How to edit the time stamp on the track in the menu when DVD9 Split into 2 of DVD5

[metal_invader]

As the topic, I would like to split DVD9 into 2 of DVD5 that I would like to use the old menu from DVD9 to be the both menus of 2 of DVD5

[metal_invader]

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The track that I would like to split is VTS_14_x.VOB There are 22 Cells in this VOB file. And it use the menu to locate when the time to be display on each cell. It doesn't have a problem on Disk1 because it is exactly time stamp in the early track (For example, Cell 1 to Cell 15) but the problem is on Disk 2, when I use the same menu, it will not display as the track as shown in menu(For example, to play cell 16, it doesn't use the track 16 in a menu list but it is the track 1 in the list instead...)
How to edit these time stamp on the menu?
Could anyone can correct this?

PS. I also have the problem when I have split the track from DVD9 to DVD5 using IFOEdit that I cannot play VIDEO_TS.IFO so the track that has been splited cannot be play.
How can I solve this problem?

[Calimari]

I would do a disc with the main movie and a second disc with the extra's, with the unwanted stuff blanked on each disc. You can also hide the appropriate buttons on each disc, so that the blanked stuff can't be accessed anymore. By doing it this way, you'd probably have to shrink the main movie on disc 1, but the compression would be less than compressing everything to one disc.

But I guess you wanna split in the middle of a movie (a concert?), each disc would contain half of the movie, and by doing that the navigation on the second disc is wrong. Eg. when you wanna start the first chapter on disc 2, which is actually chapter 16 of the movie, you actually have to select chapter 1 on disc 2, because you've cut cells 1 to 15 away. Is that correct?
If that's your problem, you will have to edit the button commands in the menu of disc 2. Instead of pointing button "16" to chapter 16, you'll have to point it to chapter 1. 17 to 2, etc.
Then you also better hide button 1 to 15 so they can't be selected anymore.
Or you can re-assign the chapters in PgcEdit's Chapter Table Editor.
You can also split the movie in PgcEdit (delete cells), in its Pgc Editor.

[r0lZ]

IMO, the easiest way to split a DVD is with VobBlanker.

You should blank the cells of part 2 of the movie, and output to another folder, "Part 1". Then, blank the first cells (and unblank the last ones) and output to "Part 2".
With this method, no cells are really removed. They are just replaced by tiny black cells. This way, you don't have to fix the navigation commands, and you can still use all buttons of the chapter menu (although some of them are now useless.)

If playing 11 black cells seems too long, you can even skip them. Let me know if you prefer that. I'll explain how to do it with PgcEdit.

[spyhawk]

Just follow the yellow brick GUIDE (http://jsoto.posunplugged.com/guides/VobBlanker/splitdvd9/index.php). :)

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@r0lZ

Perhaps you could program a little macro to create a new cell command and the option to apply it to whatever cell(s) in PGC? ;) ;)

[metal_invader]

Dear r0IZ
That is what I want to do!!!
I would like to know begin with how to split the main movie to 2 DVDs and then what you have said that how to the black cells so I will not edit any buttons!!

Please let me know
Thank you very much

[blutach]

Just follow spyhawk's link. No button editing is necessary.

Regards

[r0lZ]

@r0lZ

Perhaps you could program a little macro to create a new cell command and the option to apply it to whatever cell(s) in PGC? ;) ;)Well, IMO, it is as easy to click on Edit PGC than to launch a macro! ;)
But I should highlight the cell commands that are not assigned in the cell table. I'll try to do that...

[blutach]

If you can do that r0lZ, would it then be possible for users who wish to delete unused cell commands they might have authored in, to automatically adjust the cell table when they delete the commands?

Just a thought.

Regards

[r0lZ]

Hum, difficult, as the cell commands are treated exactly the same way than the pre and post commands. But I can certainly write a macro to remove the unused cell commands. (BTW, this function already exists, but I haven't written it myself. It is in a well known plugin, you know what I mean!) ;)

[blutach]

Yes, I do. But I was thinking independently of that. You call the function, see what cell commands aren't used and decide to eliminate them with commands being automatically renumbered. Personally, I think this would be a useful part of the PgcEdit's main function, rather than buried in a plugin.

Thanks for considering it.

Regards

[r0lZ]

Of course, if I do it, it will be part of the normal GUI, not a plugin. IMO, all I have to do is to copy/paste the function of the plugin, and add a menu item to call it. That should be easy.

[Calimari]

(BTW, this function already exists, but I haven't written it myself. It is in a well known plugin, you know what I mean!) ;)

No we don't :)

I haven't tried it. How do you use it? Does it handle all PGC's or only the one you have the pointer in?

[r0lZ]

It handles the current PGC only.

Additionally, it removes the fake conditions like "if GPRM(1) >= GPRM(1)" and removes completely the commands with conditions that cannot be true, like "if GPRM(1) > GPRM(1) ...". These stupid conditions are typically ARccOS crap.

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Thanks for the your feedback r0lZ. ;)