Can I backup menus & extras only (no movie) with Shrink?

[HarlanPepper]

We have a 2 disc set of an animated film:
Disc #1: widescreen version + extras
Disc #2: fullscreen versin + extras

I've already backed up #1, but now I want to get the bonus features off of Disc #2 (my kids like the extras and I don't care about backing up the fullscreen version). I'd rather not bother with shrinking everything and just keep the extras at "no compression."

I know that in DVD Shrink, you can use Re-Author to just copy the main movie (usually Title 1). If I use Re-Author and leave out Title 1, the DVD-R should be left with just menus and extras, right?

Will there be a problem with the fact that the DVD has no Title 1 and will start with Title 2?

If so, do I have to re-number every title since I lost Title 1?

Thanks.

[apurcell]

If I use Re-Author and leave out Title 1, the DVD-R should be left with just menus and extras, right?

In a word, No. DVDShrink does not allow you to keep menu's in re-author mode.

[ddlooping]

HarlanPepper, another option would be to use "Still Pictures" on the movie-title (in "Full disc" mode).
The DVD structure would be left intact (>> working menus), and with a bit of luck the extras might then require very little or no compression.

[HarlanPepper]

If I use Re-Author and leave out Title 1, the DVD-R should be left with just menus and extras, right?

In a word, No. DVDShrink does not allow you to keep menu's in re-author mode.

So, simply using re-author mode takes out all menus? Does that mean that the whole DVD will just play sequentially, meaning I have to keep skipping thru chapter after chapter to get to the bonus feature I want?

I'm still curious about what will happen if I take out a given Title #. For example, the FBI warning is Title 4. If I leave that out, is there a problem going from Title 3 to Title 5??

BTW, does a Title correspond exactly to a chapter?

Thanks.

[ddlooping]

So, simply using re-author mode takes out all menus?

Nope. "Re-author" does not take out anything, it only uses what you "give" it.
As a picture is better than a thousand words..
http://www.dvdshrink.info/re-author-v3beta5.php
The menus can still be added to the re-author window, but they will become "normal" video streams and will lose their functionality.

Does that mean that the whole DVD will just play sequentially, meaning I have to keep skipping thru chapter after chapter to get to the bonus feature I want?

Yes and no.
The titles will play sequentially, but you will be able to access them via your remote "title" button.

does a Title correspond exactly to a chapter?

More often than not, no.
A title is usually a whole movie, a whole "extra", parts or the entirety of a menu....

[dimad]

...does a Title correspond exactly to a chapter?

If title has just one chapter.

With MenuEdit you can delete main movie and modify menus so that it has only links to extra.