Basic question: DVD -> DVDR using two discs - Best tool?

[hockeymike]

I've been backing up my DVDs using DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink for a couple months now. It works great for most movies. In some cases I just take the main movie and don't need to use DVD Shrink. Or sometimes if I want all the menus, I just compress it.

But with one of my DVDs (Dave Matthews Band Live at Folsom Field) the video file itself is pretty big (around 7GB), so when I use DVD Shrink, the compression is over 50%, and it looks crappy when I play it.

So I guess my only option is to split it into two discs? How does that work, does the DVD just prompt you to insert disc 2 at the appropriate point. Do the menu's still work? And what tool works best? I found a bunch that look interesting under the Tools section. DVDStripper seems to do it, but it isn't rated very well.

For this particular DVD, there are 9 VOB files that make up the entire concert. But they seem to be split at random points. Not natural breaks in the concert (like certain songs).

Thanks
Mike

[MackemX]

DVDFab can do it or you can strip it using 2COOL's guides and make 2 DVD's that way using Ifoedit

when you say it's got 9 VOB's do you mean a total 9 VOB's, VTS_01_x.VOB to VTS_09_x.VOB's or 9 Titles?

as for DVDStripper's rating, I wouldn't take much notice of that last comment as I could show you 100's of positive ones but I won't

you could try doing a search for DVDStripper in this forum and it will give you a better idea of what it can do or visit the DS forum

[hockeymike]

Thanks for the reply. Also thanks for the very good points about DVDStripper. I looked into it a bit more and it looks good.

It's all one title. VTS_01_x.VOB. Approximately 6 files that are 1GB each, and the VTS_01_0.VOB and VTS_01_9.VOB are a bit smaller.

So how would any program break this up? If it's all one title, does it just get split in the middle?

Mike

[MackemX]

does it have chapters?. Can you use Ifoedit's Copy To Clipboard feature?. You can show the title info like this is you paste and cut the info



PGC_1 (program chain): [Title(TTN): 1] [01:40:27.24 / 30 fps] (Programs: 33) (Cells: 34) (uses VOB-IDs: 2,3,4,5,6,7)
[Ch 01] [Pg 01] [Cell 01] [V/C Id: 2/ 1] : time: 00:03:58.25 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:03:58.25] [Frames: 7165]
[Ch 02] [Pg 02] [Cell 02] [V/C Id: 2/ 2] : time: 00:01:17.00 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:05:15.25] [Frames: 9475]
[Ch 03] [Pg 03] [Cell 03] [V/C Id: 2/ 3] : time: 00:05:41.20 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:10:57.15] [Frames: 19725]
[Ch 04] [Pg 04] [Cell 04] [V/C Id: 2/ 4] : time: 00:00:58.11 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:11:55.26] [Frames: 21476]
[Ch 05] [Pg 05] [Cell 05] [V/C Id: 2/ 5] : time: 00:01:52.04 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:13:48.00] [Frames: 24840]
[Ch 06] [Pg 06] [Cell 06] [V/C Id: 2/ 6] : time: 00:02:20.20 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:16:08.20] [Frames: 29060]
[Ch 07] [Pg 07] [Cell 07] [V/C Id: 2/ 7] : time: 00:02:20.25 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:18:29.15] [Frames: 33285]
[Ch 08] [Pg 08] [Cell 08] [V/C Id: 2/ 8] : time: 00:06:41.10 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:25:10.25] [Frames: 45325]
[Ch 09] [Pg 09] [Cell 09] [V/C Id: 3/ 1] : time: 00:05:22.15 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:30:33.10] [Frames: 55000]
[Ch 10] [Pg 10] [Cell 10] [V/C Id: 3/ 2] : time: 00:02:06.00 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:32:39.10] [Frames: 58780]
[Ch 11] [Pg 11] [Cell 11] [V/C Id: 3/ 3] : time: 00:03:12.11 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:35:51.21] [Frames: 64551]
[Ch 12] [Pg 12] [Cell 12] [V/C Id: 3/ 4] : time: 00:04:05.10 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:39:57.01] [Frames: 71911]
[Ch 13] [Pg 13] [Cell 13] [V/C Id: 3/ 5] : time: 00:04:38.25 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:44:35.26] [Frames: 80276]
[Ch 14] [Pg 14] [Cell 14] [V/C Id: 3/ 6] : time: 00:02:19.25 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:46:55.21] [Frames: 84471]
[Cell 15] [V/C Id: 4/ 1] : time: 00:00:54.04 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:47:49.25] [Frames: 86095]
[Ch 15] [Pg 15] [Cell 16] [V/C Id: 4/ 2] : time: 00:03:15.20 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:51:05.15] [Frames: 91965]
[Ch 16] [Pg 16] [Cell 17] [V/C Id: 4/ 3] : time: 00:04:38.10 / 30 fps [Pos: 00:55:43.25] [Frames: 100315]
[Ch 17] [Pg 17] [Cell 18] [V/C Id: 4/ 4] : time: 00:04:48.21 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:00:32.16] [Frames: 108976]
[Ch 18] [Pg 18] [Cell 19] [V/C Id: 4/ 5] : time: 00:04:24.14 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:04:57.00] [Frames: 116910]
[Ch 19] [Pg 19] [Cell 20] [V/C Id: 4/ 6] : time: 00:01:41.10 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:06:38.10] [Frames: 119950]
[Ch 20] [Pg 20] [Cell 21] [V/C Id: 4/ 7] : time: 00:01:28.00 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:08:06.10] [Frames: 122590]
[Ch 21] [Pg 21] [Cell 22] [V/C Id: 5/ 1] : time: 00:04:49.00 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:12:55.10] [Frames: 131260]
[Ch 22] [Pg 22] [Cell 23] [V/C Id: 5/ 2] : time: 00:00:55.20 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:13:51.00] [Frames: 132930]
[Ch 23] [Pg 23] [Cell 24] [V/C Id: 5/ 3] : time: 00:01:44.25 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:15:35.25] [Frames: 136075]
[Ch 24] [Pg 24] [Cell 25] [V/C Id: 5/ 4] : time: 00:02:41.00 / 30 fps [Pos: 01:18:16.25] [Frames: 140905]

[hockeymike]

Yep, it's got chapters. Lots of them. I presume one for each song?

I'm having trouble IFOedit's Copy2Clipboard feature. I can see the info, and 21 chapters. But if I press the button nothing goes to the clipboard. I also tried Highlight/selecting the lines I wanted, then hitting Copy2Clipboard. Still nothing. Using version 0.96.

Mike