Three PGCs in one VOB file, encoded with CCE

[Nemesis7]

Hi people,

this is about the Band of Brothers (PAL) dvds. I know there have been asked about a lot, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.
The 1st (of 6) dvds of band of brothers has one single VTS containing both episodes and the WB logo thing. So there are 3 PGCs here. What I did was read all three into one single D2V file and encoded this with CCE (9 pass).

Now the problem is: How do I get the encoded video back in the original (3 PGC) structure?

[Dimad]

Is there a reason why you don't use DVD Rebuilder for reencoding? Will do exactly what you need, reencode with CCE and put it back.

[Nemesis7]

Because dvd rebuilder assisgns the bitrates before it even 'sees' the video. When encoding all 3 pgc files with cce, cce can decide where the bits go, which should result in better quality.

P.S. Did you make dvdremake and menuedit?

[Dimad]

yes. Talking about DRM Pro. It has "bulk" replace feature which will replace VTS movie cells one by one with cells from another VTS. So if you multiplex cells (say with muxman) after reencoding with CCE in the same order as there were in original. You may use "bulk" repalce in DvdReMake Pro. It will preserve the disk structure. You can check if it works for you een with demo version: http://www.dimadsoft.com/dvdremakepro/download.php

[Nemesis7]

Well thats the problem. How do i remux them into the 3 pgcs? if i rip celltimes, i get 3 txt files (one for eacht pgc). What to do?

P.S. Nice work mate! What are you currently working on? (new features?)

[Dimad]

Never done it personally. I know Mirx (at DvdReMake forum at cdr-zone.com/forum) did/does it. Try asking it there.

P.S. Nice work mate! What are you currently working on? (new features?):) yes.

[Nemesis7]

So is there no one that can answer my question? Is it maybe possible to cut the encoded (and muxed with audio and subs afterwards) video using a ifo file that tells the cutter how many peaces (pgcs) the video file should be?

[Nemesis7]

Isn't there anyone that has encoded Band of Brothers, 24, ultimate matrix collection or anything else with multiple pgc in 1 vob (multiangle i think)? WITHOUT using DVDRebuilder or something similar. So just CCE, AVS (with DGIndex).

Please help me out someone. Maybe this post doesn't belong here.

Thnx.

[Mirx]

Like Dimad already said, DvdReMake can solve this problem very easilly for you.

From scratch it would be:

- Append the second (episode2) PGC to the first PGC.
- Delete the second (episode2) and third (WB logo) PGC.
- Export so you get a single PGC for CCE-ing (which makes it a hell of a lot easier to do properly)
- CCE the disc
- Reload the original disc
- Use the bulk-replace feature by block order to replace the original video content the CCEéd video content.
- Export and you're done.

Because in your case you already CCEéd the video content, if you kept the same chapter indexes, you can go straight to the bulk replace.

It will be a 3-step action. Load the disc, bulk replace by block, and export.

Like Dimad already stated, try the demo version to see it it does what you need/want. If not, well then you've only wasted an hour of your time.

And they are not multi-angle discs. If they were everything would reside in the same PGC.

[manono]

I always split that kind into its component PGCs using PGCDemux. I then reencode each PGC separately, mux with MuxMan, and use VobBlanker to get them back into the DVD.

What you did is pretty risky, as far as getting correct chapters and synched audio and subs when done. Maybe DVDRemake Pro can fix you up, as they're saying.

[jdobbs]

Because dvd rebuilder assisgns the bitrates before it even 'sees' the video. When encoding all 3 pgc files with cce, cce can decide where the bits go, which should result in better quality. Untrue. But to each his own...