How to change names of audio tracks on existing DVD?

[jmcyang]

I have a DVD that has confusing names (viewed in a software player) for the audio tracks... I'd like to rename them, something like this (and then re-burn):


current audio track names -----> new audio track names
***********************************************
Chinese (Taiwan) ---------------> No commentary
English (United States) ---------> English commentary
Chinese (Taiwan) ---------------> Cantonese Chinese commentary
Chinese (Taiwan) ---------------> Mandarin Chinese commentary

Is it complicated to do this? Or is it something that can be easily done, say, just by re-writing the ifo files or something along those lines?

(Hopefully, you can just point me to a program and say "go, figure it out yourself within that program.. )

Also, a related question -- if I want to change the default language track (right now it is the first one) while still keeping the other ones, I take it DVD Studio Pro is the only way to go? ( https://forum.videohelp.com/topic354810.html?highlight=dvd%20audio%20track%20title )

Many thanks!

(please excuse the asterisks and arrows above, couldn't use tabs and blank spaces to make that chart.. )

[guns1inger]

PGCEdit can be used to change default track - no need to resort to buying a Mac and very expensive software to do that. PGCEdit can als change the allocation of language names to the tracks, although I am not sure just how restricted you may be in what you can have.

[jmcyang]

PGCEdit can be used to change default track - no need to resort to buying a Mac and very expensive software to do that. PGCEdit can als change the allocation of language names to the tracks, although I am not sure just how restricted you may be in what you can have.

Thanks for your extremely quick reply, I really appreciate it! I will take a look at PGCEdit. Thanks again.

[guns1inger]

Have a look at this link : http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/doc/PgcEdit_manual_3.htm#PGC_Editor for re-assigning streams and stream types

[tinker]

I do not think that he wants to change a track, he wants to rename them in menu only.
If that is the case, if it is a static menu, DVDRemake and Photoshop or other photo editor will do.

P.S.
Sorry, missed the bottom line.
for default language track PgcEdit like Guns1inger suggest.

[jmcyang]

@guns1inger:
Thanks! I looked at pgcedit, and that little program looks very powerful but complicated for its size. I was about to resign myself to the learning curve, but your link takes me right to the problem. It looks pretty easy from those instructions. Thanks for all of your help.

@tinker:
I should have described my problem more clearly. I do want to rename the tracks in menu, but, the DVD actually doesn't have any kind of onscreen menu (very bare bones), it's just in the software player's own right-click context menus that the language tracks appear and are selectable from.

@guns1inger:
You were right about the language codes pgcedit uses being possibly kind of restrictive. It seems to use ISO 639-1, which is actually somewhat more restrictive than what's currently on the DVD. I'm looking into that right now.

Thanks again, both.

[obs]

> You were right about the language codes pgcedit uses being possibly kind of restrictive. It seems to use ISO 639-1, which is actually somewhat more restrictive than what's currently on the DVD. I'm looking into that right now.

It uses the ISO 639-1 for the language (English, French, etc), but beside the field where you enter the language code, there is also a drop-down box for selecting optional tags (normal, for visual impaired, director comment).

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