How can I fugure out ....

[tcg666]

Please, help me.

How can I figure out which file I can throw away if I want to delete for instance The Making Of and those commercials before the movie ... of a DVD. Besides that I like to keep the menu's working.

I started DIF4u and selected the "virtual drive" where the image is mounted. On the right side I see 3xVTS and per VTS some PCG's.
How can I know what file to uncheck and which one to check ?
I selected the audio and subs I want ... I quess that was simple :)


Help this newbie in the world of DVD-backup.

Thnx in advance

[DaRtHmAuL]

Hi,
Open DIF4U, select the pgc you want to know what it is and right click ("View IFO using IFOEdit") to open the ifo.
then click on preview button in IFOEdit.
It works only to deselect a pgc not a vts (which is copied in the VIDEO_TS folder if you deselect it.)
You can also strip some extras with dvdstripper or dvdremake.
cya

[D3s7]

The only sure fire way to figure out what's in each vob is to actually watch it. If you start up your dvd in ifoedit (as Darthmaul mentioned) and click the 'play dvd' option at the bottom, watch what "Title" it mentions you are playing.

Then, if you open the VIDEO_TS.IFO file in ifoedit, the general overview till show you what physical file represents what title. (a VTS set can represent more then one title)

Also, as mentioned you can't "remove" assets with Doitfast4u. If you uncheck a VTS set in the interface, this will just not demux this asset. It still gets copied over

[tcg666]

OK ... I figured out how the IFOEdit works....

But what now ?
Do I have to remove the PRG's which I don' want in my backup? Is this the way get lost of those "behind the scenes" stuff?

Thnx in advance.

[Mac Sidewinder]

One way to keep only what you want is to select everything in doitfast and then replace the items you don't want with a blank video and audio (i use a slideshow pic that says "This selection has been removed from this dvd". This way your menus work fine and you have extra bitrate for the main movie.

Mac

[D3s7]

Mac, only problem with doing things POST demux is you would lose the higher bitrate gained by not having the assets there PRE demux

unless you manually recalculate bitrate after removing assets

[Mac Sidewinder]

D3s7

I let doitfast demux everything. Decide what I want to keep and throw away. Use 2000 to encode the extras. Author the extras and place the corresponding vobs into the video_ts folder. Then I use doitfast's dvdcalc to look at the main movie assets (including subtitles, audio tracks I want, etc) and let it figure out the optimum bitrate. I then use cce in multipass (usually 3) mode to encode the movie. Author the movie, subs and audio. Put in the Video_ts folder, use ifoupdate on it and I have the original dvd with extras i don't want gone.

I realize this takes more time than simply using the big three in automatic mode, but I like to have total control over what I do. (Used to do everything by hand the long way). Once you do a few this way, it does go pretty quickly plus you get to know quite a bit about each of the different programs that are used in creating a dvd.

Mac

[Raster]

Obviously there are several ways to do this and here are some of the ways I do it.

If the movie does not require VOB or CELL demux I use DoItFast4U to demux everything. Than I use ReAuthorist because you can preview all items and deselect what you don't want (no offence to your great tool D3s7).

If it does require VOB or CELL demux I start up IFOEdit and open each IFO and examine it. In IFOEdit double click on a chapter or menu item to open the preview window. I strip all that I don't need with IFOEdit. What can not be striped is replaced with a "slide show" VOB. I than recreate the image file after all striping is complete. Now I start DoItFast4U and set the demux as needed and check ewverything. After demux I continue with Scenaid.

[Eyes`Only]

Nice to know my DVDCalc is still useful :)