How Can I Put 2 or more DVD movies on ONE disk??

[jimmalenko]

appreciate the help i have one question for jimmalenko however, i have compressed the DVDs to my desired size on DVDShrink, and i was wondering, instead of merging them, can't i just burn the 2 sets of VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS on one DVD. i will use NERO to burn them, so cant i just create a TITLE menu with it which have buttons for the different DVDs?

Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that you never bought DVDRemake Pro ?

[skip2mylou]

@ ZippyP.

however when i try to Open the Video_TS folder of one ripped and compressed DVD, it goves me a list of tracks and i have to choose, how can i just add the whole folder, menues and all?

[skip2mylou]

@ Jimmalenko

because i didnt...

[jimmalenko]

@ Jimmalenko

because i didnt...

umm ...... well ....... sorry to break it to you, but anything you have done since then will not be worth a piece of shit

You must merge the 2 with DVDRemake Pro and then use DVDShrink on its output if you want the original menus to work properly. That is the only way, barring being a guru with IFOEdit ...

[MackemX]

@skip2mylou, what exactly do you want?

jimmalenko has bent over backwards for you but you don't understandand he has clearly stated options along with everyone else. If you want original menu's after joining then unless you are a guru you cannot really do it simpler than the few clicks in DVDRemake PRO

I know you can rebuild the DVD's with an authoring program but then you lose the original DVD workings unless they are simple menu's with a Play/Chapter option. Again time & knowledge is something to look at

as for quality issues, people with dual layer burners won't see as much quality loss when joing 2 DVD9's

[jimmalenko]

@MackemX:

Here's the gist of it as I understand it:

OP:

Hello everyone, i have ripped a few DVD with their menues and all, and i was hoping that maybe there is a way to fit 2 DVDs on one disk keeping the menues and extras and all. i was hoping to you know have the initial menu on the output disk have like one button for each movie, then after i click one button, the next menu would be the menu for the actual movie (play, extras, etc.). however, i want the second menu to be the same as on the originial disk, possible?? plus i was also hoping to keep movie qualitie at the highest possible.

Which I interpreted as:

so can anyone advise how to fit 2 FULL length DVDs the 4.7 GB's ones, onto ONE DVD (read as "keeping everything intact on both discs, and having a "higher" menu in place to select which DVD's menu system to go to."

To which I summarised:

<... DVDRemake to merge the 2 DVDs, then use DVDShrink to shrink the finished product down to 1 DVDR...>

Now the snag has come when skip2mylou didn't realise that the trial version's only limitation is not being able to export, to which I advised to buy the product to solve that. Somewhere along the way skip2mylou got the idea that it could be done without using DVDRemake Pro, which, as we both know, would be next to "impossible" to do for quite a lot of people.

So basically I don't think we've progressed anywhere throughout this whole thread, since we're still at the point where we need to:

You must merge the 2 with DVDRemake Pro and then use DVDShrink on its output if you want the original menus to work properly. That is the only way, barring being a guru with IFOEdit ...

[skip2mylou]

ok thats fine thanks jimmalenko. Ima learn how to use IFOedit, then do what i need to do, call me cheap, but i don't wanna pay, as simply as that, for a software to do what i need. but since i do lack A LOT of knowledge in the art of DVD making, i guess that maybe i should spend some time and become and IFOEdit guru, that might give me a whole new perspective in life, you never know...

@ Mackem X

what i exactly want is 2 dvds with their original menues on one dvd, with the best quality i can achieve, and the easiest way to do it.

@ jimmalenko
im sorry i didnt express my gratitude but i really am grateful for all your advice and how youve helped me, believe it or not, ive learned some cool stuff.

@ everyone
i would like to thank you for all the posts that have been submitted, every one of them have progressed my project along in some way or another, so thanks.

[jimmalenko]

Ima learn how to use IFOedit, then do what i need to do, call me cheap, but i don't wanna pay, as simply as that, for a software to do what i need. but since i do lack A LOT of knowledge in the art of VD making so i guess, that maybe i should spend some time and become and IFOEdit guru, that might give a whole new perspective in life, you never know...

I hate to be a pessimist, and I don't mean this in a derogatory manner, but I think it might be beyond you ...

[skip2mylou]

you know what, you're absolutely right

[skip2mylou]

but if there is a way to achieve exactly what i want exactly how i want, ill find it...

[skip2mylou]

but basically all i need is to merge the 2 DVDs and shrink em, i can shrink em with DVDShrink, i just need a merger, that shouldnt be too hard to find...

[jimmalenko]

but if there is a way to achieve exactly what i want exactly how i want, ill find it...

You haven't so far ...

and judging by ...

... ahhhh .... nevermind.

Good luck

[skip2mylou]

o well i guess theres no hope if i have to guess i just have to buy DVDRemake Pro...

[MackemX]

trust me skip2mylou when I say it is very hard to join 2 original DVD's keeping original menu's. You will get people saying use authoring programs but I have never come across an easy way to recreate any 2 DVD's into 1 merged DVD easily

I wrote a couple of guides HERE on how to do it before it was automated using DVDRemake Pro. The thing is it also used DVDRemake Pro . If you are just doing one join then think about whether it's worth the price just for this feature. It does have many other features but it all depends on how you backup DVD's as to whether they will be useful to you

@jimmalenko, I know what you are thinking . There is many a time I have found out new ways so I guess I'm like skip2mylou. I will look for other answers even though the solution is slapping me in the face with a big wet fish . Saying that I have come across some interesting things by looking for new ideas/methods and gladly shared a few

[jimmalenko]

trust me skip2mylou when I say it is very hard to join 2 original DVD's keeping original menu's. You will get people saying use authoring programs but I have never come across an easy way to recreate any 2 DVD's into 1 merged DVD easily...

... with the exception being DVDRemake Pro. What is it ? Tools > Merge DVDs or something ?

@jimmalenko, I know what you are thinking

I thought I held back pretty welll ...

[reboot]

There's one other way (possibly) around this. (Shoot me down if I'm totally mistaken)
Get the two dvds shrunk so they both fit on one dvdr, then author in DVDLab Pro, which will accept two VTS...
Either way, you're probably going to have to actually buy some software it seems

[jimmalenko]

There's one other way (possibly) around this. (Shoot me down if I'm totally mistaken)
Get the two dvds shrunk so they both fit on one dvdr, then author in DVDLab Pro, which will accept two VTS...
Either way, you're probably going to have to actually buy some software it seems

Possible, but I'd hate to have to try and bring in all the extras as well, and then there's retaining the original menus .... IMO it would get ugly...

I played around with DVDRemake Pro last night and it truly is the easiest way to do this. Open disc 1. Open disc 2. Go to Tools > Merge DVDs. Press OK. Press Export DVD button. It'll do the rest. Shrink the output and burn. VERY easy.

... although IMO the default menu does kinda suck ... I can see why there's a guide to replace it

[MackemX]

yep it is easy isn't it, especially if you can appreciate how complicated it would be to do it manually with current tools, if at all!. Imagine trying to join The Matrix with The Pirates of the Caribbean. I'd rather buy a multi disc DVD changer and buy extra copies of the DVD's!

the default menu does suck (badly) but I'm sure in time there will be a selection. I always suggest that people use something like GUI for DVDAuthor or similar. You can create a new menu with this for free if people don't want to buy extra authoring software or don't already have it

[jimmalenko]

yep it is easy isn't it, especially if you can appreciate how complicated it would be to do it manually with current tools, if at all!. Imagine trying to join The Matrix with The Pirates of the Caribbean. I'd rather buy a multi disc DVD changer and buy extra copies of the DVD's!

the default menu does suck (badly) but I'm sure in time there will be a selection. I always suggest that people use something like GUI for DVDAuthor or similar. You can create a new menu with this for free if people don't want to buy extra authoring software or don't already have it

My next "project" is to work out how to import my own custom menu in (looks a bit "daunting" ATM, but what doesn't when you don't know WTF you're doing ), so I'm gonna have to read some guides, and probably 4 out of the last 6 or so of your posts, MackemX

[stiltman]

might want to read the thread about 3 dvds to 1
I created my menu with TDA

[jimmalenko]

might want to read the thread about 3 dvds to 1
I created my menu with TDA

IIRC, didn't you end up saying something along the lines of "..in the end, I don't really remember exactly how I did it, or what I did ... it just worked after about the 6th time fiddling with things ..." ?

[MackemX]

http://www.dimadsoft.com/dvdremakepro/ht_customize_menu.php

should save you a little time on the learning curve . As usual the bark is worse than the bite

[jimmalenko]

http://www.dimadsoft.com/dvdremakepro/ht_customize_menu.php

should save you a little time on the learning curve . As usual the bark is worse than the bite

That's the one I was going to try first

Once I "get into it" I'm sure I'll pick it up ...

[stiltman]

might want to read the thread about 3 dvds to 1
I created my menu with TDA

IIRC, didn't you end up saying something along the lines of "..in the end, I don't really remember exactly how I did it, or what I did ... it just worked after about the 6th time fiddling with things ..." ?

Yeah, but read the end.
BTW, I knew what I was doing in creating the menu with TDA

[jimmalenko]

Yeah, but read the end.
BTW, I knew what I was doing in creating the menu with TDA

Are we both talking about this thread ?

IMO that's got all the useful answers in it

[stiltman]

No I was think the 3 to 1 that you just posted in

But now that you posted a link in the other, looks like I need to post in that one too

[jimmalenko]

No I was think the 3 to 1 that you just posted in

But now that you posted a link in the other, looks like I need to post in that one too

How's about you post a link to the thread you think I should read

I know about this thread:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=249503

Which other one do you think has some good information ?

[stiltman]

yeah that's it....

clear as mud.....I know...I know READ READ

<time for my medication>

[skip2mylou]

thanks for the support.

[MackemX]

your welcome mate , it's nice to get the odd thanks now and then