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erad
6th January 2004, 05:04
How to back up 2 DVD’s on one disk: (note I backed up my copies of American Pie 1 &2 Some programs used are free and some are shareware)


First rip the DVD’s to separate directories with DVD Decrypter (http://www.dvddecrypter.com) . Use file mode to rip main movie files with IFO’s (saves time and since you are doing 2 movies on one 4.7 gig disk no extras will be on).

Second Use DVd2one to shrink the movies down so they both will fit on one disk. Set output file size to 2150 mb. On the 2 movies I backed up it worked fine.
To do this you will need to set DVD2one (http://www.dvd2one.com) to read the main movie file only.(it the lower left drop box).
As before you will need to put the new encoded files in separate directories. (That will make 4 dir) once you downsized the movies you can delete the first rip to save hd space.

Third use TMPGEnc DVD Author ( http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html ) to put the 2 movie files on their own separate tracks.
This program also will let you set chapters for each movie and a custom menu for each movie.
The menus can be still pictures or 15 second movie clips of each chapter. Burn to DVD. Use your favorite dvd burning software.
Use a DVD RW to see if you like the results first, because you can reuse the RW disk if it doesn’t
Turn out as good as you would like.

This will take longer to master a final and the quality isn’t quite as good as a one rip DVD
But it works and the movies are viewable.

This is a basic run down on how to. Advanced users will find this easy to follow or know a easier way.
New users may need to cut their teeth on single DVD back up first.

I am using a pc with Win ME and 640 meg ram with AMD 1gig cpu. If I can do this with my PC new PC’s will author a DVD faster.

Note this is used for backing up DVD’s you already own.

I may have missed something if so let me know or any better idea please post them.

Mtz
14th January 2004, 08:14
Nice, but... I want subtiles. TDA can't add subtitles.
Any idea?

erad
15th January 2004, 00:17
You should be able to keep the subtitles in the second step.
With DVD2one where you shrink The movie down in size there is a
check box for waht sub title you want if any. Check the one you want
or dont check any if you dont want to keep the sub titles.

TDA will burn any DVD files you tell it to with or withou sub titles.

I tryed it with one movie only and did not burn to disk but DVD2One
will let you keep them there shouldnt be any reason why they would be lost on final burn that I know of.

Mtz
15th January 2004, 05:49
I have 2 DVD's with one movie each and subtitles. I wanted the authoring of the 2 movies into a single DVD and keep the subtitles.
Now I'm happy because I found the solution: DVD Shrink in "Re-author" mode or Nero Recode 2 with "Remake a DVD".

northern
15th January 2004, 12:15
Could you please clarify that did you use TMPGEnc DVD Author for authoring the 2 DVDs to one DVD-R?

I tried this once. I used DVDShrink to shink two different movies to fit on one DVD-R. I left subtitles intact. If I burnt these individually I could see the subtitles. However if I used TMPGEnc DVD Author to author the two movies into one DVD the subtitles are lost???

Or do you mean that you shrink the whole DVD disc contents so you have menues etc...