Im stuck

[warbird]

This is my 1st attempt at dvd ripping and I feel like im jumping in the deep end even though I cant swim. I am attempting to make a copy of a ST:TNG dvd keeping it's original menus, subs, and 5.1 audio (but dropping 2ch audio track) intact. However I am stuck after the reencoding part. From what ive read from various searches, in order to keep the original menus I will need to use Scenarist. I have fiddled around with this program for about an hour and I have banged my head on the desk repeatedly during that time. All of the Scenarist guides ive found im sure are well written, but they just leave me with a very blank look on my face. I have been making SVCDs for well over a year now and im quite familiar with avisynth and cce and I thought that DVDs couldnt be all that difficult, man was i wrong. This is the post I am attempting to follow, posted by asifanwar on doom9...

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-- I have so far completed all four seasons of the R1 NTSC versions of these discs. Here is how I did it.

1. DVDdecryptor to rip each PGC into it's own folder (PGC1,2...)
2. DVD2AVI to frameserve (keeping the AC3 of course). I found that SwapField ON gave me smoother results but that may be a complete illusion and I am going to try with it OFF next time
3. Use AVIsynth and the latest Decomb.dll (GREAT filter!)
Telecide(guide=1)
Decimate(quality=3)
4. drop into CCE2.50 and use 3 pass VBR (which of course is really 4 pass if one includes the VAF). Min 2000, Max 9000 and Ave 2750. End code is on, but all else is off. Aspect ratio to DAR, I use 0-255, and DC 10. Quality=5, and noise filter is off.
I just "set it and forget it" and dont bother with the 'tweaking' using the grey bits etc. 2750 is what fits.
5. Once you have all four encoded, then pulldown.
6. Drop all 4 into Scenarist and put in chapter points. <----------I AM HERE
7. Drop the PGCs into Title1 in their numberical order
8. Create the VOBs.
9. Rename the VOBs to Title2
10. Rip all the files on the disc EXCEPT the main VOBs
11. Make VIDEO_TS and VTS_02 Regionfree using IFOedit (GREAT app!). Get rid of Cell ID #2 of VIDEO_TS.VOB
12. Use IFOupdate to transpose the chapter points from your authored IFO into the 'real' IFO for Title2.
13 GetVTSSectors.

Woohoo! All four episodes working with the original menus! I freely admit that this is done with the knowledge shared by the 'giants' of this forum and some VERY useful apps without which we would all be nowhere. --

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Can anyone help a completely frustrated person out? Maybe tell me an easier way or perhaps point me to some guides that will make this process a little easier? At this rate I am either going to pull my hair out or just completely give up. Will someone please help me!

[warbird]

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[donpedro]

Well... with subject "Im stuck" you will not get too much replies since nobody can help you from traffic jam

Anyway... why don't you try complete backup to 2 DVDs ?

[Brummee2000]

Hello Mr Stuck, lol, Well i tried that program and come away from it thinking that i need to get a degree!!!!!!, I hate the program, I'll try and help though, You never said how big the file's are when you ripped them, How big are they???,

[warbird]

Thanks for your replys. I have been doing ALOT of reading and i am finally starting to get somewhere in scenarist, alot farther then i was getting yesterday. Only thing I cant get to work is the ScenChap program, so i am going to attempt to manually put in the chapter points. Everything looks great (a/v/sub time sync) in the scenarist simulation window for each of the programs.. I dont know why i couldnt figure out the guides i was reading yesterday, I guess im just thick headed. After im done with this then ill have to figure out ifoedit :O