Removing Trailers from a 4.9GB DVD to fit in a 4.7 GB DVD+R

[rotchild]

Hi there... I'm trying to make a backup of this Eraserhead DVD. The problem is, that it won't fit on a normal DVD+R, cause the original has about 4.9 GB's... don't ask me how, as I don't think we're talking about a Double- Layer here (the original, I mean).

Well, I could see that with DVD Shrink, if I remove the trailers (there's 2 on the Original), I will be able to fit it in a normal 4.7 DVD+R. The problem is, that DVD Shrink won't let me "maintain the DVD structure" (subtitles, menus and all that). Well, but I wanna maintain it. Is there a program, or any way even with DVD Shrink, that I can remove these trailers, and maintain the rest of the Original DVD Structure?

Please help me out

[Baldrick]

Set the compression for the trailers to "Still pictures" in dvd shrink , see http://www.dvdshrink.info/fulldisk_basic.php

[Bjs]

Its call shrink2five ... basic is free, is what you want

[orsetto]

Now, THAT is what I call a classic cult film, although I don't think you get the full value of it when played via video technology. "Eraserhead" was a balls-to-the-wall maximum use of black & white *film* technology, not to mention the painstaking soundtrack mix. If ever there was a movie designed exclusively as a projected film experience, this was it, which is why Lynch dragged his heels for so long before releasing a DVD. Its actually playing all this week midnights at the IFC Center here in NYC, if it wasn't ten below zero with the windchill right now I'd drag someone to it this weekend .

The single most reliable software package for deleting extras on a backup while retaining the original menu structure is SlySofts AnyDVD decrypter with CloneDVD ripper/burner. You simply uncheck the boxes next to the trailers or commercials or bonus features when the preview list is displayed. When you press the "go" button, it will burn a backup with all the original menus still in place and perfectly functional for any content you left on the backup. If you click a menu button for content you removed, the screen blacks for a second, then returns back to where you were in the menu, reminding you the content is no longer there. Its seamless and I have never seen a CloneDVD backup get stuck or lockup any DVD player I've tried. For very long DVD-9s, you can even split the backup across two DVD-5s, and each disc will operate normal aside from only containing half the movie. Very nice.

The drawback to AnyDVD/CloneDVD is that it ain't free, and the price has climbed dramatically since I bought it back in 2006. However, it is downloadable as a fully-functional 21-day free trial version. If you gather together all your most challenging DVD backup projects, and do them within 21 days, it costs you nothing . After the 21 days, it will stop working. There is no way to reactivate it on that computer without buying a license key. If you have access to a number of different computers at work and at home, you can of course download the free trial on each of them in turn until you run out of computers.

[GKar]

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[ntscuser]

VobBlanker

What he said. The problem with still-frames from DVD Shrink is that they remain on screen for the same length of time as the trailers they replace. This can cause a certain amount of confusion for the viewer.