Interest in DVD authoring

[kilroy]

Hi fellas..im a divx encoder wanting to know the best/easiest way to copy a dvd->dvd...i am completely new to this so i am up for suggestions..pls feel free to help in any possible way.. i apologize if this was mentioned before..im a dvd->dvd n00bie :)..later

[TRILIGHT]

Check the DVD guides (http://www.doom9.org/mpg/dvdr-guides.htm) on this site. There is tons of info on DVD authoring.

[kilroy]

thank you.. i was just wonderin what most people tend to use.. i will read more to try and figure out..i was guessing Maestro, Ifoedit and TMPG or the other .m2v maker..thank bud ;)

[DivXtreme]

If you wish to keep the extras then the best method is explained at http://www.doom9.org/mpg/ifoedit-cce.htm . This guide uses CCE, Scenarist and IfoEdit. You could also use Maestro instead of Scenarist. I highly recommend CCE. If you use it you will understand why. there is a good guide for CCE at http://www.doom9.org/mpg/cce-advanced.htm .

I am new to this field as well and I must say that certain aspects of that guide are not clear(i am reffering to the IfoEdit & CCE guide and not the Getting the best out of CCE guide). I am a bit confused on how to handle separate Vob IDs as i mentioned at a different thread. (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28584)

If you find the whole process too time consuming or complicated then you can follow the IfoEdit guides, and learn how to strip the DVD down to the required size or even split a DVD into 2 DVD5