How to recombine a movie on two DVD5s to one DVD9?

[hardkorn]

Hi guys.

I have two m2v files ripped from two dvds that are in fact the same movie, that I want to join them.

The thing is that the video streams(m2v) are different in bitrate. When demuxing them I get a 2400 mbps and a 3200 mbps.

I want to join these two streams and reauthor the first dvd with original menus and everything. What is the best approach? Get into CCE and encode them with identical bitrates?
Because joining them in tmpenc I always get a large mpg file that behaves like a container. It contains two video streams and two ac3. It'll be a hard job synchronizing video and audio but I hope I can do this in the end.

Thanks and waiting for your input.

[neuron2]

I want to join these two streams and reauthor the first dvd with original menus and everything. What is the best approach? That's a rule 12 violation.

EDIT: Content not relevant after moving these posts to a new thread.

[hardkorn]

My problem is that the movie is split across two dvds, and I'd like to put the movie on a single dvd-dl. That's why all this hassle.

The first dvd is the one that has all the original menu, buttons, etc.

I want to replace the main movie in voblanker with the joined one, preserving the initial structure.

What is rule 12?:))

[setarip_old]

@hardkorn

Hi!My problem is that the movie is split across two dvds, and I'd like to put the movie on a single dvd-dl. That's why all this hassle.The first dvd is the one that has all the original menu, buttons, etc.Your description makes it clear that you're referring to a DVD that was previously split and you now want to rejoin.

I'd suggest that it would be far simpler to just make a new (D/L) backup of your original, commercial DVD...

What's the Title and Region of the DVD?

[neuron2]

What is rule 12? It's one of the rules you agreed to abide by when you signed up for this forum.

http://forum.doom9.org/forum-rules.htm

Also, your post is clearly off-topic for this thread as it is not about joining M2Vs in the sense of this thread. You should start a new thread for new issues.

Finally, how do you happen to have a movie split on two DVDs?

[hardkorn]

If you are insinuating that I'd be dealing with warez, it's not the case. It's just an old backup after a Schindler's List Dl disk, that I bought 2 years ago. Then (and now, still) when DL disks were prohibitive in price aspect, I made a backup after it. I was going for full quality (such a great movie) so I chose to split it on two dvds. As I am 400 miles away from home at school, I currently don't have access to my original dvd(s) which are at home in safe keeping. But I do have most of the backups I made after them. It's understandable when living in a dorm with people coming and going.

I don't get it. I ask a question, and I am becoming the number 1 suspect in pirating and distributing warez in no time.

Even if I wanted to download a Dvd off the internet, I wouldn't download a double layer (9 gigs), would I???

P.S. Do you want me to give you the dvd's serial code?

Cheers mate!

[neuron2]

To protect the forum, we have to enforce our rules. If your post raises concerns, we have to address them. Your explanation is acceptable. If you had been sensitive to our rules, you would have included it in your first post and avoided all of this.

BTW, I am splitting this off to a new thread as it is off-topic for "joining M2Vs".

[setarip_old]

@hardkornwhen DL disks were prohibitive in price aspect, I made a backup after it. I was going for full quality (such a great movie) so I chose to split it on two dvds.It's still significantly less costly (and simpler) to duplicate your 2 disc backup than to join them on a D/L disc.

BTW - Now that things have been cleared up - As I recall, the R1 original (The movie is 187 minutes long) was available as a DVD18 (double-sided, double-layered), while the R2 version appeared on 2 separate DVD9s. Both versions split the movie at Chapter 28, with Side2/Disc2 containing Chapters 28 through 40 plus extras.

This is only a question for my personal understanding, because there's something I can't get my head around: If my memory is correct as stated, how did you manage to "split" the DVD onto only two DVD5s, without compression?

[hardkorn]

Mine is the R2 version. Actually is 196 minutes long not 187. I took all the extras out as I was only interested in the movie(untouched). Also I took out the extra sound streams: French, DD 5.1, Spanish DD 5.1, and corresponding subtitles and I managed to keep the video part intact.
I can't recall exactly but I might have compressed the menus. The idea was to leave the main movie untampered.

I hope this clears the doubts you're having.

It's still significantly less costly (and simpler) to duplicate your 2 disc backup than to join them on a D/L disc.

I would do exactly what are you saying, but as I told you before, I am at school and all the originals I own are back home, 400 miles away.

Ok. Enough with the explanations. I feel like I am questioned for murdering someone. Not that I know how it is.:)

Fight the power that be!

[setarip_old]

I don't wish to belabor the issue but, I was now suggesting that you NOW should make two-disc backup copies of your two-disc backup copies or two M2Vs (The ones you were initially trying to re-join, not the originals you have at home).THis will eliminate the concern about differing bitrates...

Au revoir ;>}

[hardkorn]

That's what I did.