newbie q - converting 2 dvds to 1?

[koriordan]

I've done a few DVD-9 to DVD-5 conversions using DVD-Shrink alright (it's the bomb). I've got a double-sided dvd though (the kind you have to flip around in the middle of playing). What would be the easiest way to convert this to one DVD-R? They're DVDs full of music videos so don't have to worry about merging one bit movie, the main problem will be renaming the vobs and making new menus. Maybe have a single main menu saying "Disc A", "Disc B", each pointing to the individual DVD's menus?

[Video Dude]

Easiest way is to use DVDShrink or DVD2one.

But the menus will be gone.

[atreides93]

Don't even think about converting a double sided DVD into one dvd-r!! The quality will be crap, unless they seriously wasted space on the disk.
I've done this kind of thing before, its a waste of time.
Just back up each side...or get one of those double sided dvd-r's

[koriordan]

Well it's a dvd of music videos and there aren't that many videos on each side. (There's stuff other than music videos that I don't really want also). It's definitely DVD-5 on each side. I'd have the same problem if I used a dual-layer DVD-R, I'd have to recreate the menus is some way that I could access everything. I really hate having to keep turning around the DVD.