Disassembling a DVD with multi programs

[m03john]

I have compiled a DVD consisting of 12 - twenty minute shows using the program "TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR" Can anyone tell me in detail how to break this down again to individual shows ? What program should I use etc. THanks
John

[daamon]

Hi m03john,

A little more info would help... Like:

What exactly did you do in TMPGEnc DVD Author?
When you say "break it down", what do you mean?

I'm guessing that you have all 12 shows in one track, so it's as if it's one long show made up of 12 and you want 12 separate shows on the one disc?

OK, if that's the case, take each show's .mpg file and enter it into it's own track in TMPGEnc DVD Author (done in the early stages). Then choose an appropriate menu layout and you can have your 12 shows separately, each with various chapter points as dictated by you...

Hope that helps.

[m03john]

No, I have the 12 individual shows on the DVD. What happened was that I downloaded 12 shows of a season, then realized that there was a 13th show. I want to bring the other 12 shows back to my hard drive, in the format that they were in before I burnt them with DVD author, add the 13th show, and reburn them again
Thanks
John

[BobK]

Use TMPGEnc DVD Author. You can click the Add DVD Video button and open the video that already has the 12 shows. After that's added, click the Add File button and add the 13th show.

[m03john]

Thanks for the help, taking it one step furthur, if I wanted to add the additional show in the middle of the first 12?
Thnks in advance

[jyn999]

No, I have the 12 individual shows on the DVD. What happened was that I downloaded 12 shows of a season, then realized that there was a 13th show. I want to bring the other 12 shows back to my hard drive, in the format that they were in before I burnt them with DVD author, add the 13th show, and reburn them again
Thanks
John

Create a new TDA project and enter the .MPGs in the order you want.

[daamon]

Create a new TDA project and enter the .MPGs in the order you want.

Or m03john, if they're not as MPEGs (which, I'm guessing, is likely as you've already authored the DVD and so have VOBs etc. in a VIDEO_TS folder) you may be able to do the following in TMPGEnc DVD Author (TDA) :

1. Click "Add DVD" button and use shows 1 - n. You can select which "bit" of the DVD you use, hence allowing you to pick the shows before the inserted one.
2. Click "Add file" button to insert the show you want to insert after the nth show (from step 1).
3. Click "Add DVD" button and use shows n+2 - 13. Same as in 1...

I don't know if this would work as I've not tried it with TDA, but I don't see why it won't.

Hope that helps. Good luck...

[m03john]

Yes, that worked out for me. Thanks for your help

[daamon]

I'm glad it did. No problem, and thanks for reporting back - now I know it works!!! And it'll help others too...