how do automate the split a dvd with 6 episodes

[skutny]

This DVD contains 6 episodes each episode has a VOBID and 6 cells. What I have done is demux using VOBEdit by cellID and ended with 36 VOBs.

Since I want all the menus to work, for the first DVD I kept the first 18 VOBs and on 19, 25, and 31 (the begining of the last 3 episodes)I used VOBSplit and kept only the first few minutes. Then I renumber the cellID Vobs and using VOBSplit I rejoined the cells back.

This is where I need help, with IFOEdit I created new IFOs and saved it to an empty directory then I copied the original VIDEO_TS and VTS IFOs to the new rejoined VOB directory. I opened 2 IFOEdit one for the created IFOs and one for the original IFO.
Comparing the created VTS IFO to the original IFO, I corrected in the original PGC# the number of chapters and cells and corrected the entry points and start and finish numbers and the length of the ones I split (about a half hour) also in VIDEO_TS corrected the number of chapters and cells. Did a get VTS Sector to correct the rest of the IFOs and played the DVD.

Works Great. Thanks to IFOEdit

BUT!!! :confused: is there a betterway to get the navigation pointers refreshed without creating new IFO? (since new IFO will loose the menu)

From Start to finish it took me about 2.5 hrs. most of which was changing pointers numbers, I did not mind doing it, but I'm concerned about typos which would be difficult to trace.

Thanks in advance.
(DVD used Absolutely Fabulous Series)

[goodl]

When I do TV Episode rips (The Office was the last one I did) I just make two folders with a copy of the full dvd in each.

If theres six episodes on the disc I replace the vobs and filenames for episodes 4,5 and 6 with the smallest playable vob on the disc. Then do the inverse for the second disc.

I then use IFOedit to correct then vectors.

Burn to discs

Menu's work for the episodes that are on each disc.

Not perfect, but it's quick and painless and works with most things.:D

[skutny]

Originally posted by goodl
When I do TV Episode rips (The Office was the last one I did) I just make two folders with a copy of the full dvd in each.

If theres six episodes on the disc I replace the vobs and filenames for episodes 4,5 and 6 with the smallest playable vob on the disc. Then do the inverse for the second disc.:D

Yes, I agree, but, if the last three episode and the smallest of the first three is bigger then the DVD can hold, I must use VOBSplit to reduce the size of the first three episodes and must go into the PGC and correct the entry points, start sector, last sector and playback time for each cells otherwise the DVD does not play right. Also the VIDEO_TS has to be change with the reduction of chapters per episode.

I was wondering if there is a way to automate the process with IFOEdit?