Need to reauthor DVD with minimal re-encoding

[sync]

We recently used a service to convert 1" video to DVD. Now I have to replace a few seconds of the DVD with updated information. The DVD doesn't have a menu and doesn't need one.

What is the easiest way to do this?

Is there a way to do this that doesn't require re-encoding the entire DVD?

[mattso]

Yes, rip the DVD to your hardrrive using DVDDecrypter in IFO mode. This will give you a single large VOB file. Then, load it into VideoReDo and perform any cutting/joining/rearranging you want. Only the frames around the joins are reencoded, with no noticeable loss of quality at all.

Other tools that do frame-accurate MPEG editing incl MPEG Video Wizard, Cuttermaran (free)... But VideoReDo is my favourite, easy to use, and reasonably priced.

[guns1inger]

If you want one big VOB, make sure you set file splitting to None in the Settings dialogue. It is set to 1GB by default.

[sync]

Thanks.

Do any of those programs accept stills or will I have to convert the stills to video first?

[ZippyP.]

MVW takes stills.

[mattso]

VideoReDo does not import stills, unfortunately.