Is there a fast way to test FULL copyMatrix to 2 DVDR's ?

[Yankee666666]

Im trying to figure out how to use DVD Shrink to copy the original Matrix exactly with everything to 2 DVDRs. Is this possible or must menus and chapters be lost?

[jcook5000]

If you want to copy to 2 DVDR's, I strongly recommend DVDFab. I've used it several times. Its a little pricey, but I think it is well worth it. It will let you copy to 2 dvdr's with no loss of quality or extras. Also, there is Intervideo DVDCopy 2. I just checked out a demo and it is pretty good. It has a great transcoder, fast, and it will let you split over 2 DVDR's. Download both of those demos and test them out for yourself. By the way, don't download DVDFab LE, it will only do the main movie. Get the full version demo.

[Yankee666666]

If you want to copy to 2 DVDR's, I strongly recommend DVDFab. I've used it several times. Its a little pricey, but I think it is well worth it. It will let you copy to 2 dvdr's with no loss of quality or extras. Also, there is Intervideo DVDCopy 2. I just checked out a demo and it is pretty good. It has a great transcoder, fast, and it will let you split over 2 DVDR's. Download both of those demos and test them out for yourself. By the way, don't download DVDFab LE, it will only do the main movie. Get the full version demo.

Will that work to copy all the different angles and everything? Im having a hard time figuring it out. It asks which title to split and theres 5 angles on the Matrix and Id like to keep them all.

[jarvis1781]

If you want to copy to 2 DVDR's, I strongly recommend DVDFab. I've used it several times. Its a little pricey, but I think it is well worth it. It will let you copy to 2 dvdr's with no loss of quality or extras. Also, there is Intervideo DVDCopy 2. I just checked out a demo and it is pretty good. It has a great transcoder, fast, and it will let you split over 2 DVDR's. Download both of those demos and test them out for yourself. By the way, don't download DVDFab LE, it will only do the main movie. Get the full version demo.

Will that work to copy all the different angles and everything? Im having a hard time figuring it out. It asks which title to split and theres 5 angles on the Matrix and Id like to keep them all.

you can always save a head ache and pick up another copy of it for $15

The Matrix has been a trouble DVD for many people for a very long time now

[djelimon]

DVDStripper and DVDRemake will both do what you want.

DVDRemake is quite a bit more consistent, but costs money (which is probably why it's consistent).

[jcook5000]

You shouldn't have a problem with the angles. DVDFab should do it all for you.

[djelimon]

How do you get DVDFab to give you menus to select the white rabbit on Disc2?

I have the latest version, haven't seen that feature.

DVDFab is a good splitter for when you don't need the menu on both discs, or for multi-season, which is what I use it for.

The other 2 are more labour intensive, but for complicated DVD's, it's the only way to go without getting into IFOEdit/VOBEdit.

[Vanderlow]

Try Clone DVD 2 Preview you just check a box that says preserve menu and it leaves out the warning crap. See if that leaves in the multi-angle. CD2 might leave in the multi-angles. Do you really use the angles?

[Yankee666666]

Try Clone DVD 2 Preview you just check a box that says preserve menu and it leaves out the warning crap. See if that leaves in the multi-angle. CD2 might leave in the multi-angles. Do you really use the angles?

Dont know Ive never had a DVD with them lol. I just want to backup the whole thing exactly.

[Yankee666666]

You shouldn't have a problem with the angles. DVDFab should do it all for you.

When Im watching it and go to DVDR 2 how will the DVD know what angle I was watching on?

[Yankee666666]

I just went thru DVDfab and it seemed like it was going fine, but at the end I got a message that says failed! [1002,0] Any idea what would cause that? It DID make 2 ISO files on my HD.

[dimad]

Just like djelimon said: you can split disk with multi angles at any point using DvdReMake.

[djelimon]

'When Im watching it and go to DVDR 2 how will the DVD know what angle I was watching on?'

It doesn't. Trust me on this, I've been going what you're going through for the last 3 months. I'm just a guy who knows what he wants out of his backups - special features and stuff are part of the value of a DVD to me, so I often want full quality and bells and whistles over 2 disks. For anything where no special menu navigation is required, DVDFab works okay (you can get a trial version from DVDFab.com, it works okay, the free version might also be a little wonky).

CloneDVD I've also tried, but it won't give you menus AND split titles. If you want working menus, you have to shrink with CloneDVD.

I have no vested interest in DVDRemake. If anything, I've been a tool whore. In trying to split my multi-angle/multi-pgc titles, I've spent a tonne of hours, and a fair bit of cash, and only now can I say I've found a solution that is largely satisfactory, bug-free, and lets me watch stuff on my standalone.

If you don't mind only playing DVD's with PowerDVD on your computer, I've found the following approach works as well:

Using Vstrip, you can select your cells for each PGC from the main titleset and export the result to a separate folder with VOB's. Then simply copy the other VOB's and IFO's into the new folder, and PowerDVD will play it - although you will have to adjust menus if you want scene selection, the multi-angle thing still works. I thought I had found the solution then, but when I tested on DVD-R/W with my standalone, it was a coaster.

IfoEdit woud also work, in theory, but there were always these things that needed fixing, ie you have to learn VM and Hex editing, which while being a worthy enterprise, is a lot of time. Also, IFOEdit is frozen development-wise, as the author, as I understand it, has ended up working for The Man (and good for him).

DVDStripper usually works, but relies on IfoEdit, which has bugs.

DVD Rebuilder is suppose to be able to handle multi-PGC down the road, and is (currently) free, but you need to buy CCE encoder for it to work. It's in beta phase.

I guess you could also spend a few thousand dollars on Scenarist and the rest of the Big Three, if you really really wanted to, but it seems an inefficient approach, money and time wise.