HOWTO: Create ISO from DVD Vob Files

**kverde** · February 6th, 2006

How to make a dvd iso from a /directory/ with VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories:

mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso /directory/

All filesnames must be in capital letters. If you are using FAT32, you need to add shortname=mixed to the filesystem.

**krusbjorn** · February 7th, 2006

Thanks a lot, I needed this.

**rado_london** · February 8th, 2006

It gives me that error:

Code:

rado@linux:~$ mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso /media/cdrom/
INFO:   UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
        Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
        use -input-charset to override.
mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.

How can I avoid this?

**fletch331360** · February 11th, 2006

i get the same error. anyone know how to fix this?

rado@linux:~$ mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso /media/cdrom/
INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
use -input-charset to override.
mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.

thanks

**terry98** · February 12th, 2006

i think that error is because you're trying to make the dvd iso in a read-only directory (/media/), try moving the directtory containing the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS to a folder writable, like /home/"your user"/

**johnswb** · October 19th, 2008

one word -- AWESOME!

**naknak987** · October 26th, 2008

I get this error.

Code:

naknak987@naknak987-desktop:~/Desktop$ mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso /dvd/
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
genisoimage: No such file or directory. Invalid node - '/dvd/'.

I would very much like this to work, and now I feel like I'm just a step away.

EDIT: I'm a dork. I figured it out, This worked for me. mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso /home/naknak987/Desktop/dvd/

**pumpkins2go** · May 21st, 2011

For a GUI method you could use Shrinkta, AKA DVD Movie Backup. It's there in the Ubuntu software center.

Set it to open a file instead of a DVD disc, browse for the folder containing VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS, click "open". Then on the next screen click "backup". It will produce an .iso image of the files. This must then be burnt as an image (NOT a data DVD). Nearly all burning apps. are able to do this.