create DVD menu

[bratman]

Hi

I would like to back up my Father Ted series 3. I am going to split it to 2 disks, episode 1-4 on first disk and episode 5-8 on the second disk.

Is there a way to create a menu so I can choose which episode to watch on each disk instead of just playing 1 episode after the other and skipping forward to the episode I want to watch.

Cheers

[2COOL]

Look into DVD Lab (http://www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/) and TMPGenc DVD Author (http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html). Both have 30 day full trials. ;)

[mudda_t]

You could try DVDShrink (free). When you back up 1-4 set 5-8 to still images and vice versa for 5-8. You'll probably end up with enough space then. Or you could try Ifoedit to split, it's a little more complicated but works great, read through the guides and forums to learn how.
These 2 ways allow you to keep the original menus.

[bratman]

Thanks for the response.

I will try the DVD shrink method as I'm fairly new to this as this seems easier at the moment.

Cheers

[mudda_t]

Also, you might want to check out the program MenuEdit. It lets you remove unwanted (unused buttons). So on one disc1 with episodes 1-4 you could remove the buttons to 5-8 which are stills, and never know they exist. Link (http://menuedit.dimad.net./home.html)
2COOL covers MenuEdit in some of his guides.