dvd-backup...sort of

[rackham]

hi

when backing up some of my dvds i found several of them to use dvd9 discs while the movie would quite easy fit on a dvd5 when i get rid of the annoying trailer & extra-stuff.

the question: is there a way to just rip the the main part with all the menue stuff and burn it without using some reauthoring programs ? something like a "i tell the program the folder and it comes back withan image"-software ???

thx

[CWR03]

DVD Shrink - though you set it to "reauthor" mode it's not truly reauthoring. If you select only the main movie file to burn, you'll end up with a DVD without menus or extras and it will play straight to the movie.

[rackham]

hmm...

if i tell dvd shrink to use the no-compression mode it lets me know that those 3.433mb of video and 270mb audio will make 5.592mb of data when finished...

.... can anyone explain this pretty weird thing ?


thx

[Gehenna]

Are you sure you JUST selected the Main Movie as CWR03 suggests?
Sounds like you are keeping all the menus/extras still ..hence why shrink reports 5.592mb

To select Main Movie only - Open Shrink / Open Disc / Select Drive / Re-Author ,now drag Main Movie (title 1) across into the opposite pane, then adjust the settings in Compression Settings to remove unwanted audio/subtitles.

[ammck55]

DVD Shrink Main Movie Only Guide (http://dvdshrink.info/re-author-v3beta5.php)...if you need a little more help. This tutorial may shed a bit more light on Gehenna's comment about stripping out unwanted audio streams and subs.

Until you get the hang of Shrink, it might be a good idea to preview your "Shrinked" files before sending them to the burner. A time, or two, I've grabbed the director's cut when it wasn't what I really wanted. While it's not the only way to do this, of course, I like to mount my file in a Daemon Tools virtual drive for previewing. Works, for me.

ammck55

[rackham]

ok
... combined with your hints i found a way to do my thing...

but first: some little misunderstanding... i had about 4gb of moviedata (audio+video) + some Gb useless trailers & stuff...
wanted to have the mainmovie+this mainmenu... not only the movie... that would have been an easy one i know how to do myselfe....

the solution i can up using your idea (->dvd-shrink...)
- i just set the useless stuff in the compression-menu to "still images"... reduced their size quite much

effect: i got the main movie
i got these menues i wanted to have on the final dvd
i got rid of the useless ballast

everything fine...

thx for helping

[setarip_old]

Hi!i just set the useless stuff in the compression-menu to "still images"... reduced their size quite muchWhat happens if you select one of the "extras" that you've changed to a still image? Does it stay on screen for as long as the audio of that "extra" would have originally played, or does it immediately return to the menu?

[rackham]

seems like the "picture" (you can select them in dvdshrink) stays for the time the slected extra was supposed to run...

[manono]

So, much better would be to use VobBlanker for the job, and "Blank" out the stuff you don't want to keep.

[rackham]

maybe... too bad noone told me about it earlyer...

but thanks to you i now know about its existence and can give it a shot.

thx

[setarip_old]

@rackham

For future reference, if you are interested in a commercial alternative, probably the simplest way to accomplish a "menu and movie only" combination is to use DVD95Copy(Pro), my personal favorite for such work. You simply uncheck those items/Titles that you don't want to keep...

[rackham]

thx setarip_old !

... gonna give that one also a try

[setarip_old]

thx setarip_old !
... gonna give that one also a tryPlease be good enough to post back here and let us know how it goes ;>}

[BigDaveBear]

When i want to fit a DVD9 movie to DVD5 sometimes if the main movie is say 4GB and Extras 2GB.

Then i use DVD Decrypter in IFO Mode and select the chapters i want to keep, this then rips the movie only but with the chapters and menus, i think if you click on the extras within the ripped movie nothing will happen, but the main movie etc works fine.

I now seem to use Nero7 for a lot of my DVD stuff, as it does a lot of jobs.:p