Questions about DVD Remake Pro- Anyone Bought It?

[Super Warrior]

The lame thing with there only being a demo and no trial version is i'm unable to try out the program fully, before seeing wheither or not its truely worth forking over $40 for it.

Anyone here bought it yet? If so:

#1- Does the joining of multiple DVDs to 1 DVD-R with menus to all intact, work easily without any hassles?

#2- Is the operation/program stable and bug-free? No playback issues?

#3- Will the finished project play properly in ALL DVD players? Like PS2?

#4- Whats this i've heard about needing a computer I.D and connecting to the Dimad website,everytime i want to use the program? Won't i be able to freely backup the program like others such as DVD2One, and be able to use/install/uninstall it whenever i like,without having to connect to the site each time?

Any answers from experienced users who've bought the program would be appreciated.

[stiltman]

1 = yes
2 = yes
3 = impossible
4 = no, it doesn't connect

[MrMoody]

#2- Is the operation/program stable and bug-free? No playback issues?

#3- Will the finished project play properly in ALL DVD players? Like PS2?

If you're careful about what you're doing, the result plays just fine. However, it's powerful enough that you can easily foul up the menus etc and get a result that doesn't work.

#4- Whats this i've heard about needing a computer I.D and connecting to the Dimad website,everytime i want to use the program? Won't i be able to freely backup the program like others such as DVD2One, and be able to use/install/uninstall it whenever i like,without having to connect to the site each time?

What it does is prevent the program you download from running on other computers. You don't have to connect to run or install, only to download a new copy/version. Run the ID program, and put the code from your computer into the website to download DVDRemake, and then the program will only run on that computer. Need it to run on 2 computers in your house? That's OK too, the license is for 1 user, just go back and put the 2nd code into the web site and download it again. The code is only there to prevent you from sharing the program.

[OldeMan]

DvdReMake Pro is a very stable, very powerful piece of DVD manipulation software aimed at the DVD video enthusiast.

If you don't care about DVD menus and navigation then maybe you don't need this program. You can rip movie only with DVD decrypter and be done with it or if you just want to rip movies with with so-so quality then this not the program for you. If you have never heard of IFOedit, then this is probabily not the program for you.

HOWEVER, If you want to manipulate DVD playback, DVD menus buttons and manipulate content so that you can fit a DVD9 on a DVD5 at great quality, then this is the program to use. You can easily hide/change menu buttons that are not functional, thus making for a foolproof DVD.

If you have tried other programs for randomly adding, deleting DVD content, you have probabily found that it is very easy to shoot yourself in the foot and end up with illegal navigation commands and an unplayable DVD or end up with a 1-30 minute blank screen in your finished DVD. DvdReMake goes to a lot of trouble to keep you from doing this. Of course, you can still do this, but it a lot easier to avoid.

Any genius with five years of experience in DVD design and theory SHOULD be able to do the same things with only IFOEdit and a lot of blood, sweat and tears. I'm not smart enough.....

Cheap for what it does. Now, if it would only build menus from scratch???

Rip, Strip, Shrink and Burn......
The Oldeman :P

[Super Warrior]

DvdReMake Pro is a very stable, very powerful piece of DVD manipulation software aimed at the DVD video enthusiast.

If you don't care about DVD menus and navigation then maybe you don't need this program. You can rip movie only with DVD decrypter and be done with it or if you just want to rip movies with with so-so quality then this not the program for you. If you have never heard of IFOedit, then this is probabily not the program for you.

HOWEVER, If you want to manipulate DVD playback, DVD menus buttons and manipulate content so that you can fit a DVD9 on a DVD5 at great quality, then this is the program to use. You can easily hide/change menu buttons that are not functional, thus making for a foolproof DVD.

If you have tried other programs for randomly adding, deleting DVD content, you have probabily found that it is very easy to shoot yourself in the foot and end up with illegal navigation commands and an unplayable DVD or end up with a 1-30 minute blank screen in your finished DVD. DvdReMake goes to a lot of trouble to keep you from doing this. Of course, you can still do this, but it a lot easier to avoid.

Any genius with five years of experience in DVD design and theory SHOULD be able to do the same things with only IFOEdit and a lot of blood, sweat and tears. I'm not smart enough.....

Cheap for what it does. Now, if it would only build menus from scratch???

Rip, Strip, Shrink and Burn......
The Oldeman :P

The ONLY reason i want the program, is because it will let me put several DVDs onto 1 DVD-R, with the menus to each intact.Thats a very useful feature and from what i heard its the only program out there capable of that.

[jimmalenko]

The ONLY reason i want the program, is because it will let me put several DVDs onto 1 DVD-R, with the menus to each intact.Thats a very useful feature and from what i heard its the only program out there capable of that.

You DO realise that with the exception of putting two DVD5's to 1 DVD9, you're gonna have to (IMO) desecrate the quality to fit the entire contents of commercial releases of:

2 DVD5's onto 1 DVD5
1 DVD5 and 1 DVD9 onto 1 DVD5
1 DVD5 and 1 DVD9 onto 1 DVD9
2 DVD9's onto 1 DVD9

or any more DVDs than this.

You'd be MUUUUUUUCH better off quality-wise IMO by looking at re-encoding both video and audio.

[Super Warrior]

The ONLY reason i want the program, is because it will let me put several DVDs onto 1 DVD-R, with the menus to each intact.Thats a very useful feature and from what i heard its the only program out there capable of that.

You DO realise that with the exception of putting two DVD5's to 1 DVD9, you're gonna have to (IMO) desecrate the quality to fit the entire contents of commercial releases of:

2 DVD5's onto 1 DVD5
1 DVD5 and 1 DVD9 onto 1 DVD5
1 DVD5 and 1 DVD9 onto 1 DVD9
2 DVD9's onto 1 DVD9

or any more DVDs than this.

You'd be MUUUUUUUCH better off quality-wise IMO by looking at re-encoding both video and audio.

I use DVD2One for putting a DVD-9 to DVD-5 and am quite happy with the results. I'd be looking to put at least 2,but no more than 3 onto a DVD-5.

And when it comes to those anime discs out there that only take up barely over 2GB. I could definitly fit 4 of those onto 1 DVD-5 and easily retain nice quality.

[jimmalenko]

I use DVD2One for putting a DVD-9 to DVD-5 and am quite happy with the results. I'd be looking to put at least 2,but no more than 3 onto a DVD-5.

Putting 1 DVD9 to 1 DVD5 is one thing, but putting 2 or 3 is asking waaaaay too much of DVD2One IMO. For each disc, you're looking at a max of 7.95GB being shrunk to 2200MB if you go 2 or just under 1500MB if you go 3. All I'll say is don't expect much when (and I mean when) you come back here in a week asking for software better than DVD2One or DVDShrink

And when it comes to those anime discs out there that only take up barely over 2GB. I could definitly fit 4 of those onto 1 DVD-5 and easily retain nice quality.

Now those I'll agree with. The absolute most I would ever compress anything with DVD2One or DVDShrink is at a 2:1 ratio, or 50%. If it needs to go below that, I'll re-encode.



But, whatever floats your boat I guess.

[Super Warrior]

I use DVD2One for putting a DVD-9 to DVD-5 and am quite happy with the results. I'd be looking to put at least 2,but no more than 3 onto a DVD-5.

Putting 1 DVD9 to 1 DVD5 is one thing, but putting 2 or 3 is asking waaaaay too much of DVD2One IMO. For each disc, you're looking at a max of 7.95GB being shrunk to 2200MB if you go 2 or just under 1500MB if you go 3. All I'll say is don't expect much when (and I mean when) you come back here in a week asking for software better than DVD2One or DVDShrink

Doubtful i'd look for another resizeing program, because i love DVD2One. Mainly because its so easy to use and delivers good results.

Right now i'm testing 3 DVD-9s, joined in DVD2One to see how the quality turns out.

[jimmalenko]

Right now i'm testing 3 DVD-9s, joined in DVD2One to see how the quality turns out.

How are you joining all features incl. menus with DVD2One ?

What you need to do is set the custom size to 1500MB, then do full disk using DVD2One for each.

[Super Warrior]

Right now i'm testing 3 DVD-9s, joined in DVD2One to see how the quality turns out.

How are you joining all features incl. menus with DVD2One ?

What you need to do is set the custom size to 1500MB, then do full disk using DVD2One for each.

I see,heh forgot about the custom size option completly. I could just do one and see how it turns out instead of all 3

And no, no menus included as DVD2One does not have that feature yet unfortunitly. Joining only does the movies.

[Super Warrior]

BTW i believe 4.36GB or 4360MBs, divided by 3, is about 1452MB.

[jimmalenko]

4.36GB is not 4360MBs, it's 4464MB (4.36 * 1024).

The capacity of a DVD is 4.377GB, which is 4.377 * 1024 = 4482MB.

Divided by 3 yields 1494MB, so I was close, off the top of my head

[MrMoody]

The ONLY reason i want the program, is because it will let me put several DVDs onto 1 DVD-R, with the menus to each intact.Thats a very useful feature and from what i heard its the only program out there capable of that.

Just curious, why do you want to do this? No offense intended, just wondering what the motivation is. I can see it with the discs-that-aren't-full scenario, but why compress the heck out of something to fit more titles on a disc that only costs a few cents?

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[jimmalenko]

The ONLY reason i want the program, is because it will let me put several DVDs onto 1 DVD-R, with the menus to each intact.Thats a very useful feature and from what i heard its the only program out there capable of that.

Just curious, why do you want to do this? No offense intended, just wondering what the motivation is. I can see it with the discs-that-aren't-full scenario, but why compress the heck out of something to fit more titles on a disc that only costs a few cents?

That's EXACTLY what I've been trying to say all along.

I've never actually tried to do it, but I don't think DVDRemake Pro can put more than 2 DVDs to 1.

FYI, it can. Stiltman did it the other day with 3 DVDs

[stiltman]

FYI, it can. Stiltman did it the other day with 3 DVDs

BUT all my DVDs were less than 1.5gb (about 30mins of video each). I didn't re-encode or shrink. I also had to use TMPGEnc DVD Author to create my menu as the default one wasn't what I was looking for... BTW, biggest pain in the arse thing I've done with DVDs to date.

[Super Warrior]

The ONLY reason i want the program, is because it will let me put several DVDs onto 1 DVD-R, with the menus to each intact.Thats a very useful feature and from what i heard its the only program out there capable of that.

Just curious, why do you want to do this? No offense intended, just wondering what the motivation is. I can see it with the discs-that-aren't-full scenario, but why compress the heck out of something to fit more titles on a disc that only costs a few cents?

(incorrect conjecture deleted)

It has nothing to do with issues of cost.Its just the idea of trimming things down, and more compact sounds appealing. Also while i value quality i'm not *THAT* picky about it. If i could put two DVD-9's to 1 DVD-5 and retain decent quality, that would be good.

Lets say you have 50 discs. Put two on 1 each and you're reduced to 25 taking up space on your shelf. May not sound like much but it adds up after a while. Plus yeah, useing only half the DVD-Rs would be cheaper as well.

Also i'm a big anime fan and putting multiple DVDs on 1 disc would be GREAT. For example i have 10 disc boxsets in my collection where the original disc is barely more than 2GB, only about 3 episodes each. So i could definitly put 3 onto 1 DVD-R and still retain sweet quality,4 at the most.

That would turn a 10 disc set into about 3 discs. It would also be nicer watching them as i would'nt have to get up and switch to a new disc every 3 episodes/45 minutes. Could fit up to 12 episodes on 1 disc with nice quality.

As for a DVD-9, i would'nt ever try to fit more than 2 onto a DVD-5.

[MrMoody]

I also had to use TMPGEnc DVD Author to create my menu as the default one wasn't what I was looking for... BTW, biggest pain in the arse thing I've done with DVDs to date.

So is it possible to put 3 on 1 without using other programs, or did you have to create a new menu because DVDRemake Pro only allows 2 options on the disc choice menu?

[Super Warrior]

I also had to use TMPGEnc DVD Author to create my menu as the default one wasn't what I was looking for... BTW, biggest pain in the arse thing I've done with DVDs to date.

So is it possible to put 3 on 1 without using other programs, or did you have to create a new menu because DVDRemake Pro only allows 2 options on the disc choice menu?

From what i gather so far, you can process two DVDs with DVD Remake pro.Then take the 2 DVDs you processed into 1 project, and reprocess that with a third DVD.

Not the fancy approach but it should work with disc 1 on the start menu leading to the first two processed titles, and Disc 2 on the menu leading to the third.

[jimmalenko]

If i could put two DVD-9's to 1 DVD-5 and retain decent quality, that would be good.

IMO, 1 DVD9 to 1 DVD5 is about as far as I'll go compression-wise. But if that's what you wish to do .......

[jimmalenko]

From what i gather so far, you can process two DVDs with DVD Remake pro.Then take the 2 DVDs you processed into 1 project, and reprocess that with a third DVD.

Not the fancy approach but it should work with disc 1 on the start menu leading to the first two processed titles, and Disc 2 on the menu leading to the third.

I believe that stiltman made his own menu, and actually had one menu pointing to the 3 DVDs.

[Super Warrior]

I believe that stiltman made his own menu, and actually had one menu pointing to the 3 DVDs.

Yeah but it would probabley work that way too, would'nt be as nice as his though....

[MackemX]

I've never done the whole process before but this is how I would join 3 DVD's

import each DVD as 3 separate projects, strip whatever and save them (saves you stripping again if anything goes wrong )

load the 3 projects again and join 1 onto 2 and it will be called project 4 as you should have 3 open. Make a note of which PGC in the Video Manager menu is now shown as the title menu. This contains the links to the 1st and 2nd DVD's first plays in the button commands

now join project 4 (which is 1&2 DVD's joined) with project 3. You should now have a project 5 which is the 3 projects you had initially all in one project

finally before processing you would need to replace the newest title menu with one you created that has 3 buttons and update the buttons to point to the correct PGC's. I normally use GUI for DVDAuthor as it's ideal for quick menu's

the 3 button commands are the 2 button commands from the 1st title menu when you first joined. The 3rd button command is button 2 from the 2nd title menu after the 2nd join. You can also blank out the 1st title menu that appeared as it's now obsolete

I haven't explained it well but hopefully people can understand it

@oldeman, do you have any dvd authoring software already?

[stiltman]

Basically what MackemX said, but I used TDA for the title menu, each DVD keeps their root menu. So after you get to the title menu, you chose the root menu for each DVD. Once you choose a DVD the root menu command works as the title menu command for the DVD.

I created a simple 3 button menu in TDA then imported that into Remake. Then I copied the commands that Remake created and pasted those into the TDA menu. It actually took me about 5 times to get it working. Now I wish I would of saved it or remembered exactly how I did it
By far the hardest thing was copying the right commands over from Remakes menu to TDA's menu.

Guess, I could of made my own guide for once

[MackemX]

if you leave the 1st title menu intact before blanking it then you can just copy those 2 commands for buttons 1 & 2 in your TDA menu

here is a simple way once you have merged the 3 together

Note:
Menu1 is the 1st merged title menu you get after the 1st join
Menu2 is the 2nd merged title menu you get after the 2nd join

copy button 2 of Menu2 (it's now stored for later use)
add a new button to Menu 1 anywhere apart from over the other 2 buttons
Click OK just to close the popup window
Right click the button you just added (button 3) and then Paste Button command (this is button 2s command from Menu2)
Now import your replacement menu in place of Menu2
copy each of the 3 button commands from Menu1 to the corresponding buttons in your own new Menu
blank Menu1 if you want

it should take you a minute or so to do and you may need to import the CLUT's also

[stiltman]

if you leave the 1st title menu intact before blanking it then you can just copy those 2 commands for buttons 1 & 2 in your TDA menu

here is a simple way once you have merged the 3 together

Note:
Menu1 is the 1st merged title menu you get after the 1st join
Menu2 is the 2nd merged title menu you get after the 2nd join

copy button 2 of Menu2 (it's now stored for later use)
add a new button to Menu 1 anywhere apart from over the other 2 buttons
Click OK just to close the popup window
Right click the button you just added (button 3) and then Paste Button command (this is button 2s command from Menu2)
Now import your replacement menu in place of Menu2
copy each of the 3 button commands from Menu1 to the corresponding buttons in your own new Menu
blank Menu1 if you want

it should take you a minute or so to do and you may need to import the CLUT's also

OH Sure you make it sound so easy after I figured out all the hard stuff
Thanks MackemX

[MackemX]

oops, I didn't mean it, did you actually do it that way?

I actually misread your post, I thought it took you 5 minutes not 5 attempts

anyway here's another way for people to try

in Menu1, rightclick button 1 and copy the command
write down which PGC button 2 points to (value1)
in Menu2 make a note of which PGC button 2 points to(value3)
import and replace your new menu (remember CLUT)
right click and paste the command into button 1
right click button 1 and copy button 1 command
right click and paste command into button 2
right click and paste command into button 3
edit the PGC vlaue in button 2 to value1
edit the PGC vlaue in button 3 to value2

thats the copy/paste method but you can just write down all 3 values and manually edit each one once imported. I think you can do it whichever way is easiest and quickest as long as you follow the Note below

Note:
Menu1 is the 1st merged 'title menu' you get after the 1st join
Menu2 is the 2nd merged 'title menu' you get after the 2nd join
button 1 in new menu is button 1 in Menu1
button 2 in new menu is button 2 in Menu1
button 3 in new menu is button 2 in Menu2

[stiltman]

I actually misread your post, I thought it took you 5 minutes not 5 attempts

Tell you the truth, I can't remember exactly how I did it I just knew that it work on about the 5 -6 try. Like I said, it was one of the hardest things I'd ever done with a DVD structure.

However, I guess I should of taken the quick trip around and just posted the question here On the other hand, I at least I learned how to do it, even though I prolly couldn't repeat how I did it. Thanks to you! I don't have too now

Pretty sure I did it by your first method. I remember doing the hit and miss with which one to copy for the 3rd DVD. BTW, this was all for the winsor pilates DVDs which I know she'll never watch and do all three in a row like she says she will

[MackemX]

it's the same with most things, not just DVD's. I find it's normally the best way to learn is by trial and error first , instructions come later if you struggle . Worst thing is though, just as you mentioned, it's normally impossible to repeat it again once you actually succeed

[djelimon]

I just split movies with DVDRM - 100% quality, no glitches, every time.

It helps to have a multi-disc player, I will admit.

Sometimes I'll trim and shrink, but only if the main movie comes out at 90% or better, and then I'll use all the optimization Nero Recode has to offer.

Best proggy ever.