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abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member -  
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Hello,

I have an old PC on which I burned memories of photos and videos with editing onto DVDs. On this PC, I can read the DVDs without any problem via VLC. Well, I recently bought a laptop and I would like to transfer everything to this new PC. So, as a test, I copied a DVD onto an external hard drive. Then from the external hard drive, I pasted it onto the new PC.

On the old PC, I can read the edited videos that are on the external hard drive using VLC. However, on the new PC, whether the external hard drive is connected or the file that I pasted, I can't read them at all. VLC doesn't launch, the video files appear with a Media Player logo (which also doesn't launch), and I can't choose VLC for playback. What should I do?

Thank you in advance.

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    fabul Posted messages 42196 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 070
     
    Hi,

    Convert the VIDEO_TS folder to .ISO using DVD Shrink

    VLC opens ISO files well.
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    1. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
       
      Okay, thank you.
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  2. jee pee Posted messages 31913 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 986
     
    Hello,

    To launch with VLC, rather than clicking on the files, you should try opening VLC first, then in VLC go to Media/Open.

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  3. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    Hello,

    when opening VLC, it finds the folder, but it's empty inside. It doesn't find any files. If I right-click on the video ts to open with, VLC is not an option. However, when I search and choose to open with VLC, I get the error message "irrecoverable failure."

    On the other hand, I have the message to check "always use this app to open .IFO files."

    It suggests going to the Windows store and offers to install other apps, but I'm not interested in that.

    Thank you.
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  4. fmq Posted messages 4899 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   722
     
    Hello

    Jeepee's idea is the right one

    You need to open VLC
    Media menu
    Open a FILE

    Point

    Ciao ciao

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  6. jee pee Posted messages 31913 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 986
     
    bizarre that VLC does not display the files, they do have a .ts extension? Do you display extensions in the explorer or not?

    The strangest thing is that the old PC, on the external drive, reads the files with VLC

    We should open one and go to tools/information on the codecs to see the type of encoding of the videos

    to return to the original, when we burn a DVD, we can put it in DVD format, or in a simple file format. In the first case, copying the files does not necessarily make them readable, to extract the videos, we have to perform the reverse operation of burning in DVD format, "ripping", extracting the video.

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  7. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    I confirm VLC cannot find the file. Just to clarify, the extension is ._ts and not .ts
    Finally, I don't know if that makes a difference.

    And as a reminder, the copy I made on the external hard drive is playable on VLC on the old PC.

    I don't understand this.
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    1. fmq Posted messages 4899 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   722
       
      it's really curious

      you should do a test with a commercial DVD
      to pinpoint the problem

      it could come from the new PC
      the editing software
      the burning software

      ciao ciao
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  8. MPMP10 Posted messages 47460 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   19 030
     
    Hello,
    Why not put the DVD directly into the new PC?
    Does this new PC not have a DVD drive?

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  9. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    No, the new laptop does not have a DVD drive.

    I will check the properties/codecs and keep you updated.
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    1. MPMP10 Posted messages 47460 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   19 030
       
      OK.
      Otherwise, there is the solution of an external DVD drive.
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  10. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    So I right-click on the video_ts file. I see file type IFO,
    Opens with Windows Media Player. And if I try to change in modify, I don't see VLC.

    My goal is to backup my DVDs since there is no longer a player.
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    1. jee pee Posted messages 31913 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 986
       
      _ts is not a file extension; the extension would be .ts

      An IFO file is one of the files in the structure of a DVD, see: https://www.commentcamarche.net/contents/390-fichier-ifo

      So as I mentioned earlier, in order to turn a DVD into a regular video file, you need to convert it, "rip" it

      It’s been a while since I did that, but I think FormatFactory does it. The best would be to do it from the original DVD on the old PC, or to be sure that you have copied all the files present on the DVD to the external drive.
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  11. glandu Posted messages 25506 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   4 091
     
    Hello, finally an answer with a future. You need either a video editing software with a DVD import option, which is very easy, or an authoring software that does this job for free but is complex, like DVD Shrink. The useful files are .ts
    https://www.commentcamarche.net/telecharger/tv-video/8305-dvd-shrink/
    There is Cyberlink Power DVD 2Go 13 or Essential for free in a reduced option
    https://fr.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/index_fr_FR.html

    "The donkeys change their minds, not the fools"
    Remember to mark your message as "resolved" if that's the case.
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  12. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    Hello,

    I have successfully copied all the files from the DVD.
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  13. jee pee Posted messages 31913 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 986
     
    I've found an old directory copied from a burned DVD (a VHS transformed into a DVD), here's what it contains:



    The files containing the video are the .VOB, which is apparent from their size. When I launch the VIDEO_TS.IFO file in VLC, I get a menu to choose which video to play, there are 2 on the DVD.

    I need to convert the entire folder to make it into a video. I can't remember how I did it back then; I use many software programs. I tried FormatFactory, but it doesn't recognize the folder as a DVD; it must perform a conversion from the physical DVD, not a copy on disk.

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  14. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    Thank you.

    For me, video_ts corresponds to the menu that I created. But I finally downloaded a DVD/Blu-ray player software from the Windows Store that works very well.

    It remains a mystery for VLC in any case.

    I thank you all for your help.
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    1. ziggourat Posted messages 24643 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 342
       
      Hello,

      If the version you have is the one from the Windows Store, that is not the right one!
      You need to uninstall it and install the "real" VLC: https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.fr.html

      Best regards
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  15. abousalime Posted messages 67 Status Member 2
     
    Hi,

    well, there was indeed an update of VLC, but not from Windows, so I have fewer options in the menus. From there, VLC works for my DVDs. So that was it then!

    Thanks again...
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    1. ziggourat Posted messages 24643 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   5 342
       
      You're welcome, take care.
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