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How do I join several DVDs, VIDEO_TS folders
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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Nov 11, 2005 12:46 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Join and create new menus
TMPGEnc DVD Author, select add dvd video, select the video_ts(or the folder with the vob,ifo,bup files) folder. Click add new track, add dvd video, select the other video_ts folder. Repeat this for all DVDs.


Join and no menus
DVDShrink, use the reauthor mode, read http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=538&howtoselect=6;30#538


Join and keep original menus
DVDRemake Pro, read http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?guideid=702&howtoselect=6;30#702
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If the joined DVD is too big you can author and output it on your HD and then shrink it with DVD Shrink.

Last edited by Baldrick on Dec 13, 2007 10:56, edited 2 times in total
ecos
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Post Posted: Jan 14, 2006 02:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
thank you!

how will the output look like in each case?

I mean, eg in the 'no menus' case, the 1st movie will start playing, then when it finishes the 2nd will start etc?

in the 'create menu' case, when the dvd starts it will display a menu to choose which movie we want to play?

what about the 'retain menus' case?

SingSing
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Post Posted: Apr 11, 2006 15:46 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
What are the steps for putting multiple groups of VOB files without Video_ts_ifo on a playable DVD ?
I can use ifoedit to generate vts_01_0.ifo, for each group of vob files, but don't I need a tool to make up a video_ts.ifo, before DVDshrink can be use to reauthor them together ?

jimmalenko
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Post Posted: Apr 11, 2006 19:10 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
IFOEdit should be creating the VTS_01_0 and VIDEO_TS IFO and BUPs; so long as you keep each set in a seperate folder, then you should be able to use the file browser in DVDShrink's reauthor mode and point it to each folder in turn, dragging the title across each time.
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Post Posted: Apr 16, 2006 21:45 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
to join several DVDs, VIDEO_TS folders I use DELETED which download from
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this DVD authoring software can create DVD from AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, MOV, DivX, Xvid, VOB, 3GP, MP4 files with DVD menus.

10SPRO
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Post Posted: Jul 09, 2006 12:46 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Using TMPGEnc DVD Author, what would be the best way to create a main menu with multiple episodes listed; one for each of the individual video tracks (video_ts ) added? I am ending up with one main menu with Episode 1 and 73 chapters. It is difficult to directly access the start of each of the six video tracks when playing the DVD-R on a home DVD player.

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Post Posted: Jul 09, 2006 12:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
10SPRO wrote:
Using TMPGEnc DVD Author, what would be the best way to create a main menu with multiple episodes listed;


Answered in your other post, select "add new track" for each title.
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kschang
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Post Posted: Jul 23, 2006 09:50 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Question: if I want to keep this all freeware, is the only way to rip the VOBs back into MPEG2 (i.e. 2 separate files), then reauthor them from scratch with DVDAuthorGUI / GUIforDVDAuthor / DVDStyler?

bellfunk
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Post Posted: Aug 18, 2006 21:11 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
pls delete

ecos
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Post Posted: Aug 26, 2006 06:02 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
bellfunk wrote:
pls delete


delete what?

KCAir
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Post Posted: Jul 19, 2007 11:25 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Just joined and I already got answers to several questions... can't believe I waited so long to join.

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ByteVV
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Post Posted: Sep 24, 2007 14:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks for the help! Great forum!

Gregg
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Post Posted: Sep 24, 2007 15:33 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
It turns out that the only way to put 2 different DVDs with menus on a single disc is to use DVDRemake Pro?

Baldrick
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Post Posted: Sep 24, 2007 15:59 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Can't dvd2one or/and dvdfab platinum also keep the menus?

gap0306
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Post Posted: Nov 30, 2007 23:19 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I have the video_ts folder ready, but I can't import it to TMPGenc DVD Author. I keep receiving a message saying that the file format is not compatible. I wonder what I'm doing wrong... Could anyone help me with this?

Alex_ander
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Post Posted: Dec 01, 2007 00:41 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Drag the VIDEO_TS.IFO file to source window. You probably tried to load a VOB file, TDA doesn't import them in file mode.

gap0306
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Post Posted: Dec 01, 2007 10:58 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thx. I'll try to do that!

gap0306
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Post Posted: Dec 01, 2007 11:05 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
It didn't work sad.gif . Here's a screenshot of hat happened:



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Baldrick
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Post Posted: Dec 13, 2007 10:57 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
gap0306: you should select to import dvd-video and not a File.

indyram
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Post Posted: Feb 02, 2008 06:13 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi Baldrick

I have Nero version 8.2

How do I put two video movies that are each about 3 Gigs into

a DL video blank that has 8.5 GB

Basically I want to put two video tss and create a menu so that I can choose one

or the other

indy

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Post Posted: Feb 02, 2008 06:18 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
VOB2MPG for each VTS, then author a DVD using the two mpg files as source.
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indyram
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Post Posted: Feb 02, 2008 06:34 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Downloading vobtompg

will work on it and post my experience (success or not) in a day or two

Thanks for the tip

Indy

indyram
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Post Posted: Feb 02, 2008 06:35 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Sorry meant VOB2MPG

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ScannerWA
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Post Posted: Mar 17, 2008 01:31 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Would I follow the previous suggestions if I have episodes I purchased from someone that were not in order over a span of several DVD's, and wanted to copy the vobs and reburn them (with new menu's) in order of television appearance onto DVDR?

Thanks smile.gif

zapster
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Post Posted: Jul 02, 2008 13:04 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Any updates on the best way to put multiple DVDs onto a single DVD?

I have a bunch of small DVDs (less than 500mb each) of home video that my cousin made. I'd like to put them all together onto a single DVD. And, very important, I don't want to recompress any of the footage.

I have Vegas and DVD Architect but will get something else if needed.

I'd like the option of doing it with and without the original menus.

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: Jul 02, 2008 13:28 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
The advice in this thread is still valid. No magic has happened since... smile.gif
As long as the total size of the bunch of less than 500 MB DVDs don't exceed 4.37 GB (assuming you're using DVD5) you wont have to reencode.

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tsrusa2002
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Post Posted: Jul 06, 2008 08:14 Posts View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi,
I am trying to make a single DVD out of multiple recordings done through my Sony Handycam (uses double sided DVD-RW). Is there a freeware?
tsr

mats.hogberg
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Post Posted: Jul 06, 2008 08:25 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
If the DVDs your camera records are std Video DVD, the advice in this thread still apply.
The 100% free way would be to extract the mpg out of the VOBs with VOB2MPG, then author with GUI for DVDAuthor

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