Another question about Episode Disks

[jcat]

I have an episode disk - 4 episodes on the disk, along with a bunch of extras. It's a dual layer disk, with about 8G of data. *All* the episodes, and the extras, are in a single titleset - VTS_01_0.VOB through VTS_01_8.VOB.

I suppose I could rip the entire thing and just use DVD2One to compress it to a single disk. But I'd rather get rid of the extras and have better quality. Is there a way to get rid of the files in the titleset that are extras, while keeping the episodes?

I think this question reveals my general lack of understanding about IFO and VOB files and how to manipulate them - I'm trying desperately, and I've read every user guide and form I can get my hands on, but I just can't quite get it. I've experimented a bit with IFOEdit, but I've never managed to create a working DVD, and I think it is because I don't entirely understand what I'm doing when I strip a stream, or create an IFO file.

Any help anyone could offer, either on the forum or privately, would be most appreciated. I feel like if I could only understand the theory better this would be easy - and I've been struggling to do so for a few weeks now, but I can't quite get there.

[jdizzy40]

Get DVD Shrink to the left and your problem is solved.

[Faustus]

Yeah get DVDShrink and either compress the entire thing, OR compress the last half and one disc and the first half on the 2nds to still frames. This creates a 2 disc backup without messing up any of the nuts and bolts of the DVD.

There is more info about it near the end of the guide listed under this message.