Problem: 2 versions of a movie in the same .VOB file

[kurdi]

I am trying to convert the movie "Storytelling" into DivX, but am faced with a strange problem as follows.

The DVD has 4 versions of the movie, Widescreen and Fullscreen and then for both of these an R-rated version and unrated version. I'm interested in the Widescreen version, and the difference between the unrated and R-rated versions is that the R-rated version has a big ugly red rectangle covering the characters in this one sex scene. Obviously I'm interested in the 'unrated' version -- I cannot imagine why would anybody inflict this deformation on their movie it blows my mind!.

I was surprised that both the original footage and the footage with the red square on it are within the same .VOB file, such that a few seconds of the original footage is followed by the same few seconds with the censored red blob footage.

Is there any way to somehow tell GK which version I want to to remove the censored frames? The prospect of going in and removing them frame by frame sounds extremely unappealing to me, because the scene is relatively long.




Also, if I were to go in and delete the frames one by one which software would I use to do so.

[jggimi]

Each "version" within a VOB set will either be in different PGCs, or different angles within a PGC. Your goal is to determine which VOB set, which PGC, and if multi-angle, which angle to select.

R4R is a front-end to DVD Decrypter, and it allows you to select from all PGCs it finds on the disc. By default, it will select the longest PGC. If there are multiple PGCs of the same length, it will pick the first it finds. That may or may not be the correct PGC.

I have no recollection of angle selection within R4R, so I do not know how it manages multiangle discs. If you use DVD Decrypter in IFO mode, you can select the angle and PGC you want.

You might try using DVD Decrypter directly, and select only the chapter that contains the scene you mentioned. Short rips do not take very long ... and this way, you can rip the same chapter over and over ... from different PGCs if necessary, or from different angles within a PGC. To examine the video, merely open the ripped VOBs in DVD2AVI and inspect the scene with the slider.

For more on DVD structures, click on http://www.doom9.org/dvd-structure.htm -- it's one of the links in Doom9's DVD Basics section.

Good luck!