Seamless Branching?

[kingm22000]

I am attempting to backup the DVD 'Ray' and split it to two DVD5s using IfoEdit (v0.96). From what I have learned on these forums (the fact that the movie has two main title maps of about the same size and the fact that it allows you to choose either the theater version or the extended version when watching the movie) I am guessing that this DVD uses seamless branching.
When I go to split it, however, IfoEdit does not detect either seamless branching or multiple angles. Am I perhaps dealing with something else here? Do seamless branching and/or multi angles have to be removed when splitting a movie?
The movie seemed to split OK and I think I have 'fixed' the menus for each disk using IfoEdit and PGCEdit and the knowledege I learned by reading on this forum (especially 2Cool's guides), but I don't want to burn a couple of coasters and I fear this branching may come back to bite me.

[killingspree]

hi and welcome to the forum,

since you haven't yet recieved any answeres to your problem, i'm going to move the thread to a more specialised forum.

honestly i do not know if ifoedit can even deal with seamless branching/multi angles. anyway, if you want to be on the safe side, i'd recommend you back up only one PGC...

if you want to test your backup before burning i'd recommend you to use image tools classic (to create an iso file from the dvd files) and d-tools (to emulate the 'fake' dvd rom). if the dvd works in your software player this way i'd say it's a pretty safe (although not 100%) bet that the backup is ok.

kr
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[kingm22000]

Thanks for the reply.

After testing my split directories of the movie using IfoEdit's playback feature and having it hang up a few times, I decided I had better scrap what I had done and try again. I re split following your advise and things seem to work fine in playback now.
I am amazed at what IfoEdit can do for you and can see how seamless branching may be pushing it a bit too far.