How to burn 2dvds to one. keeping movie seperate

[vance43211]

this is a guide on How to burn 2dvds to one. and keeping movie seperate. and keeping original chapters

before u start this project

verify that u can access titles with your standalone dvd player

like title 2

tools u will need

dvd shrink dvd toolbox maybe instant copy and ifoedit

if u want to do 2 dvd to one

this is a dvd from a friend of mine's camcorder. he did 2 movies on it.
i put it my computer just to see how a 2 dvd movie disc is layed out







i reauthor just the main movies from both disc uncompressed with dvd shrink with their own folders

u should know how to do this

reauthored 1st movie



reauthored 2nd movie this isjust for showing this tutorial



then u cut and paste the second disc vts_01_0 ifo and bup files(i leave the main video_ts ifo and bup file alone) and all of the vobs after i rename all of them to vts_02 (ifo bup and vobs) to the folder of the first disc

make sure u cut and paste the files to the first folder. and leave the main video_ts ifo file and video_ts bup file of the second folder alone.

the second dvd files look like this.

rename 2nd dvd files

vts_02_0ifo
vts_02_0bup
vts_02_1vob
vts_02_2vob
vts_02_3vob
vts_02_4vob
vts_02_5, etc

cut



these are the renamed files that were cut and pasted from the second dvd
(notice i left the main video_ts ifo file and video_ts bup file of the second folder back there)

paste




i then use dvd toolbox to fix all of the ifos

i load the dvd files into dvd toolbox






i then push create video manager. click ok. then click execute.




than click analyse



wait for toolbox to finish




wait for toolbox to fix everything (correcting all the ifo) then correct dvd sectors

then if the combine movies are 6.5gig or less i shrink them with dvd shrink as it will quick and great quality, if they are longer than 6.5 gig i shrink them with ic7

u should already know how to do that

when dvd shrink is done burn with your dvd burning program

which by the way, ic7 kill all the competition with it come to shrinking a 12 gig movie file

i then have a 2 movie dvd (quality better than svcd)

u just have to push title two on the stand alone dvd player to see the 2nd movie

u will have figure that part out by yourself as every dvd player is different

on one dvd player i get push the 2 button and it automatically came up

on another i mess around for 15 min before i found it (i have to push the display button to change it)

on another i have to go into menu to find title change

[Baldrick]

Add pictures and you have "real" guide.

[vance43211]

i don't know to do that

how do u capture picture of things on your computer?

[trialsofg]

Vance, there is a lot of software, some free, out there that will accomplish that. Try a basic search in Yahoo or Google. In the meantime, try "print screen", open Paint and then, "ctrl V." After you have the image, save as "your filename."

[vance43211]

ok i have paint shop pro (i assume thats what u are talking about)

but i am not having any luck

where is the "print screen" ?

can u explain it to me in kindergarden terms?

[vance43211]

i think i just got it

i'll let u know

i guess i don't

i did it one time but i can't do it no more

help please

[vance43211]

i tried

but i quit

i wonder why only one picture shows up though

[kryne]

ummm i am trying to find ifoedit or vobedit and cant find them anywhere, if anyone can help i need a url for it or something

[Baldrick]

Vance, you can't use spaces in the image filenames. Rename them and upload again.

[vance43211]

thanks for the info

i wonder i can't see the first 4 pictures though

they appear to be there

ifoedit

http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/derrow/index.html

i think i got it now

i will try to get better pics and a better explanation

[vance43211]

i guess i fixed it

i wish i could use paint though

everytime i shrink the supercapture photos to get under 50kb

the quality suffers

[vance43211]

i think i got everything fixed

what do u think baldrick?

[vance43211]

sorry wrong place

[jnk76]

vance,

I have never done two movies on one disk so I may be wrong here but why not take the approach of getting elementary streams of movies and then importing into authoring program? I will use spruce up because it is so simple. Just import video and audio for both movies, make a picture which is a split screen of the movies and then buttons pointing to movie.
You will have to make chapters manually though. Very easy simple and no need for having hidden movie.....T2....rings bell.
If original chapters are important I am sure maestro can do everything above and import the chapters.

Am I off here?

J

[vance43211]

a quick simple guide with no serious encoding or reencoding

plus this question is asked about 15x a week

[jnk76]

agree with you on that.

[vance43211]

another side benefit

if u do a black bar issue movie

put it as the second movie and ic7 will still fill your disc all the way up