can ebly clone DVD copy a dvd-9 over two dvd5

[flanman]

Hi all,
I just started using ELBY clone DVD 2.42. I see where I can encode the movie for DVD5 or DVD-DL. What if I want to spread a 8 gig disk over two DVD5's. Is that possible with Clone DVD? I looked in their help files but did not find anything.

Thanks,
flanman

[MackemX]

you can use the chapter removal feature it has. Decide where you want to split it, let's say chapter 11 of 20

so on the first DVD you keep chapters 1-10 and on the 2nd DVD you keep chapters 11-20. It's as easy as that

the only issue is that when you play DVD 2 you may have to go through the first 10 blanked chapters (some standalones take a sec or so per chapter) but you can edit the menu button to jump straight to Chapter 11 using other tools such as MenuEdit or IfoEdit

[iantri]

You'd best use a program that is designed for this.. like DVDFab.

[MackemX]

does that keep menu's on both DVD's now?

I know the free version used to split them but lost the menu's on the 2nd DVD

[iantri]

That's how it works, yes..

What good are the menus on the second disc, though? All the special features are on the first disk..

Anyway, I think DVDXCopy has the ability to split a movie and spread the features between discs.. but DVDXCopy is otherwise a piece of trash so I can't really reccommend it..

[flanman]

Thanks for the feedback. I can do the same thing in DVD2one and manually choose the chapters for disk one and then two which is what I am currently doing. I was hoping there was a way I could let CloneDVD rip the movie, created the break point and then burn to two DVD5's pretty much automatically. I will keep searching for something that does that.

[MackemX]

there is nothing I can think of that splits and burns 2 DVD's pretty much automatically so go easy on the searching

[wulf109]

CloneDVD allows you to select what VTS to include,in the preview window. You could select only the movie for disk #1 and then a second with all the extras. Both would have working menus. With CloneDVD when you click an item not on that disk it returns you to the menu you started from. I use it this way to split 4 episode disks two per disk.

[iantri]

Yeah.. this is a pretty tricky thing to do and maintain menus. It involves either disabling the buttons for features not on a particular disc or rewriting the IFO to point the buttons to a VOB with a "Change Disc" clip.

Without buying more software (like DVDXCopy, which does what I describe above, AFAIK. I have it but have never used it; for some moronic reason it can't process ripped files; only from the original DVD.), I don't think there is anything you can do with CloneDVD.

Sorry.

[MackemX]

CloneDVD does do it as it will just skip through the missing chapters and return to the menu. How long it takes depends on the player but software players like PowerDVD still take next to no time to skip them

if you split an episodic DVD it will do the same thing by playing the short blanks and returning to the menu

for a free but not easy method but disable buttons and jump chapter then I'm pretty sure the free version of Menuedit can be used to disable buttons but as it's free it has no preview . You can also change the cell command in the first chapter to jump to the cell in DVD2 with Ifoedit if you want but it may involve some groundwork. You could also change the cell command to jump to the last cell on DVD1. PGCEdit will also probably allow this and I'm sure it has a start/end feature also but doesn't have button disabling. DVDRemake Pro does this also and is also not that easy but a lot easier than the free method

it all depends on exactly how time/effort/expense you want to put in but if I were lazy I'd just use CloneDVD and the free Menuedit

lol, forgive me but I forgot to mention mine & TMG's proggie which is DVDStripper and it basically does the same thing regarding splitting but takes a lot longer. You can also disable buttons with it's partner program MenuModder and both programs are free. It always keeps menu's though but you can select which menu's to keep on both discs so it's good for episodic sub menu's

[Phantom Of The Opera]

Perhaps it is out of a sense of modesty, but MackemX is not giving DVDStripper enough credit. I use it quite often, and it is very effective at doing these kinds of things. The only drawback (if you can call it that) to using it is the initial effort required to learn how to use it. It is not something with an "intuitively obvious" user interface. CloneDVD is very good in the "ease of use" department, and so is DVDXcopy.

I purchased (yes, I paid for it ) DVDStripper before Mack made it available for free, and I believe it was worth every penny I paid for it.

Mack, can you tell me: if I get DVDRemake Pro, will it do everything for me that Stripper does, and then some?

[MackemX]

I purchased (yes, I paid for it ) DVDStripper before Mack made it available for free, and I believe it was worth every penny I paid for it.

Thanks

Mack, can you tell me: if I get DVDRemake Pro, will it do everything for me that Stripper does, and then some?

lol, now that would be telling but yes it kicks it's ass

It basically does all of DVDStripper/Menumodder can do and a helluva lot more but I do know one thing it can't do that DS can and that's split a DVD into 2 complete DVD's in one process :P

there is a demo but the output is crippled so you can't really test it fully but it should give you an idea of what you can do. Or you can watch my Flash Guide on splitting an Episodic DVD if you want to be lazy, lol

[djelimon]

DVDFab always choked on multi-PGC titles, at least for me. Made an absolute pigs breakfast of Absolutely Fabulous. I haven't bothered to keep my versions current, though, since I got DVDRemake.

OTOH no movie to date has been unsplittable for me using DVDRemake.

Why would you want a menu on 2 discs? How about so you can watch the button-over-video version of a movie on both discs, like Matrix or Autsin Powers: Goldmember?

Yes, you have to do 2 operations rather than one to do the split. But the splitting whole thing can take as little as 15 minutes on my measely 1.4GHz XP system.