DVDRemakePro - How do I Jump Chapters

[flambot]

Hello, I'm a novice with this program - used basically for adding chapters.

I have an TV episode as follows laid out as chapters

C1 - Preview (P1Cell1)
C2 - Title Sequence (P2Cell2)
C3 - Previously On (P3Cell3)
C4 - First Chapter Actual Episode (P4Cell4)
C5-C9 - Following chapters. (etc)

I want to start at chapter 2 (not play chapter 1) and at the end of chapter 2 jump directly to chapter 4 (jumping over chapter 3) - then play on as normal.

I use LinktoChapter 2 as a pre-command to achieve the first bit, but I don't know how to make it jump over chapter 3 after playing chapter 2.

My goal is to leave the resultant dvd in a format that will accept a cut and paste of the ifo files (hide block, or deleting a block works), but C&P ifo's doesn't work if I use these methods. Can I add a command to the end of a cell/program to achieve this...and how?

Thx

[r0lZ]

I use LinktoChapter 2 as a pre-command to achieve the first bit, but I don't know how to make it jump over chapter 3 after playing chapter 2.
In PgcEdit, add a cell-command with a LinkPTT to chapter 4. Then, open the PGC Editor, and in the cells table, add the number of the cell-command you have just created in the "cell cmd" field of cell after which you want the jump to occur (in your case, the cell corresponding to C2). You need also to in-tick the "seamless joint" checkbox of the cell following the cell command (it should turn pink as soon as you enter the cell-command number, to warn you of that fact.) Test.

Note that playing with Link commands to skip chapters works fine (although it will still be possible to play that cells by using the Prev Chapter button of the remote), but you cannot regain the disc space occupied by the skipped cells.
Since you use DVDRB, I suppose you want to shrink the DVD to burn it on a DVD-5. If it's the case, I recommend to remove physically the two cells you want to skip. You can do that also in the PGC Editor. You will probably be warned that now, several programs point to the same cell. Ignore the warning and save the DVD. Process it with FixVTS (or VobBlanker) to strip the unused cells out of the VOBs. With some luck, you will not need to re-encode with DVDRB, or at least, you will keep a better video quality.

[flambot]

In PgcEdit, add a cell-command with a LinkPTT to chapter 4. Then, open the PGC Editor, and in the cells table, add the number of the cell-command you have just created in the "cell cmd" field of cell after which you want the jump to occur (in your case, the cell corresponding to C2). You need also to in-tick the "seamless joint" checkbox of the cell following the cell command (it should turn pink as soon as you enter the cell-command number, to warn you of that fact.) Test.

Note that playing with Link commands to skip chapters works fine (although it will still be possible to play that cells by using the Prev Chapter button of the remote), but you cannot regain the disc space occupied by the skipped cells.
Since you use DVDRB, I suppose you want to shrink the DVD to burn it on a DVD-5. If it's the case, I recommend to remove physically the two cells you want to skip. You can do that also in the PGC Editor. You will probably be warned that now, several programs point to the same cell. Ignore the warning and save the DVD. Process it with FixVTS (or VobBlanker) to strip the unused cells out of the VOBs. With some luck, you will not need to re-encode with DVDRB, or at least, you will keep a better video quality.

Thx r0lZ fro the help. I don't use pgcedit, but I'll give it a go. I was sure there was a way of adding an command to the end of the cell in DVDRMP, but I don't know how to do it, and CDR-Zone seems to have gone, so can't ask on the forum.

No...not shrinking...backing up to NAS. I use DVDReMakePro - Not DVDRebuilder. I only make simple changes to my discs - usually only the addition of extra chapters.

I plan for the worst, and while I have redundancy on my NAS, I plan to make re-doing any mods as simple as possible - hence the need to just drop the modded IFO files (I keep backups of the modded versions) over the originals should the need arise. Doing it any other was means I'd have to re-mod everything (way too much work) - that's why I don't try and blank stuff - because when you do, dropping modded IFO's over the originals doesn't work.

Appreciate the help. I"ll give this a go.