Using Menuedit - is there an extra step i'm missing here?

[ac]

Hello. I have read a lot of material and have tried many different methods on a particularly stubborn DVD backup of Big Fish and am not having the greatest luck here. I'm trying to accomplish a final DVD without all the extras with basically just the original menu with scene selection available as well as subtitle selection (why strip those since they don't take up any space).

What i've tried -

1. The latest version of CloneDVD2 (2.0.8.4) first to remove all the extras and unwanted audios but keeping the menu structure.

2. Menuedit to disable unused buttons (used delete option, skip to next available) button.

3. Burn with Nero.

The DVD loads to the menu fine, but seems to get stuck after I hit play. You select the play button, it goes through the FBI warning screens then hangs. This is on a Panasonic RP-62. The older Sony unit I have plays it fine. 1 out of 3 times of ejecting then inserting the disk, will eventually allow it to play. This is strange because of the INCONSISTENCY!

I've also tried -

1. Just like #1 above.
2. The used DVD remake to blank out FBI warnings, etc. and to disable my unused buttons.

Same result as above. Inconsistent playability.

Am I missing something here? After editing with Menuedit, am I supposed to update the corresponding .ifo file in IFOEDIT? -

http://menuedit.dimad.net/ht_me_update_ifo.html

I don't think I do when I am just deleting buttons and not replacing vobs with empty frames.

Seems like this is a player specific problem, I just want to make my backups as universal as possible and I feel I may be doing something wrong.

I also used IFOedit to delete playback in the FBI warnings according to 2Cool's guide (the warnings were in the VMG, so I thought it was a fairly easy process) - Same result as above.....

Oh, and I did preview in PowerDVD and IFOedit before burning- worked fine....

Thanks for any help.

[Mirx]

Originally posted by ac
2. Menuedit to disable unused buttons (used delete option, skip to next available) button.

Thanks for any help. [/B]

- Try changing the menu only first.
- Normally you don't have to do it, but it can never hurt to do a "Get VTS Sectors".

I don't think the problem you have is with the menu, but rather with the remove of the extra's.

As the FBI warning is part of the menu, and you remove it, the menu changes size. This also means the pointers change. Actually, you are doing a replace cell, without placing any content back. So at least try "get VTS Sectors", but best is to follow the ocmplete procedure.

2Cool's VMG guide doesn't always work. Had it with Underworld but can't remember the problem exactly, but one of the values was set to zero I think, and that needed to be the same as the start pointer.

[ac]

Understandable, but, I get the same results even when I leave in the FBI warnings, Ratings screen, etc., all within the VMG. In otherwords I don't modify the path from the play button on the menu to the play of the movie at all and still get the same 'hanging' problem with the Panasonic RP-62. My other Sony DVD player works fine - i'm just wondering what is causing the inconsistency in playability since i'm not really changing anything except menu buttons...

[Mirx]

Then I have no idea. You can also try http://www.cdr-zone.com/forum/index.php , as it´s kinda menuedit´s and dvdremake home forum.

[maa]

I had a DVD recently that was dependant on the button numbers for operation. Each button had the exact same command but of course a different number.
Deleting a button would re-arrange the order and numbers, effectivly distroying the DVD.
In such a case if you have to re-program the buttons to NOP
or just use IfoEdit and set all post commands to Pre by changing the number of Pre and Post commands. Eg. 12 Pre and 4 Post to 16 Pre and 0 Post - 2COOL has guides for this.
DVDremake is the ideal tool for either method BUT of course you've got to know where the problem starts.