Reassembling DVD X Copy

[ViRaL1]

Is there any way (something not TERRIBLY complicated) to basically re-assemble a DVD X Copy (2-Disc) burn so that i can squeeze it back down to 1 disc for just the movie and no extras?

Thanks in advance.

[jarvis1781]

yes, for the movie only all you have to do is copy the main movie .vob files into one directory. then rename them so they are in order starting with vts_01. then use ifoedit to create new .ifo's
then get vts sectors and you will have just the main movie that should be playable on most DVD players

[ViRaL1]

I have just the movie VOBs and the new IFOs together in one folder but the main movie is 5.5GB. How can I get it into DVDShrink so I can squeeze it down to 1 disk?

[BobK]

Run DVDShrink, open the folder with the movie in it and shrink it.

[ViRaL1]

DVDShrink encountered an error and cannot continue.

Invalid data in file D":\DVD\tmp\temp\VTS_01_6.VOB"

This is the last VOB. It plays fine in RealPlayer. Not sure what I'm doing wrong (or not doing). 4 VOBs per disc for movie (1st is menu, only copied that from disc 1), then renamed the others in order from VTS_01_0.VOB through VTS_01_6.VOB in order. Created IFOs in IFOEdit and did get VTS sectors, but still can't open in Shrink.

[dafoe]

Why don't you just copy the files off the original disc and then compress them?

[ViRaL1]

I wish I could, but the original is cracked and I'm really not looking forward to buying it again.

[Matt D]

Easy way to fix this, use TMPGEnc DVD Author. Open your VOBs, create a menu if you want, then hit Output. This creates your new VIDEO_TS folder. Launch DVD Shrink, open files, point it to folder just created. DVD Shrink will now compress your video and create a new folder and even burn the disc if you want.

You will lose the original menu's but you will have the video on one disc.