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[tylerdurden]

i'm trying to backup a dvd called 'pans labrynth'. It saves to my hard drive using dvd dvdfab decrypter & when i play the vob files its fine. I burn it to dvd using nero (havn't figured out imgburn yet) but when try it in the dvd player it just has the film version with commentary over the top & no option to swich it off. Is there anything i can do? I don't even want the commentary backed up, just the film.

[Baldrick]

Are you making a standard dvd-video? burning the video_ts folder?

You can also rip with dvd fab decrypter and then use dvd shrink to remove the commentary track.

[tylerdurden]

shrink did the job, removed the english audio (it's a foreign film) then burnt with nero & it now just plays the film. weird that it was a problem tho, it's never happened before. it's probably because i was lazy & just let nero do the compression, i normally do use shrink.
thanks very much for your help.

[redwudz]

You program is probably set to select English as the default audio track or that DVD may have English set as the first track. If you are backing up a foreign film, you always want to check the audio track before burning, especial if it's a foreign language film.

[ntscuser]

You program is probably set to select English as the default audio track or that DVD may have English set as the first track. If you are backing up a foreign film, you always want to check the audio track before burning, especial if it's a foreign language film.

That's correct. I had the same problem with a Rainer Werner Fassbinder movie. I accidentally ripped the movie with English audio commentary instead of German dialogue. You have to untick "English" and tick whichever foreign language it was recorded in.

As I mentioned in another thread there is an additonal problem getting Pan's Labyrinth to default to English subtitles on all players. This well-know hack works with some players but by no means all:-

http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/third_party/2cool/subtitles/subtitles_off_d...lt_pgcedit.htm