Stream Requested does not Exist

Trying to rip files from DVD for my wife's work project and create DVD copy in
Encore 2.0.

Source DVD is homemade with no protections and I have been able to do this
exercise before, but can't seem to import files to Encore.

I have tried to rename the .vob files on the source (each file is about .99GB)
and have also used "VOB2MPG v.2.5" to convert before importing.

When importing simple renamed file, message appears: "Stream requested does
not exist". However the file does play properly in Windows Media Player, so
it obviously exists somewhere in proper form.

When importing the .mpg file that VOB2MPG has created, Encore does not find an
audio track.

No name calling. :)

Can you export from VOB2MPG as elementary streams (separate video and audio)?

Otherwise try extracting elementary streams using either VideoReDo
<http://www.videoredo.com> or Womble MPEG Video Wizard
<http://www.womble.com>. They aren't free, but their trial versions are
very generous.

Thanks for the leads, Jeff. I am not able to export elementary streams using
VOB2MPG, and in any case, Encore simply freezes when I import any file from
VOB2MPG. I will try one of your suggested solutions.

Can you explain why the re-name process would work on some homemade DVDs and not
others? Does it have anything to do with DVDs authored in non-Adobe programs??

also, why will the renamed files play perfectly in Windows Media and WinDVD, yet
not go into Encore as .mpg assets?

I had the same issue and to fix it I created a new file from the old one with
the following settings.

File type: MPG
Codec: Ulead MPEG.Now Encoder
Media Type PAL DVD
Frame type: Upper Field First
Bit Rate: 5000 kbps