How to re-author a DVD with subtitles and chapters

[superpina]

Hi guys,

I am using dvdshrink to re-author some of my dvds (just the main event). I would like to create a menu with access to chapter but would like to preserve the subtitles. Is there a program out there that supports this? I tried tmpgenc DVD author but it does not support subs. Would you recomend another method?

Thanks in advance.

[Baldrick]

please post dvd to dvdr here. it includes reauthoring.

you can use dvd-lab but you must manually use ifoedit to fix the subtitle streams.

[jeanl]

OK this may not be what you need, but it's getting closer, 2COOL has a guide to enable the Skip and Back buttons on a shrunk DVD for jumping titles .
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61238
This will only allow you to jump from title to title, I don't think it can be used for chapters.
Other than that, you may be able to do it entirely by hand, but that might be challenging! If I were to try it, I'd extract the chapter menu video from the VTSM domain in the original DVD, then I'd use PgcEdit to add that as a new PGC in the movie VTS of your reauthored DVD. You would then need to change the button commands (possibly with the registered version of menuedit) and the pre/post commands in pgcedit to jump to the right location in your movie. Also, you'd have to add a way to get to that "chapter menu" from the title menu (for example by making that new menu the "root menu" in PgcEdit).l This would probably not be very easy/simple (and there's probably tons I'm forgetting). But if you have time and want to learn about the DVD structure, you could try it (and post your results!).

jeanl

[borax]

The following approach works fine in my tests:

Join the Vob files from dvdshrink either with a tool like TotalCommander or from the commandline with

copy /b VTS_01.vob + VTS_02.vob + VTS_03.vob + VTS_04.vob newfilm.mpg

Reauthor the resulting big mpeg file: newfim.mpg (including all audio and subtitle streams) with GUI for DVDAuthor, or dvdauthorgui to create the menu(s).

[jeanl]

@superpina
PgcEdit has a macro that enables you to modify the DVD created by shrink to enable the "previous chapter" and "next chapter" buttons of the remote, based on 2COOL's guide I previously mentioned.
In PgcEdit it's in the menu: Macros/DVDShrink Remote Buttons

It won't give you a chapter menu, but it'll enable you to skip chapters...
Jeanl

[Infiniti2004]

Use Subrip https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=102#comments to preserve the subtitles from the VOB files. It's an awesome tool.

[jeanl]

I tried to put back the original chapter menu into the shrink-reauthored DVD using PgcEdit and it did work in the two cases that I tried. It's not very simple but it'll give you a chance to understand the DVD format better (if you think you want to go for it). I posted some details here:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83389 but they're by no means step-by-step instructions, so you need to be familiar with PgcEdit and DVD structures/commands...

Jeanl
P.S. The subtitles were preserved of course! The whole process does not modify the VOB files (other than copying a small menu VOB from the original DVD to the reauthored one).

[superpina]

Thank you guys. I´ll give dvdauthorgui a try. I have many dvd-r with the main movie only without a menu (I can jump from chapter to chapter), some of them have more than one audio and subtitles, a menu (or menus) with access to chapters is enough for me. I´ll test it and let you know.

Regards.