2 dvd's in one

[superlum]

i have two DVD's that i want to rip and put into one DVD disc. the DVD's are for a religious class so there's no copyright restrictions. what i want to do is rip the two DVDs and compress the video and audio so i can merge them in Adobe Premiere and then author the video onto a new DVD+R disc.

So, what should I do? I know how to use DVD Decrypter. How do I compress the video and audio so I can edit them in Adobe Premiere?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[sacajaweeda]

You could parse the mpeg streams in VDubMod and save as new AVI files with whichever codec....MJPEG or Huffyuv, etc, and re-encode resizing to half D1 resolution (assuming your source is full D1) using a lower VBR.

Or just re-encode the mpeg files @ half D1.

Half D1 @ 2312-2410 VBR will get you 4 hours on a DVDr, depending on your audio bitrate.

Or you could just use something like DVD Shrink and compress the everloving shit out of it.

[superlum]

I can re-encode the mpeg files with VDubMod? I'll have to try it out. thanks!

[mats.hogberg]

I'd do it with DVDShrink, reauthor mode. You won't get a menu, but you can select what title to view with the remote. Encoding to AVI and then back to mpeg seems like an awful roundabout way to do it.

/Mats

[dory]

i've done this with DVD2ONE in join mode. Works like a charm.

[superlum]

that's great! i'll try out dvdshrink tonight and i'll let you all know.

thanks for all the great advice!