trying to bakup my Hidalgo DVD

[bengsj]

I'm trying to make a backup by spliting the DVD into 2. My problem is the second DVD wont show the subtitles? (english translation). The first will show them fine. What do I need to do? Will puting menus on both DVD's help? Oh, I have tried to use CLONEDVD2 and DVD Shrink but no subtitles show. Thats why I decided to split it.

Thanks for any help
Ben

[ddlooping]

Hi bengsj.

- Use your software or set-top player to identify what subpicture stream is played by default.
- in DVD Shrink Reauthor mode, right-click on the title (after you've dragged it to the "DVD Structure" pane on the left).
- use the "Set Default Streams..>>Subpicture" menu and select the subpicture stream you previously identified.

[buffotoad]

I was able to back up my Hidalgo using DVD Shrink 3.2. I did only the movie using re-author mode.

First, get into Re-author mode.
Then drag the "main movie" from the DVD Browser section into the Re-authored DVD section.
Then choose the "compression settings" tab.
Next, choose your audio streams, and then check off the English sub-picture(s) - I chose only the smaller English sub-picture because all I wanted was when they weren't speaking English in the movie.
Now over in the Re-authored DVD section, right-click on "title 1" and select "set default streams" to get a pop-up menu.
Under sub-picture, pick "display the following sub-picture stream", and then choose which you want to show.
Now continue with your backup as usual.

I hope this works - it worked for me.

[Gurm]

Y'know, the movie fits in "movie only" mode, with almost no compression. I didn't bother splitting it.

[Supreme2k]

Yeah, the extra are pretty meh anyway, and the little animation between menus is a waste of time IMO.

[Gurm]

Yeah, I broke my own "keep the menus" rule for this film.

And frankly, after about 2 minutes, the "old Indian tells us why Hidalgo was the bestest horsey EVAR" extras all got super-old, too.

[Rich86]

To make a backup copy of Hildago with Clonedvd2 with English subtitles coming on and off properly (as I recall), you need to include all the English subtitle selections when transcoding, and then switch to the 2nd English subtitle selection when playing.

[henry_nettles]

Yes, agreed, but it helps to have the translation of the Arabic later in the movie. Some interesting things going on that you will completely miss without the forced subtitles....