How to spilt one DVD to 2 DVD (5) with meuns intact

[c1steady]

Hi

I have a 10 hours TOM & Jerry DVD Movie. I have ripped them using Decryp HD. However when i use Shrink to spilt them into 2 DVD disc i encounter something i dont like. The original disc has 10 movies each with 16 chapter. After i split them to 2 disc ...e,g. whenever i want to watch the 3rd movies chapter 11 .. i have to first go to Moive 1/10 Chapter 16/16.. enter next to go to Moive 2/10 Chapter 16/16........and then next to go to Moive 3/10 Chapter 11/16... then i can watch this chapter ....

Now .. i would like either :

1) to have the disc consist of 80 chapters for 1st disc ..so that i can go to any chapter easily

or

2) to have a menu for the 5 moives to select in the begining .. then choose the chapter..... but if i use Shrink then all the menu would be gone


Is there any easy guide out there to do what i wants . I would like to use ONLY freeware to perform the task.

[manono]

http://jsoto.posunplugged.com/guides/VobBlanker/splitdvd9/index.php

[orsetto]

It isn't exactly long-term "freeware", but you can download a 30-day free trial of the programs CloneDVD2 and AnyDVD (see VideoHelp software section for links). This is the most reliable software suite for splitting one DVD across two DVDs while preserving the original menus.

Note it is sometimes not possible to COMPLETELY preserve all menu functions when you split a multi-episode TV or cartoon DVD across two discs: you will often lose the "play all" function and sometimes other minor navigation options, because these depend on having all the episodes on ONE disc. When you split across two or more discs you "break" the auto-play connection between all the episodes, and are then usually limited to manually selecting them from the menu on the two backup discs. CloneDVD will of course preserve the episode selection screens and any bonus material navigation and whatever other features that don't rely on having all the episodes on one disc.

[c1steady]

anydvd run in the background. i dont think it will split file for you, right ?

[orsetto]

anydvd run in the background. i dont think it will split file for you, right ?

AnyDVD usually runs in the background as a decryptor and automatic repair utility (it will try to fix issues with scratched or dirty discs). CloneDVD2 is the program that actually splits DVD9 to DVD5 and so forth. The two work well together.