converting then editing DVD-R

[downer]

I was wondering if there was an easy way to extract an movie from my dvd-r, then edit it (cut out some blank space) then burn it back to dvd-r, without losing any quality.

I am trying some of the conversions, in the "how to" section but it seems like i have to rencode the file, or something and it is taking forever in Tmpgenc.

So i was wondering if there was just a tool that will extract the file from the DVD-R. Let me cut some space off the beginning and end. Then burn it back onto DVD-R without any loss of quality.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[kitty]

Some guides want to reencode but that is usually to make VCD or SVCD or to fit big movies onto small discs.

You need at a minimum a DVD drcryptor and an IFO editor. This guide should work:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129774

or you can try a prog like dvdxcopy but that has issues.

[downer]

how would i go about cutting the actually movie using that guide? i would think it would create a "mpeg" or something then use an mpeg editing program to cut, then save and burn.

is there a program that will let you cut the movie using those files?

sorry i am new to this, please bear with me..

[downer]

any other suggestions for just editing something that is already on dvd-r then dumping it back to dvd-r?

thanks.