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  1. I have a large libary of DVD backups on my computer but they take up a vast amount of space as they are in .vob and .ifo files. I sometimes need to put them back into DVD format to burn them so I can watch them on a seperate DVD player. So I was wondering if there was any type of relatively small file that I could convert them to which would keep the chapter info and if possible keep the menu so that I could put it back in when authoring the DVD. If there is a format which would work best in this situation could someone also recommend a program to convert it although I know it my be down to personal preference.

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    Hello,

    Dvdr's are cheap - just back them up like data (disc copy ).

    Otherwise if you want to you'd have to convert them to divx to save space per cd or dvd but you'd lose all the functionality and quality of the original (or shrunk) dvd.

    Just buy a 50/100 pack of dvdrs and make normal copies of the real dvd. That will save you aggrevation and preserve the original quality of the backup.

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    Should soon be possible to use DvdMenuXtractor to rip the menu's then mkvmerge to convert them to Matroska files and haali's splitter for playback.

    Only other format that I can think of that supports menu's, etc. is mp4.

    Really not worth the hassle to convert to either though just to convert back to DVD.
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  4. Originally Posted by celtic_druid View Post
    possible to use DvdMenuXtractor to rip the menu's then mkvmerge to convert them to Matroska files and haali's splitter for playback.
    where is the official download page for DVDMenuXtractor's Windows binaries?

    I found an a release of DVDMenuXtractor somewhere, I fed it a DVD dir and after a couple of minutes I got this output:

    Code:
    VMG.m2v
    VMG_06_28_52.bat
    VMG_btn.tmc
    VMG_info.xml
    VMG_m2v.tmc
    VMG_menu.xml
    VTS01_info.xml
    VTS01.m2v
    VTS01_0_en.ac3
    VTS01_0_en.idx
    VTS01_0_en.sub
    VTS01_0_en_ac3.tmc
    VTS01_06_57_54.bat
    VTS01_1_de.ac3
    VTS01_1_de.idx
    VTS01_1_de.sub
    VTS01_1_de_ac3.tmc
    VTS01_2_en.ac3
    VTS01_2_en.idx
    VTS01_2_en.sub
    VTS01_2_en_ac3.tmc
    VTS01_3_de.idx
    VTS01_3_de.sub
    VTS01_4_de.idx
    VTS01_4_de.sub
    VTS01_btn.tmc
    VTS01_m2v.tmc
    VTS01_menu.xml
    VTSM01.btn
    VTSM01.m2v
    VTSM01_0_un.ac3
    VTSM01_0_un.idx
    VTSM01_0_un.sub
    VTSM01_0_un_ac3.tmc
    VTSM01_06_58_50.bat
    VTSM01_1_un.idx
    VTSM01_1_un.sub
    VTSM01_btn.tmc
    VTSM01_info.xml
    VTSM01_m2v.tmc
    VTSM01_menu.xml
    VTS02.m2v
    VTS02_0_en.idx
    VTS02_0_en.sub
    VTS02_0_en_ac3.tmc
    VTS02_07_02_33.bat
    VTS02_1_de.idx
    VTS02_1_de.sub
    VTS02_1_de_ac3.tmc
    VTS02_2_en.idx
    VTS02_2_en.sub
    VTS02_2_en_ac3.tmc
    VTS02_3_de.idx
    VTS02_3_de.sub
    VTS02_3_en.ac3
    VTS02_3_en_ac3.tmc
    VTS02_btn.tmc
    VTS02_info.xml
    VTS02_m2v.tmc
    VTS02_menu.xml
    VTSM02_07_02_33.bat
    VTSM02_info.xml
    VTSM02_menu.xml
    VTS03.m2v
    VTS03_0_en_ac3.tmc
    VTS03_07_02_45.bat
    VTS03_1_fr_ac3.tmc
    VTS03_2_it_ac3.tmc
    VTS03_3_ÿÿ.ac3
    VTS03_3_ÿÿ_ac3.tmc
    VTS03_btn.tmc
    VTS03_info.xml
    VTS03_m2v.tmc
    VTS03_menu.xml
    VTSM03.btn
    VTSM03.m2v
    VTSM03_0_un.idx
    VTSM03_0_un.sub
    VTSM03_07_02_46.bat
    VTSM03_1_un.idx
    VTSM03_1_un.sub
    VTSM03_btn.tmc
    VTSM03_info.xml
    VTSM03_m2v.tmc
    VTSM03_menu.xml
    VTS04.m2v
    VTS04_0_ÿÿ_ac3.tmc
    VTS04_07_02_52.bat
    VTS04_1_ÿÿ_ac3.tmc
    VTS04_2_ÿÿ_ac3.tmc
    VTS04_3_ÿÿ.ac3
    VTS04_3_ÿÿ_ac3.tmc
    VTS04_btn.tmc
    VTS04_info.xml
    VTS04_m2v.tmc
    VTS04_menu.xml
    VTSM04_07_02_53.bat
    VTSM04_info.xml
    VTSM04_menu.xml
    What can I do with this?
    Last edited by lovelove; 2nd Aug 2011 at 01:52.
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    Thanks for digging up a thread over 6 years old, lovelove. I'm sure you made a lot of friends here with that post.
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  6. You are welcome. I don't see the problem. There is no need to start hundreds of threads for the same issue. That's what the search function is for. People always complain that forum posters don't use it before starting a new thread. I do. Please don't post off topic.
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