DVD FAB 2nd disk

[bratman]

Hi

I recently basked UP lotr2 which was my first attempt at backing anything up. It split the film at chapter 27.

When I tried to play the second disk it would not play until I skipped forward to chapter 27.

Is this normal when backing up with DVD FAB and is there a way to change the chapter numbers on the second disk so it would play straight away without having to skip the chapters ion the first disk.

Cheers

[DK64_MASTER]

This happens to me. Did you see a Changegraphic saying to insert disc 1? I think you can load the movie into dvd shrink and use start and end to take out the redundant chapters?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[2COOL]

@bratman

Welcome to the Forums! :D

Originally posted by bratman
When I tried to play the second disk it would not play until I skipped forward to chapter 27. I don't use DVD Fab so I can't tell you what went wrong but I can propose a post fix though with IfoEdit. Open up your 2nd disk movie's IFO with IfoEdit and go to / PTT_SRPTI. I believe your chapters to your movie is configured in TTU_1 PTTs:. If so, edit PTT_1 to PTT_27 as follows by double clicking on them and changing the values.
PTT_1: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_1: Programm number (PGN) 1
.
.
.
PTT_27: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_27: Programm number (PGN) 1

For the rest of the your PTTs, just increment the following PGNs like so.


PTT_28: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_28: Programm number (PGN) 2
PTT_29: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_29: Programm number (PGN) 3
PTT_30: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_30: Programm number (PGN) 4
PTT_31: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_31: Programm number (PGN) 5
.
.
.
PTT_##: Programm Chain number (PGCN) 1
PTT_##: Programm number (PGN) ?

If you go your VTS Overview and look at your PGC_1's chaptering, you'll see your changes. There must always be a chapter 1 so it can't be changed or displayed as Chapter 27. Save your IFO and play to test. I hope this works for your second disk. And one thing, prior to doing any edit, backup your IFO and BUP first. ;)

[jir591]

2Cool,

I have a somewhat similar issue when i use DVDStripper to split the movie to two disks. When i start the second disk, the player will cycle through the missing chapters before it plays one that is actually on the disk. Of course i would rather it just start with the correct chapter. Will your instructions above fix it?

[2COOL]

Originally posted by jir591
2Cool,

I have a somewhat similar issue when i use DVDStripper to split the movie to two disks. When i start the second disk, the player will cycle through the missing chapters before it plays one that is actually on the disk. Of course i would rather it just start with the correct chapter. Will your instructions above fix it? Well, sort of. I think I posted part of the fix. The other half has to do with the movie's Program Map in it's VTS_PGC. It might be a matter of trial and error as I don't know how the original chapters/cells wer laid out in the original.