3 DVDs in 1?

[slavik]

I found some tutorials somewhere here but lost them :(

I have 3 DVDs which are each 1.5GB in size. (Small anime series), I want to put all three episodes on a single DVD.

Each episode has 2 audio tracks (Eng and Jap) and a single subtitle track (english).

What I want to do with the DVD is create a menu where I can select which episode to play and also and options menu to select which audio stream to play and whether to show subtitles.

So far I have not come accross an authoring program that can do that.

Any help or points in the right direction are appreciated :).

[wezman2k]

NeroVision Express can, but i've heard around here that nerovision express sucks...

[influenza]

You need to find an app that accepts vobs as input or demux the dvd to it's elementary streams (audio/video/subs).

I believe both tmpgenc dvd author and dvdlab (pro) take vobs as input (and demux them on the fly).

After that you can create a simple (or advanced if you wish) dvd menu so you'll be able to choose the movie and chapters/audio etc).

And if you can't find a program that accepts your vobs you need to demux them to their elementary streams and author the dvd manually.

[slavik]

demuxing is not a problem (VOBEdit can handle that)

I'll look further into TMP DVDAuthor (I believe it doesn't like multiple audio streams)

Originally posted by influenza
You need to find an app that accepts vobs as input or demux the dvd to it's elementary streams (audio/video/subs).

I believe both tmpgenc dvd author and dvdlab (pro) take vobs as input (and demux them on the fly).

After that you can create a simple (or advanced if you wish) dvd menu so you'll be able to choose the movie and chapters/audio etc).

And if you can't find a program that accepts your vobs you need to demux them to their elementary streams and author the dvd manually.

[Dimad]

Will this be usefull? http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84464&highlight=dvdremake+merge

[influenza]

If you have a full version yes ;)

[M7S]

An easy way is to use dvdstyler (http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net), a gui for dvdauthor, it accepts vobs as input and is really easy to use, and freeware, of cource. The commands for audiotracks is "audio=0" for first track and "audio=1" for second track and so on. To turn a subtitle on use "subtitle=0" (gor first subtitletrack but you did only have one, right) and "subtitle=62" to turn it of. Rest of it is just clicking and dragging (I told you it's easy :p).

Regards,
M7S

Edit: DVDstyler doesn't allow custom commands only standard jumps :( :o I wonder why :confused:

[influenza]

Dimad has been so nice to provide me with a copy of dvdremake pro. I must say I'm impressed by it's abillity and easy way of merging two dvds while keeping everything in tact.

It does come at a price though. It's no freeware and you cannot download a demo version that provides output, so you can see for yourself.

There are also free alternatives to do what you want. Those will probably mean a lot of work from your side, so that's a tradeoff you need to make.

[Johnny_Deep_Down_Below]

How well does this feature work?
Are the resulting DVDs playable on any DVD-Player?
Can the "choose-disc-menu" be customized?

It's shurely a great feature, if it does work, but how should I test it out, without being able to export DVDs?
I have some DVDs to merge together, but 40$ are much money to me, as I am still a student.

So how are your experiences?

[influenza]

It's shurely a great feature, if it does work, but how should I test it out, without being able to export DVDs?

I totally agree on that. Unfortunately Dimad decided to make the evaluation version like that.

I tested the merge function which seems to work perfectly. Didn't test it on a standalone, but on a software player. You can adjust the newly added menu, so you can add a custom one. There's a guide on the dimadsoft site on how to do that.