Vob to Iso

[st4rk3]

Hi i found this command elsewhere on the forum for compiling an iso from vob files.....

sudo mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso

and it works but my problem is that it by default creates the dvd.iso in the home dir but as its a dvd9 i don't have space and can't make space easily because of a small partition.

Is there any way i can direct this command at another place?

[st4rk3]

So i've figured out i need to use one of these options but not sure which one any ideas?

Usage: genisoimage [options] file...
Options:
-nobak Do not include backup files
-no-bak Do not include backup files
-abstract FILE Set Abstract filename
-A ID, -appid ID Set Application ID
-biblio FILE Set Bibliographic filename
-cache-inodes Cache inodes (needed to detect hard links)
-no-cache-inodes Do not cache inodes (if filesystem has no unique unides)
-check-oldnames Check all imported ISO9660 names from old session
-check-session FILE Check all ISO9660 names from previous session
-copyright FILE Set Copyright filename
-debug Set debug flag
-b FILE, -eltorito-boot FILE
Set El Torito boot image name
-eltorito-alt-boot Start specifying alternative El Torito boot parameters
-B FILES, -sparc-boot FILES Set sparc boot image names
-sunx86-boot FILES Set sunx86 boot image names
-G FILE, -generic-boot FILE Set generic boot image name
-sparc-label label text Set sparc boot disk label
-sunx86-label label text Set sunx86 boot disk label
-c FILE, -eltorito-catalog FILE
Set El Torito boot catalog name
-C PARAMS, -cdrecord-params PARAMS
Magic paramters from cdrecord
-d, -omit-period Omit trailing periods from filenames (violates ISO9660)
-dir-mode mode Make the mode of all directories this mode.
-D, -disable-deep-relocation
Disable deep directory relocation (violates ISO9660)
-file-mode mode Make the mode of all plain files this mode.
-f, -follow-links Follow symbolic links
-gid gid Make the group owner of all files this gid.
-graft-points Allow to use graft points for filenames
-root DIR Set root directory for all new files and directories
-old-root DIR Set root directory in previous session that is searched for files
-help Print option help
-hide GLOBFILE Hide ISO9660/RR file
-hide-list FILE File with list of ISO9660/RR files to hide
-hidden GLOBFILE Set hidden attribute on ISO9660 file
-hidden-list FILE File with list of ISO9660 files with hidden attribute
-hide-joliet GLOBFILE Hide Joliet file
-hide-joliet-list FILE File with list of Joliet files to hide
-hide-joliet-trans-tbl Hide TRANS.TBL from Joliet tree
-hide-rr-moved Rename RR_MOVED to .rr_moved in Rock Ridge tree
-gui Switch behaviour for GUI
-i ADD_FILES No longer supported
-input-charset CHARSET Local input charset for file name conversion
-output-charset CHARSET Output charset for file name conversion
-iso-level LEVEL Set ISO9660 conformance level (1..3) or 4 for ISO9660 version 2
-J, -joliet Generate Joliet directory information
-joliet-long Allow Joliet file names to be 103 Unicode characters
-jcharset CHARSET Local charset for Joliet directory information
-l, -full-iso9660-filenames Allow full 31 character filenames for ISO9660 names
-max-iso9660-filenames Allow 37 character filenames for ISO9660 names (violates ISO9660)
-allow-limited-size Allow different file sizes in ISO9660/UDF on large files
-allow-leading-dots Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660)
-ldots Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660)
-L, -allow-leading-dots Allow ISO9660 filenames to start with '.' (violates ISO9660)
-log-file LOG_FILE Re-direct messages to LOG_FILE
-m GLOBFILE, -exclude GLOBFILE
Exclude file name
-exclude-list FILE File with list of file names to exclude
-pad Pad output to a multiple of 32k (default)
-no-pad Do not pad output to a multiple of 32k
-M FILE, -prev-session FILE Set path to previous session to merge
-dev SCSIdev Set path to previous session to merge
-N, -omit-version-number Omit version number from ISO9660 filename (violates ISO9660)
-new-dir-mode mode Mode used when creating new directories.
-force-rr Inhibit automatic Rock Ridge detection for previous session
-no-rr Inhibit reading of Rock Ridge attributes from previous session
-no-split-symlink-components
Inhibit splitting symlink components
-no-split-symlink-fields Inhibit splitting symlink fields
-o FILE, -output FILE Set output file name
-path-list FILE File with list of pathnames to process
-p PREP, -preparer PREP Set Volume preparer
-print-size Print estimated filesystem size and exit
-publisher PUB Set Volume publisher
-P PUB, -publisher PUB Set Volume publisher
-quiet Run quietly
-r, -rational-rock Generate rationalized Rock Ridge directory information
-R, -rock Generate Rock Ridge directory information
-s TYPE, -sectype TYPE Set output sector type to e.g. data/xa1/raw
-alpha-boot FILE Set alpha boot image name (relative to image root)
-hppa-cmdline CMDLINE Set hppa boot command line (relative to image root)
-hppa-kernel-32 FILE Set hppa 32-bit image name (relative to image root)
-hppa-kernel-64 FILE Set hppa 64-bit image name (relative to image root)
-hppa-bootloader FILE Set hppa boot loader file name (relative to image root)
-hppa-ramdisk FILE Set hppa ramdisk file name (relative to image root)
-mips-boot FILE Set mips boot image name (relative to image root)
-mipsel-boot FILE Set mipsel boot image name (relative to image root)
-jigdo-jigdo FILE Produce a jigdo .jigdo file as well as the .iso
-jigdo-template FILE Produce a jigdo .template file as well as the .iso
-jigdo-min-file-size SIZE Minimum size for a file to be listed in the jigdo file
-jigdo-force-md5 PATTERN Pattern(s) where files MUST match an externally-supplied MD5sum
-jigdo-exclude PATTERN Pattern(s) to exclude from the jigdo file
-jigdo-map PATTERN1=PATTERN2
Pattern(s) to map paths (e.g. Debian=/mirror/debian)
-md5-list FILE File containing MD5 sums of the files that should be checked
-jigdo-template-compress ALGORITHM
Choose to use gzip or bzip2 compression for template data; default is gzip
-sort FILE Sort file content locations according to rules in FILE
-split-output Split output into files of approx. 1GB size
-stream-file-name FILE_NAME Set the stream file ISO9660 name (incl. version)
-stream-media-size # Set the size of your CD media in sectors
-sysid ID Set System ID
-T, -translation-table Generate translation tables for systems that don't understand long filenames
-table-name TABLE_NAME Translation table file name
-ucs-level LEVEL Set Joliet UCS level (1..3)
-udf Generate UDF file system
-dvd-video Generate DVD-Video compliant UDF file system
-uid uid Make the owner of all files this uid.
-U, -untranslated-filenames Allow Untranslated filenames (for HPUX & AIX - violates ISO9660). Forces -l, -d, -N, -allow-leading-dots, -relaxed-filenames, -allow-lowercase, -allow-multidot
-relaxed-filenames Allow 7 bit ASCII except lower case characters (violates ISO9660)
-no-iso-translate Do not translate illegal ISO characters '~', '-' and '#' (violates ISO9660)
-allow-lowercase Allow lower case characters in addition to the current character set (violates ISO9660)
-allow-multidot Allow more than one dot in filenames (e.g. .tar.gz) (violates ISO9660)
-use-fileversion LEVEL Use file version # from filesystem
-v, -verbose Verbose
-version Print the current version
-V ID, -volid ID Set Volume ID
-volset ID Set Volume set ID
-volset-size # Set Volume set size
-volset-seqno # Set Volume set sequence number
-x FILE, -old-exclude FILE Exclude file name(depreciated)
-hard-disk-boot Boot image is a hard disk image
-no-emul-boot Boot image is 'no emulation' image
-no-boot Boot image is not bootable
-boot-load-seg # Set load segment for boot image
-boot-load-size # Set numbers of load sectors
-boot-info-table Patch boot image with info table
-XA Generate XA directory attruibutes
-xa Generate rationalized XA directory attruibutes
-z, -transparent-compression
Enable transparent compression of files
-hfs-type TYPE Set HFS default TYPE
-hfs-creator CREATOR Set HFS default CREATOR
-g, -apple Add Apple ISO9660 extensions
-h, -hfs Create ISO9660/HFS hybrid
-map MAPPING_FILE Map file extensions to HFS TYPE/CREATOR
-H MAPPING_FILE, -map MAPPING_FILE
Map file extensions to HFS TYPE/CREATOR
-magic FILE Magic file for HFS TYPE/CREATOR
-probe Probe all files for Apple/Unix file types
-mac-name Use Macintosh name for ISO9660/Joliet/RockRidge file name
-no-mac-files Do not look for Unix/Mac files (depreciated)
-boot-hfs-file FILE Set HFS boot image name
-part Generate HFS partition table
-cluster-size SIZE Cluster size for PC Exchange Macintosh files
-auto FILE Set HFS AutoStart file name
-no-desktop Do not create the HFS (empty) Desktop files
-hide-hfs GLOBFILE Hide HFS file
-hide-hfs-list FILE List of HFS files to hide
-hfs-volid HFS_VOLID Volume name for the HFS partition
-icon-position Keep HFS icon position
-root-info FILE finderinfo for root folder
-input-hfs-charset CHARSET Local input charset for HFS file name conversion
-output-hfs-charset CHARSET Output charset for HFS file name conversion
-hfs-unlock Leave HFS Volume unlocked
-hfs-bless FOLDER_NAME Name of Folder to be blessed
-hfs-parms PARAMETERS Comma separated list of HFS parameters
-prep-boot FILE PReP boot image file -- up to 4 are allowed
-chrp-boot Add CHRP boot header
--cap Look for AUFS CAP Macintosh files
--netatalk Look for NETATALK Macintosh files
--double Look for AppleDouble Macintosh files
--ethershare Look for Helios EtherShare Macintosh files
--exchange Look for PC Exchange Macintosh files
--sgi Look for SGI Macintosh files
--macbin Look for MacBinary Macintosh files
--single Look for AppleSingle Macintosh files
--ushare Look for IPT UShare Macintosh files
--xinet Look for XINET Macintosh files
--dave Look for DAVE Macintosh files
--sfm Look for SFM Macintosh files
--osx-double Look for MacOS X AppleDouble Macintosh files
--osx-hfs Look for MacOS X HFS Macintosh files

[st4rk3]

Nevermind found the solution... sudo mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o /DIR/dvd.iso

[Neural oD]

or you could cd to that directory and run the command from there

[larry007]

Presumably you could include the path before dvd.iso eg.
sudo mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o /var/tmp/dvd.iso

Alternatively cd to the directory prior to running the mkisofs command eg.
cd /var/tmp
sudo mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso