default layer switch not working

[sentricyphen]

can someone please tell me how to EVENLY split movies with ifo edit??
every time i try to use the deafault (or make a guess of my own as to where the middle is) I end up with the first disc folder taking up some 6 gb and the second is very small, or vise versa... and dont just tell me to use some other methos because i am very bent on getting this one to work!

[ramutan]

There is not a evenly way to do that, at least thats what I think (if somebody got a better way, please let us know) for example I Just did a copy of the Matrix; the way I splitted mine:
1h:45 min on the first DVD+R (including the menu)size 4.2 GB aprox.
DVD+R rest of the movie and extras.
I had to do it twice to get a close splitting point, because I wanted to use all of the first DVD+R for the movie and the second for the extras.
Then I did the Bourne Indentity and got pretty good results too.
Like I said I just judge by the time of the movie. :D
I never use the layer change to split a dvd, like I said I want to use to the max the first DVD.
I know I didn't answer your question but that is the way I do it.:devil:

[ramutan]

Originally posted by ramutan

2nd DVD+R rest of the movie and extras.


Forgot to add that :D

[leisuredoc]

sentricyphen,

I presume you mean splitting the movie for equal filesize on both DVD-R's (?)

First pass, I would look at the movie's timestamp versus chapter number in IfoEdit. Your going to get pretty close if you split at half the movie's timestamp point, provided it uses about the same average bitrate for the first and second halves.

More complicated but much more accurate, in Windows Explorer or whatever, highlite the main movie's VOB's to find out the movie's total filesize. Then starting with the _0.VOB, use <Ctrl>+click to highlite successive VOB's until you are now greater than half. From that you will know which VOB will have to split to get to the half point. Open DVD2AVI, hit <F6> for statistics, open that VOB (then delete any other VOBS that it wants to open), and slowly drag the cursor from left to right to identify all of the VOB ID/Cell ID's used. Roughly, if your half file size is one-third of the way into that VOB (just for example), then slide the cursor one-third of the way over. Read the VOB ID/Cell ID. Get back to IfoEdit and for that title, just find the corresponding VOB ID/Cell ID and that's where you want to split. Using this method, I can split to within about 50-100 MB of where I want to be.

Good luck!

leisuredoc
;)

[sentricyphen]

thanks, thats some very useful advice, i will be sure to try it =)

[sentricyphen]

oh and once you finish the splitting, do you need to use ifoupdate or something to fix the ifos??

[leisuredoc]

sentricyphen,

What I described, other than finding the exact split point, is in the Doom9 guides for splitting a DVD-9 into two DVD-5's. After splitting, you have to open each one's VIDEO_TS.IFO and "Get VTS Sectors." On the second DVD, if you want, you can have it immediately start the movie at the split.

Go to the guides (I prefer to click "Document Overview", which is kind of a site map) and select "DVD-R Stuff" then "DVD-9 to 2x DVD-R guide".

Explore, discover, chart new lands!

leisuredoc
:p