g_adams27
28th July 2005, 17:54
Here's what I'm trying to do:
Rip a DVD
Edit out a portion of the movie. (For instance, delete a 60-second portion of a 2-hour movie)
Burn the edited movie to disc, while retaining all the original menus.
I was hoping I could use Nero Recode 2 to do it, but so far I haven't had any luck.
If I use its "Recode an Entire DVD to DVD" function, then I can keep the original contents of the disc including the menus, but I can't make any edits to the movie. (There IS a "Disable" function in that mode, but that's only if you want to disable an entire title. It doesn't help you if you want to actually edit out a few seconds but otherwise leave the title intact).
If I use its "Remake a DVD" function, then I have the ability to remove bits out of the movie that I want to discard using the "Start/End" button. However, I lose all my menus that way. If I try to put the menus on the disc using the "Import Titles" button, then once the disc is burned, they simply become video clips and lose their functionality as menus (i.e. you can't interact with them or click them)
So, is there any way to do what I want - edit out bits of a movie AND keep the original menus with all their functionality? If Nero Recode 2 can't do it (and I already know DVD Shrink can't do it either), then what programs can? I'm told that DvdReMake or CloneDVD might be the way to go, but if there's any way to do it with free tools, that would be wonderful.
Thanks very much!
Rip a DVD
Edit out a portion of the movie. (For instance, delete a 60-second portion of a 2-hour movie)
Burn the edited movie to disc, while retaining all the original menus.
I was hoping I could use Nero Recode 2 to do it, but so far I haven't had any luck.
If I use its "Recode an Entire DVD to DVD" function, then I can keep the original contents of the disc including the menus, but I can't make any edits to the movie. (There IS a "Disable" function in that mode, but that's only if you want to disable an entire title. It doesn't help you if you want to actually edit out a few seconds but otherwise leave the title intact).
If I use its "Remake a DVD" function, then I have the ability to remove bits out of the movie that I want to discard using the "Start/End" button. However, I lose all my menus that way. If I try to put the menus on the disc using the "Import Titles" button, then once the disc is burned, they simply become video clips and lose their functionality as menus (i.e. you can't interact with them or click them)
So, is there any way to do what I want - edit out bits of a movie AND keep the original menus with all their functionality? If Nero Recode 2 can't do it (and I already know DVD Shrink can't do it either), then what programs can? I'm told that DvdReMake or CloneDVD might be the way to go, but if there's any way to do it with free tools, that would be wonderful.
Thanks very much!