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phantom1968
24th December 2003, 04:31
Forgive me if there is a post for this already. I didn't see any. I have two movies that are already muxed (.vob files). These movies have 2 soundtracks. I want to create a still menu for these 2 movies. I believe that DVD Lab and Tmpg DVD Author will only support 1 soundtrack. Is there a program that will do this with the movies in their .vob state? I prefer something easy. Thanks.

Dimmer
24th December 2003, 19:43
Here's one method I use in these situations although it would seem easy to you only if you are experienced with IfoEdit. I assume you already created a DVD structure with your VOB files on a hard drive. The idea is to add one more titleset to your dvd, which can be done without touching your existing material. Use any program you wish to create a new dvd structure with your menus. Add a dummy half second long video as a title since there has to be one in a titleset. Then rename all VTS_01_x.xxx VOB and IFO files to VTS_02_x.xxx and add move them to the VIDEO_TS folder of your original DVD.

Here's where your IfoEdit skills will come handy. You'll have to add one more title, the dummy one in the second titleset, to your DVD in VIDEO_TS.IFO file by modifying VMGM_MAT, VMG_PTT_SRPT, and VMG_VTS_ATRT tables. Then you put a command Jump to the new title in First Play, and add CallSS_VTSM as a first Pre command of the title in VTS_02_0.IFO file. Since you cannot jump directly from one titleset to another, you'll have to use Title menu and VMG PGCs to link menu buttons to your videos. You might have to use VobEdit to view or change the commands associated with the menu buttons.

Anyway, if you understand what I'm talking about, this whole process should take maybe 10 or 15 minutes. Otherwise, maybe somebody else can suggest something simpler. Good luck.