T2 UE on 1 dvd-r

[jaay]

i ripped the longest version of the movie using smartripper and then using dooms guide stripped and merged the vobs to give 6 nice full vobs and a 7th smaller one. then used rempeg to turn that into what will fit on a dvd-r. i had the following problems: windvd will not playback the files properly as a dvd and after about chapter 60 starts playing parts of the start of the film again even though there are 82 chapters!! could this be the problem - too many chapters? if so how do i easily reduce the # to say 20.
any help much appreciated.

[Chumboy]

you need to run it through ifoedit to reset the chapter points after rempeging.

[jaay]

i did that.

[Chumboy]

doesn't T2 have multiple angles?
did you correct/remove them if they exist?

[jaay]

no multiple angles. just 4 audio streams and 2 subs. i removed the subs and audio streams 3 and 4. this is exactly what i did:
(i redid it)
ripped the 2:35 movie with smartripper. renamed the vobs etc. to capitals.
ran ifoedit .87 and loaded the vts_x ifo and hit vob extras, selected everything except remux and rebuild pts, continued. i then selected the first 2 audio streams and all the cells then hit strip it. this gave me 7 vobs and a new set of ifos. i then loaded the ifos and hit 'get vts sectors' this made some corrections and i saved the new files. i then opened windvd and tried to play this movie (nb i have not altered the video stream yet!!) it lists 82 chapters and after about 60 ish it starts playing parts of the start of the film again, plus the actual movie only had 81 chapters?!? i then loaded up my new ifo into ifoedit to examine it and noticed my mysterious 82nd chapter was 30 mins long and went to 3:02 when the film is only 2:35.!!!!!
when i re-encode the video i get the exact same results in every way, so the problem can not be related to the video re-coding as the problem exists when all i have done is stipped vobs! and also the first 1:45 of the movie plays perfectly!!!! i am at a loss for what to do!

[Doom9]

hmm.. unless you want to split a DVD-9 into 2 DVD-5s you really should not use anything but DVD Decrypter and make sure multiangle treatment is off. Then if you strip the VOBs use the angle removal functionality in ifo-edit to remove the stuff you don't need.. should that not work since it's seamless branching rather than multiangle.. then you have to use the adjust angle pointers option on the files ripped by smartripper.. your problem is clearly due to not having done any such adjustments.

[jaay]

right i ripped the whole dvd movie with dvddecrypter and the moved the main movie files to a new dir with the video_ts, giving me a dir with the video_ts and VTS_01_x x=0 to 8. now using voborator i have determined that VTS_01_0 is menus and crap i dont need so i can forget that. now i opened the vts_01_o.ifo in ifoedit and noted the vob ids that the 3rd version of the film uses and decided to strip all but those - is this going about the right way to rip one of 3 versions of a film from the same set of vobs? please point me in a clearer direction if im still worng.

[jaay]

ok i am at a real loss for what to do now, i followed the guides closely and used ifoedit to rip the cell ids that the original ifo file on the dvd said i needed for the 3rd vers. of the film. there are no multiple angles and when i complete the process exactly the same happens as before - after an hour and a bit the movie skips back to an earlier part! even though upon examining the newly created ifo file the chapters should take me right thru tne film! what next?

[jaay]

ok - some progress here, i have now tried just playing the movie that dvddecrypter saved to my hard disk and it has the same errors, beyond chapter 38 it starts jumping aroudn everywhere - is this a limitation in windvd? i have noticed some standalones cant play T2 UE very well either. thoughts? has anyone else actually ripped this movie - it is the fact that many players cant play it well that made me want to rip it!

[mikeathome]

Hi,

I re-did T2 Special Edition from scratch.
Re-encode with CCESP, re-author with Maestro.
Looks like the original but takes some time (~4 hours for somebody who knows Maestro)

You'll find my way described here in the board.

mike

[jaay]

i have been successful. the problem was not what anyone suggested. windvd plays the original t2 dvd fine, but when you copy the whole thing to you hd it wont play properly, so therefore i thought that maybe my dvd that i had remad of t2 was fine and it was just windvd being shit. so i took a risk and burned it to dvd-r and it works a treat, and lets me selct audio etc. perfectly! thanx for you help guys. :)