Suggestion for DVDReMakePro

[Methanoid]

I put this to Dimad via email but I'd like to hear other people's views on the idea.

These suggestions are designed to reduce the number of steps in processing DVDs and to save on both time and HD space.

1) Integrate deCSS into DRMP. Shrink has this (without being assaulted by MPAA!!) and can hence rip a disk direct whilst shrinking it and save making 2 passes (one for DVDDecrypter and one to Shrink removing languages).

2) Integrate language/sub removal Since DRMP is useful for editting menus to remove the option to select languages this makes sense. Again it saves on HD space and time. If combined with #1 then the end result would either be a disk ready to burn just via stripping bits or after a minor Shrink or (if DRMP indicated the disk would be still quite large) then the result would be pre-processed files ready for DVD-Rb.

3) Produce an ISO image as an option. Lots of people like burning ISO image rather than VOBs. Would be a nice option. Not necessary tho!

Any views?

[erdoke]

I prefer the official DRM support forum to discuss suggestions, but no problem here too. :)

1. There are tools specialized for deCSSing. I think it involves some legal issues in many countries to deCSS a movie, so it wouldn't be wise to implement it into a generic DVD editor app. If you want to spare the ripping process with a ripping tool (which I personally find the most satisfying regarding the outcome), you always can get an on-the-fly decrypter such as AnyDVD or DVDIdle Pro. As far as I know there are also free apps with similar functionality.

2. I'm pretty sure that stream handling is on the way, will be implemented in v. 3 latest.

3. It is only a step increasing convenience, because there are free tools that can do this in half a minute. HD size is not an issue nowadays so why not use ImgTool Classic for this? Of course it would be a nice feature but remember that there is another feature: updating export which needs DRM to become a complete ISO editing tool.