DVDLab reauthoring issue using multiple VTS's

[Pisces225]

-------------Can a mod move this to the appropriate forum please?

I'm trying to reauthor a backup in DVD Lab Pro. When I compile the DVD and it goes through the process, it seems to get hung up on muxing after creating a VTS dummy menu. It then kicks to 'done' but the resulting Video_TS folder is about 400 megs short of what it should be, and is missing the Video_TS.ifo and .bup files. It's got one of each for the main movie, but those aren't there and Nero gives me a 'non-compliance' error due to them being missing if I attempt to burn it.

Anyone have a fix for this? I'm using 2 VTS's since I'm including a short 4:3 intro to the menu and then the main movie in it's own VTS as 16:9, otherwise DVD Lab issues a warning saying all movies will be played in the aspect of movie 1 (4:3) and that won't be good as the main movie is 16:9. Anyone run into such an issue as this?

[Pisces225]

Ok, no one knows of this bug or whatever, maybe the way I'm doing it is wrong...

In DVDLab Pro I have two empty movies, an empty menu and a bridge. In one movie goes the 16:9 main title. In the other, I would like to have the little 30 second "intro to the main menu" title, which is 4:3. In the root menu I'm using a 4:3 video for the background and creating a transparent frame over what used to be the play button in the original menu (before I reauthored it in DVDShrink).

My connections are firstplay to intro movie#1 to bridge to root to movie#2 (main title). I'm thinking I have my bridge misplaced and it needs to come after both 4:3 segments?

Is anyone else using this method for backing up their DVD's?

[guns1inger]

Patience, grasshopper, patience.

I can suggest three things to look at.

1. Make sure you have the latest patches from Mediachance (1.53)

2. Use a different tool to demux the source so you have only the required elementary streams for authoring

3. Do a search in the Mediachance support forums.

Generally, I either do a movie only backup, and don't have a menu, or I keep the original menu and just kill the bits I don't want to save space. I never saw the point to making menus for backups . . . . .

[Pisces225]

In general I only include menus or extras if I have room, I won't increase compression over it. But when I have room it's nice to take the original menu and any extras that will fit and keep them fully functional except for extras that may be missing, in which case I just don't rebuild buttons for whatever I've taken out.

[guns1inger]

If that is what you are after, look at DVD Remake Pro. You can take out what you don't need, remove or disable buttons, change the navigation paths etc, all within the original menus. No need to reauthor yourself.

[tubescreemer]

Look's like someone else found the right tool here. DVD Remake Pro gives you all you need to re-Authorize in a professional way.