is no backup) its only a matter of a couple of minutes.


Success?


If everything went well the program will simply say "Done...". And that's that, very simple yet so effective. You can now try your DVD files with DVD Shrink again.


Finally


If you have any problems, please visit our Discussion Forums and ask your questions there. Thanks to Jeanl for yet another invaluable contribution to us all :-)


Version History


v1.0 - First online online, 30th July 2006 by Dela

Created: 30 July 2006 Last updated: 14 August 2007

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