dvd shrink and menu's

[lampshade29]

does anyone know how to re-author a dvd and put in the dvd orignal menu into the new dvd. I am trying to re-author a dvd but to save space i want to get rid of the trailers but keep the deleted scenes and use the dvd's orignal menu. The program i am using is dvdshrink but if anyone knows any program that is easy and can do what i am looking for can help it would be nice.

[ormejaco]

In playing with DVD-lab, it looked to me like you could import an entire DVD into the utility. Maybe that's a place to start. Enjoy.

[tompika]

I don't know how DVDLab comes here.



DVD Shrink 3 does everything you need


Deselect all the audios and subtitles you don't need.

You can keep the menus, set still pictures for unwanted material (trailers or deleted scenes,...)
or click
REAUTHOR and drag the titles you want to the new window you just opened

BACKUP, DeepAnalysis if you want good quality.

[lal]

Re-author in DVDShrink wouldn't keep the menu structure.

[tompika]

Re-author in DVDShrink wouldn't keep the menu structure.

Who said it would?

[bartman]

CloneDVD can strip out unwanted crap and still keep the menu's I think...

Otherwise just do what tompika says and set all the extras to still picture in DVDShrink

[lampshade29]

thank you guys for the insight. I have been trying to get put a dvd9 on a dvdr and with dvd shrink i have the menu's that i want to still picture and the extra's on the most compression that they will goto. But i can't fit of on dvd9 on a dvdr. The main thing tha that i am really trying to do is fit a dvd9 on a dvdr by cutting commentary,trailers, useless crap, and shrinking the extra's and menu's. i want the deleted scenes, alt endings and keep the orignal dvd menu structure. Any idea's

[tompika]

But i can't fit of on dvd9 on a dvdr.

just done a 7.7GB movie full disc with menu.

I think you've been using DVD Shrink 2.3 instead of version 3!!!

www.dvdshrink.org
click English, click where, Beta version 3 is at the bottom

[lampshade29]

how was the quality of the video???

[tompika]

Good, because I did a deep analysis.
It takes additional 40 minutes though...

[lampshade29]

i will have to give that a shot hey any luck with being able to delete the credits to save some more space and have the orignal menu's. i have tried and no luck so far. When i goto reauthor it does't give me the option in version dvdshrink v3

[tompika]

Would you please read my first post please.

You dont delete anything
Deselect all the audios, subpictures you dont need and set still pictures.

[vandakeg]

You dont delete anything
Deselect all the audios, subpictures you dont need and set still pictures.

Sometimes that still is not enough. There are many movies, where even after setting all extras to 'still pictures' and deleting all unwanted audio, the compression is still at 50-70% (or 50-30% depending on how you look at it). Even with 'Deep Analysis', that quality is unacceptable to me (defeats the main purpose of DVD imho), in those cases, it would be nice to be able to edit the 'start/end' points of the movie, to cut out credits etc...

IMO, this is the only thing missing from DVD Shrink.

[tompika]

If you don't like that quality you still got a coulple of alternatives


1. Reauthor and keep the main movie only

2. Split it to two discs

3. BUY a programs that satisfies you (and gives better? quality)

4. Use the original DVD and BUY it again when it gets sratched

5. Use a 14" TV :P


I want it all...And I want it now. (Queen)....and you want it for FREE?

[lampshade29]

you talk about buy a program what program do you know that will do that??

[tompika]

CloneDVD can strip out unwanted crap and still keep the menu's I think...

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=&sectionselect=19&orderby=Name

I haven't tried them though...
You need to look around and do some research

[b1r0i1a5n]

I was using dvd shrink while copying a movie a few days ago and I was having problems fitting it onto 1 dvdr until I realized that the main movie was actually on the disk 2 times, one was the regular version and one was the widescreen version, so I compressed the widescreen version as much as possible and had full quality on the regular version. Then it was no problem fitting it on 1 dvdr with menu and extras. Maybe it's the same with your movie...

Hope this helps.