Reauthoring non commercial dvd on hard drive.

[ian1948uk]

Hi
Firstly I hope this is in the correct forum.

A friend has compiled a dvd of many clips of blues artistes originally culled from many tv progs. The compilation is not commercially available as it's "his own work" although I guess that there might be some probs with individual clips! This was all done on a stand-alone dvd recorder with a crude front end menu just split on the date a group of clips was added.

I've got the a copy of the dvd on my hard drive (and i can't re-rip from the origianls as my friend is in the USA visiting relatives) so I'm stuck with what I've got. I'd really like to "re-menu". I'm quite happy to sit with Nero putting in new chapter marks where i think they should go and use Nero's menu tools - I think Nero allows you to discard existing chapter marks. My real problem is before this stage. How do I get rid of the existing menu and what software do i need? I certainly intend to work on a copy of the files to cater fore my inabilities!

This is my first "series" project and all help would be welcome. Thanks in advance.

[Abond]

How do I get rid of the existing menu and what software do i need?

Delete?
Was a joke. You need to re-author every clip and associate it with a new menu using good authoring application. (DVDLab Pro for example, or if you prefer something free - GFD or DVDAuthorGui)

[jimmalenko]

DVDRemake may also come in handy.