DVD Recording Authoring Questions

[Ranger One]

DVD Recording Authoring Questions:

Object: To create concert DVD's from my videotape & dvd collection to play on my home dvd player.

Hardware, Software:
ATI All In Wonder Radeon Video Card
Hauppage PVR 250 PCI Capture card
TDK Indi 4X Multi Format DVD Burner
Easy CD/DVD Creator 6
Ulead Video Studio 7
DVD Movie Factory 2
Smartripper
DVD Decrypter

I use the Hauppage card for my DVD "standard quality" video capture so I don't have to any format conversion as I do with the ATI card.

I have a lot of concerts on videotape and on dvd.
I would like to do two things: make copies of my videotapes into dvd's & also create my own mix dvd's with songs from both my videotape & dvd collections.In doing this I want the dvd's to play as a store bought dvd would > auto play & instant access to any song.

Questions:

(1).Videotapes: Is there a way to record the whole tape & then insert a chapter marker for each song with the authoring software or do I have record each song individually?

(2).DVD's: When creating a mix dvd with songs from different dvd's > I plan on using Smartripper to record the songs to the hard drive. Which files do I need? Any guides I've read are only concerned with individual dvd's not with ripping from different dvd's. Can this be done? Is there any guidelines to doing this?

(3).Can I mix songs with 5.1 sound & songs without 5.1 sound on the same dvd?

[Vejita-sama]

(1).Videotapes: Is there a way to record the whole tape & then insert a chapter marker for each song with the authoring software or do I have record each song individually?

Yes, most authoring software will allow you to do this. Just make one huge m2v/ac3 file and place chapter points as desired.

(2).DVD's: When creating a mix dvd with songs from different dvd's > I plan on using Smartripper to record the songs to the hard drive. Which files do I need? Any guides I've read are only concerned with individual dvd's not with ripping from different dvd's. Can this be done? Is there any guidelines to doing this?

You might find it easier to use DVD Shrinks re-author function, this allows you to select the start/stop point of each clip. If you know the VTS for each clip you can just rip that part with smart ripper. Most authoring programs are going to want m2v/ac3 NOT VOB files (DVD Lab and TMPG author do except VOB files IIRC thou). So most people would de-mux the desired VOB to m2v/qc3 then use that as the source when the author the new DVDR.

(3).Can I mix songs with 5.1 sound & songs without 5.1 sound on the same dvd?

Yes, no problem. Normally you would make each clip that has a different audio stream into its own VTS (which IIRC DVD Lab doesn't do, just makes one huge VTS). It shouldn't be a problem.