How do I turn 1 dvd into a coule of Titles with TMPGEnc

[slipknotmr]

So a have a dvd that was done on a stand-alone. It has two concert videos but they didn't spit it into 2 titles ( or even chapter it)
So what I want to do is turn each vid into its own title(& of course add chapters on each)that hopefully do a menu where you have a button to choose which one I want to watch. Is there a way to do this? Thanks

[thegeeman]

TDA will do this and then let you put it back together with 2 tracks and chapters/menus for each.

[slipknotmr]

Do you have a quick suumary of how to do it? I don't find the help key on this program very helpful Thanks

[thegeeman]

Bit of a step by step guide but only from memory as i haven't got TDA open so bear with me.

Open up TDA. Go Add DVD-Video. Select your source. Add whichever titles on your DVD you wish to keep (chances are its just one since you say it was not split or chaptered on your original disc). Click OK. Now go 'Chapter cut edit'. Select start frame for beginning of first clip then move to end of that clip and select end frame. Once done, click the ADD button (bottom right of screen) to add chapters for that clip. Now go to 'Menu'. Select NO menu from drop down box on left for now (ignore warning as that does NOT appear) and then output first clip as its own file. Do the same for the second clip.

You will now have 2 clips with there own chapters that you wish to put on one DVD.

Reopen TDA. Go Add DVD-Video for your first clip and select read chapter information-make sure that 'copy to HD' is unticked. Now go 'Add New Track'-this is highlighted on the left of the screen. Now select your 2nd clip. Once that is added you now have to do a menu appropriate to the no. of clips you have added. Select a menu from the drop down box on left. Don't forget to title each clip (if not, it comes up as 'Title' and 'untitled track 1' etc ). Simply click where the text is and add your own wording. If you wish a different background for main menu and thumbnail then you can-again just click and select a jpg, bmp etc or even an mpeg file as your main menu or thumbnail background.

Change 'Firstplay action' if needed. Basically that lets you select what the DVD will do when inserted into player. Alternatively, go to 'Menu Display settings' and you can select 'Display main Menu' at the beginning and then also select 'Play all tracks' for its next action-that is your choice.

All in all this whole process should only take about an hour tops. Once done just output file, burn and enjoy.

If you found this guide helpful please post back so it may help others. thanks.

[slipknotmr]

Hey thegeeman, sounds simple enough I'll give it a try. Thanks, I'll post back & tell ya how it went. Thanks,Mike

[slipknotmr]

Hey thegeeman, worked great! Thanks again,Mike