2COOL
6th August 2003, 06:13
Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack [Region 1]
Courtesy of 2C:cool::cool:L
This cheat sheet mainly goes out to user oceansky. You gotta love to hate all those long intros in Anime DVDs! IMHO, the backup quality came out pretty darn good. :D
Update 16 Jan 2004: Original Step 8 has been transferred to Step 12 as performing this prior to DVD Shrink will cause problems. Thanks to oceansky for solution.
Tools I used
DVD Decrypter in File Mode
IFOedit 0.95
DVD Shrink 2.3
MenuEdit 2.1.1 (registered) Optional but it does clean up the menus of used buttons.
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1. Create a folder named “Counterattack” and a subfolder named “Files”.
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2. Using DVD Decrypter in file mode, rip all files to your “Counterattack” folder.
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3. Open Video_TS.IFO with IFOedit and press “Get VTS Sectors” buttons to load other IFOs.
Note: I didn’t get any errors detect but I do this out of habit.
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4. Backup all IFOs and BUPs to “Files” subfolder. It’s a good practice to backup your original files prior to editing. In case you mess up, you can always copy over your these files over your badly edited one and then press your “Get VTS Sectors” button to refresh data in IFOedit.
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5. Bypassing Unwanted Stuff Before Menus
When DVd is inserted, you will have your FBI Warnings, Bandai Logo, and Dolby Digital displaying and it takes a long time before you even get to your menu. Here’s what we’ll do.
Go to VTS_01_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1 / PGC Command Table:.
OLD > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then (LinkPGN) Link Program 3, ..[20 a6 00 00 00 03 00 03]
NEW > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then Break.................................[00 a2 00 00 00 03 00 00]
Note: Program 3 is the actual clip for all of your unwanted Titles in this movie. I wanted to break the navigation so that all next Pre Commands were bypassed and your Post Command executed the next navigation.
For custom Title Play configuration, click here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=354712#post354712).
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6. Save VTS_01_.IFO and .BUP
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7. Setting Default English and Subtitles Off
Go to VTS_05_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1 / PGC Command Table:. Right click on Pre Command #10 and select “Insert Command”. You will have a new Pre Command #10 with a NOP. Double left click on line to to bring up HexEdit Module. Hexedit with new value below and press OK. We need to refresh to see your change so, click on “VTS_PGCITI” and click back to your PGC Command Table you worked on.
OLD > 10.Pre Command...NOP......................................................[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00]
NEW > 10.Pre Command...(SetSTN) Set Audio Stream: 0.............................[51 00 00 80 30 00 00 00]
Do the same for VTS_02_1 / PGC Command Table too.
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8. Save VTS_05_.IFO and .BUP
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9. Get VTS Sectors
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NOTE: From this point, if you intermittently get the message [ WARNING: GetAudioLanguage Failed!], don’t worry about it. Your default audio and subtitle-off has been taken care of in Step 7. You’ll only get this message in IFOedit.
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10. Press DVDPlay to preview/test in IFOedit. If everything is okay, proceed on to next step.
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11. Transcoding with DVD Shrink
Now, since the DVD is too big, we will have to shrink or transcode it in this case. I used DVD Shrink 2.3 to successfully do this step and below is the settings I have done. Of course, you would have to create a destination folder for each method. I’m not going into details on how to use DVD Shrink but it’s fairly easy to use. Just select VIDEO_TS.IFO when you press your Open Files icon.
[b]DVD Shrink 2.3 Full Disk Settings
Size Data
DVD Compressed Original
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Menus 156 MB 156 MB
Main Movie 4,006 MB 6,280 MB
Extras 356 MB 704 MB
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Estimated Total End Size 4,436 MB
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Exact Backup Size on Disk 4.32 GB (4,647,305,216 bytes)
Menus Streams Size
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No changes
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Main Movie
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Title 5,6 Video: Level 6 30% 3,608 MB
Audio: 1. AC3 6-ch English 390 MB
SubPx: 1. English 6 MB
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Extras
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Title 1 Video: Still Pictures 70% 1 MB
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Title 2 Video: Still Pictures 90% 1 MB
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Title 3 Video: Still Pictures 89% 2 MB
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Title 4 Video: Still Pictures 86% 23 MB
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Title 7 Video: Still Pictures 82% 12 MB
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Title 8 Video: Still Pictures 87% 8 MB
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Title 9 Video: Still Pictures 89% 8 MB
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Title 10 Video: Level 5 25% 207 MB
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12. Bypassing the Menu Intros
Go to VTS_05_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_2 / Cell Playback: / Cell_1: entry point sector:. Double click on this line and change to new entry point sector value.
Cell Playback:
OLD > Cell_1: entry point sector...291
NEW > Cell_1: entry point sector...18392
Details: Now, you’re going to ask how I got 18392? Well, here’s my detective work. When I played the movie in IFOedit, I noticed that it’s started with Chapter 1. If you press your Exit button, you will be given the Titles that were played from DVD insert. I got Title 6. You can also find out about the title number by looking at the Status Field in your IFOedit DVD Play Panel and it should show Title 6 too. If you haven’t figure it out, the main movie resides in VTS_05. Now, if you go to VIDEO_TS.IFO / VMG Overview / Number of Title Play Maps, you can get the associated VTS_PGC_# which is the same as your TTN_# (Titleset Title Number).
Title 5: VTS_05_*, TTN_1 (Angles: 1) (Chapters: 20) (Start Sector 184242)
Title 6: VTS_05_*, TTN_2 (Angles: 1) (Chapters: 17) (Start Sector 184242)
So now you know I had to edit VTS_PGC_2. Since I got this info now, I went to VTS_05_0.IFO / VTS Overview / PGC_2 (program chain) and double-left clicked on [Ch 01] line. Your VOB Preview window will pop up with a “Static” at the top left. I used the slider to get to the point where I need to go and if you look where the “Static” word was, it is now a number. I believe the slider will let you jump to “I” frame pictures, which we need to make the cut clean.
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13. Save VTS_05_.IFO and .BUP
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Disabling Unused Menu Buttons
After transcoding, I had certain audio streams stripped out and trailers not kept. We want to clean up the menu so that if we select these buttons, you should still remain at the same menu. The only drawback with doing it with IFOedit is that I can’t disable the stripped out streams buttons in the Setup Menu. Don't worry though because if you selected one that does not exist, the default (Audio: 1. AC3 6-ch English) would play anyway. So in this step, I’m giving you 2 options on disabling/deleting your buttons.
If you want to do it the IFOedit way, proceed to step 14a.
If you want to do it through MenuEdit 2.1.1 [registered], go to step 15.
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14a. Disable Trailers Button
Go to your VTS_04_0.IFO / VTSM_PGCI_UT / PGC-Menu_25 / PGC Command Table and right-click on your Pre Command #1. Select “Edit Command” and (LinkPGCN) Link PGC off the pulldown menu. Input PGC Nr 24. PGC-Menu_24 contains your Extras Menu and PGC-Menu_25 is, of course, your Trailers Menu.
OLD > 1.Pre Command...NOP......................[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00]
NEW > 1.Pre Command...(LinkPGCN) Link PGC 24...[20 04 00 00 00 00 00 18]
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14b. Disable Original Theatrical Trailers Button
Go to VTS_04_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1 / PGC Command Table and hexedit your Pre Command #12 to new hex value.
OLD > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then (LinkPGN) Link Program 3, [button=0] [20 a6 00 00 00 03 00 03]
NEW > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then (LinkPGN) Link Program 5, [button=0] [20 a6 00 00 00 03 00 05]
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14c. Save VTS_04_0.IFO and BUP
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14d. Go to Step 15.
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15. Using MenuEdit
In this step, I used MenuEdit 2.1.1, which I had registered. This is IMO a great asset to my backup software inventory and it was worth the money. The feature I needed, Jumping to a non deleted button, when deleting a button is only available in the registered version of MenuEdit. Below is the information to which VobIDs and buttons you need to delete since we didn’t keep them.
Go to your transcoded DVD folder and open up VTS_04_0.VOB with MenuEdit. Select CellIDs and press your “Edit” button. After you selected “Jump to non deleted button”, press OK and you will be prompted with a point-of-no-return confirmation. If you don’t feel confident, I would highly recommend you backup your VTS_04_0.* files.
Setup Menu
VobID:11 > CellID: 1 (7 buttons) > Delete buttons 2,3,4 > Jump to non deleted button
VobID:12 > CellID: 1 (7 buttons) > Delete buttons 2,3,4 > Jump to non deleted button
Extras Menu
VobID:19 > CellID: 1 (13 buttons) > Select and delete buttons 5 & 9 > Jump to non deleted button
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16. Get VTS Sectors
__________________________________________________________
17. Preview and test your backup and if satisfied, burn what works for you. For me, I used ImgTools with Nero’s API.
Courtesy of 2C:cool::cool:L
This cheat sheet mainly goes out to user oceansky. You gotta love to hate all those long intros in Anime DVDs! IMHO, the backup quality came out pretty darn good. :D
Update 16 Jan 2004: Original Step 8 has been transferred to Step 12 as performing this prior to DVD Shrink will cause problems. Thanks to oceansky for solution.
Tools I used
DVD Decrypter in File Mode
IFOedit 0.95
DVD Shrink 2.3
MenuEdit 2.1.1 (registered) Optional but it does clean up the menus of used buttons.
__________________________________________________________
1. Create a folder named “Counterattack” and a subfolder named “Files”.
__________________________________________________________
2. Using DVD Decrypter in file mode, rip all files to your “Counterattack” folder.
__________________________________________________________
3. Open Video_TS.IFO with IFOedit and press “Get VTS Sectors” buttons to load other IFOs.
Note: I didn’t get any errors detect but I do this out of habit.
__________________________________________________________
4. Backup all IFOs and BUPs to “Files” subfolder. It’s a good practice to backup your original files prior to editing. In case you mess up, you can always copy over your these files over your badly edited one and then press your “Get VTS Sectors” button to refresh data in IFOedit.
__________________________________________________________
5. Bypassing Unwanted Stuff Before Menus
When DVd is inserted, you will have your FBI Warnings, Bandai Logo, and Dolby Digital displaying and it takes a long time before you even get to your menu. Here’s what we’ll do.
Go to VTS_01_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1 / PGC Command Table:.
OLD > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then (LinkPGN) Link Program 3, ..[20 a6 00 00 00 03 00 03]
NEW > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then Break.................................[00 a2 00 00 00 03 00 00]
Note: Program 3 is the actual clip for all of your unwanted Titles in this movie. I wanted to break the navigation so that all next Pre Commands were bypassed and your Post Command executed the next navigation.
For custom Title Play configuration, click here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=354712#post354712).
__________________________________________________________
6. Save VTS_01_.IFO and .BUP
__________________________________________________________
7. Setting Default English and Subtitles Off
Go to VTS_05_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1 / PGC Command Table:. Right click on Pre Command #10 and select “Insert Command”. You will have a new Pre Command #10 with a NOP. Double left click on line to to bring up HexEdit Module. Hexedit with new value below and press OK. We need to refresh to see your change so, click on “VTS_PGCITI” and click back to your PGC Command Table you worked on.
OLD > 10.Pre Command...NOP......................................................[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00]
NEW > 10.Pre Command...(SetSTN) Set Audio Stream: 0.............................[51 00 00 80 30 00 00 00]
Do the same for VTS_02_1 / PGC Command Table too.
__________________________________________________________
8. Save VTS_05_.IFO and .BUP
__________________________________________________________
9. Get VTS Sectors
__________________________________________________________
NOTE: From this point, if you intermittently get the message [ WARNING: GetAudioLanguage Failed!], don’t worry about it. Your default audio and subtitle-off has been taken care of in Step 7. You’ll only get this message in IFOedit.
__________________________________________________________
10. Press DVDPlay to preview/test in IFOedit. If everything is okay, proceed on to next step.
__________________________________________________________
11. Transcoding with DVD Shrink
Now, since the DVD is too big, we will have to shrink or transcode it in this case. I used DVD Shrink 2.3 to successfully do this step and below is the settings I have done. Of course, you would have to create a destination folder for each method. I’m not going into details on how to use DVD Shrink but it’s fairly easy to use. Just select VIDEO_TS.IFO when you press your Open Files icon.
[b]DVD Shrink 2.3 Full Disk Settings
Size Data
DVD Compressed Original
_______________________________________________
Menus 156 MB 156 MB
Main Movie 4,006 MB 6,280 MB
Extras 356 MB 704 MB
_______________________________________________
Estimated Total End Size 4,436 MB
_______________________________________________
Exact Backup Size on Disk 4.32 GB (4,647,305,216 bytes)
Menus Streams Size
_____________________________________________________________________
No changes
_____________________________________________________________________
Main Movie
_____________________________________________________________________
Title 5,6 Video: Level 6 30% 3,608 MB
Audio: 1. AC3 6-ch English 390 MB
SubPx: 1. English 6 MB
_____________________________________________________________________
Extras
_____________________________________________________________________
Title 1 Video: Still Pictures 70% 1 MB
_____________________________________________________________________
Title 2 Video: Still Pictures 90% 1 MB
_____________________________________________________________________
Title 3 Video: Still Pictures 89% 2 MB
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Title 4 Video: Still Pictures 86% 23 MB
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Title 7 Video: Still Pictures 82% 12 MB
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Title 8 Video: Still Pictures 87% 8 MB
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Title 9 Video: Still Pictures 89% 8 MB
_____________________________________________________________________
Title 10 Video: Level 5 25% 207 MB
__________________________________________________________
12. Bypassing the Menu Intros
Go to VTS_05_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_2 / Cell Playback: / Cell_1: entry point sector:. Double click on this line and change to new entry point sector value.
Cell Playback:
OLD > Cell_1: entry point sector...291
NEW > Cell_1: entry point sector...18392
Details: Now, you’re going to ask how I got 18392? Well, here’s my detective work. When I played the movie in IFOedit, I noticed that it’s started with Chapter 1. If you press your Exit button, you will be given the Titles that were played from DVD insert. I got Title 6. You can also find out about the title number by looking at the Status Field in your IFOedit DVD Play Panel and it should show Title 6 too. If you haven’t figure it out, the main movie resides in VTS_05. Now, if you go to VIDEO_TS.IFO / VMG Overview / Number of Title Play Maps, you can get the associated VTS_PGC_# which is the same as your TTN_# (Titleset Title Number).
Title 5: VTS_05_*, TTN_1 (Angles: 1) (Chapters: 20) (Start Sector 184242)
Title 6: VTS_05_*, TTN_2 (Angles: 1) (Chapters: 17) (Start Sector 184242)
So now you know I had to edit VTS_PGC_2. Since I got this info now, I went to VTS_05_0.IFO / VTS Overview / PGC_2 (program chain) and double-left clicked on [Ch 01] line. Your VOB Preview window will pop up with a “Static” at the top left. I used the slider to get to the point where I need to go and if you look where the “Static” word was, it is now a number. I believe the slider will let you jump to “I” frame pictures, which we need to make the cut clean.
__________________________________________________________
13. Save VTS_05_.IFO and .BUP
__________________________________________________________
Disabling Unused Menu Buttons
After transcoding, I had certain audio streams stripped out and trailers not kept. We want to clean up the menu so that if we select these buttons, you should still remain at the same menu. The only drawback with doing it with IFOedit is that I can’t disable the stripped out streams buttons in the Setup Menu. Don't worry though because if you selected one that does not exist, the default (Audio: 1. AC3 6-ch English) would play anyway. So in this step, I’m giving you 2 options on disabling/deleting your buttons.
If you want to do it the IFOedit way, proceed to step 14a.
If you want to do it through MenuEdit 2.1.1 [registered], go to step 15.
__________________________________________________________
14a. Disable Trailers Button
Go to your VTS_04_0.IFO / VTSM_PGCI_UT / PGC-Menu_25 / PGC Command Table and right-click on your Pre Command #1. Select “Edit Command” and (LinkPGCN) Link PGC off the pulldown menu. Input PGC Nr 24. PGC-Menu_24 contains your Extras Menu and PGC-Menu_25 is, of course, your Trailers Menu.
OLD > 1.Pre Command...NOP......................[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00]
NEW > 1.Pre Command...(LinkPGCN) Link PGC 24...[20 04 00 00 00 00 00 18]
__________________________________________________________
14b. Disable Original Theatrical Trailers Button
Go to VTS_04_0.IFO / VTS_PGCITI / VTS_PGC_1 / PGC Command Table and hexedit your Pre Command #12 to new hex value.
OLD > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then (LinkPGN) Link Program 3, [button=0] [20 a6 00 00 00 03 00 03]
NEW > 12.Pre Command If GPreg<0> == (cmp-val)<3> then (LinkPGN) Link Program 5, [button=0] [20 a6 00 00 00 03 00 05]
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14c. Save VTS_04_0.IFO and BUP
__________________________________________________________
14d. Go to Step 15.
__________________________________________________________
15. Using MenuEdit
In this step, I used MenuEdit 2.1.1, which I had registered. This is IMO a great asset to my backup software inventory and it was worth the money. The feature I needed, Jumping to a non deleted button, when deleting a button is only available in the registered version of MenuEdit. Below is the information to which VobIDs and buttons you need to delete since we didn’t keep them.
Go to your transcoded DVD folder and open up VTS_04_0.VOB with MenuEdit. Select CellIDs and press your “Edit” button. After you selected “Jump to non deleted button”, press OK and you will be prompted with a point-of-no-return confirmation. If you don’t feel confident, I would highly recommend you backup your VTS_04_0.* files.
Setup Menu
VobID:11 > CellID: 1 (7 buttons) > Delete buttons 2,3,4 > Jump to non deleted button
VobID:12 > CellID: 1 (7 buttons) > Delete buttons 2,3,4 > Jump to non deleted button
Extras Menu
VobID:19 > CellID: 1 (13 buttons) > Select and delete buttons 5 & 9 > Jump to non deleted button
__________________________________________________________
16. Get VTS Sectors
__________________________________________________________
17. Preview and test your backup and if satisfied, burn what works for you. For me, I used ImgTools with Nero’s API.