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Burn vob Files To DVD On Mac / Linux

If you’ve got some .vob files and wonder how to get those onto a DVD and actually play it on your DVD player, you may get or already have some strange results.
The files might just be listed on the DVD, without the disc actually playing the movie as a DVD, or the disc may play the first vob section, then the second has no sound. And there is a plethora of issues and scenarios, just not the one you were expecting.

There are multiple ways to do it right and to achieve what you want. Here are two distinct ones:

1) Get a program called Roxio Toast 10 Titanium and click on create DVD. Then simply drag your files from left to right, follow the instructions and hit “Burn”. That’s it, it’s that easy if you can fork out $75.-. And the program can do much more than just that, check it out.

2) Save some money, have fun (maybe) and learn in the process.

- Hop on the terminal of you Mac and ensure that you have hdiutil. Type hdiutil info and you’ll know what version you have, which should be close to framework 283.

- Create an ISO which you can then burn to the DVD:  hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name DVD -o DVD Directory_of_DVD where DVD is the name of the iso file. This can take several minutes, depending on the length and size of your movie and the speed of your Mac.

- Mount the iso on your Mac by double clicking it and verify that it works as intended.

- Unmount it and burn it to DVD with Disk Utility or your favorite burner.

Create iso from cdrom in ubuntu

I’ve been asked how to extract an iso image from a cd. While there are a few approaches, one is the clean and easy way and that’s the readom way.

  • Insert your cd into the drive. If Ubuntu mounts the drive, umnount it
    (umount /media/xxx)
  • Using readom (read only memory), we specify the source device and the target file
    (readom dev=/dev/yourcdrom f=/home/user/directory/imagename.iso)

Your drive should spin up and create the iso. Once finished, mount the iso and test it.

That’s it. Happy rippin!