TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 problems...

[gonzalo76]

Hello,

I have the original Live 8 (4 x DVD-9) and I would like to make an authored DVD with only the Pink Floyd set.

I'll put chapter #25 as an example here, so, this is what I did:


1. DVD Decrypter:

I ripped chapter #25 in IFO mode -> Enable Stream Processing -> Demux (video + audio + subtitles) [M2V + AC3 + SUB].

The final result of the ripping process were 5 files:

Video:
VTS_01_CHAPTER_25_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 16~9 - Letterboxed.M2V

Audio:
VTS_01_CHAPTER_25_1 - 0x80 - Audio - AC3 - 2ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY -169ms.AC3
VTS_01_CHAPTER_25_1 - 0x81 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY -233ms.AC3

Subtitles:
VTS_01_CHAPTER_25_1 - 0x25 - Subtitle - Español - [SP 06~ W-L] - DELAY 63630ms.SUB
VTS_01_CHAPTER_25_1 - 0x26 - Subtitle - Portugues - [SP 07~ W-L] - DELAY 63630ms.SUB


2. TMPGEnc Authoring Works:

Start a New Project -> Source Wizard -> From a file -> VTS_01_CHAPTER_25_1 - 0xE0 - Video - MPEG-2 - 720x480 (NTSC) - 16~9 - Letterboxed.M2V.

Clip properties:




but in the "Cut-edit" window I can only see the first 3 frames:




Am I doing something wrong ?

Thank you,
Gonzalo


P.S: The only way to see the complete chapter was ripping the full DVD-9 using DVDFab 8 -> Full Disc. Then in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 I had to select the Pink Floyd set and delete all the rest, but that was insane.

[Moontrash]

rip the disc with dvd decrypter or dvdfab...in "file" mode

open up tmpg and click on "new project"

click on "from a Dvd..." and navigate to the folder you ripped the dvd to



choose the title set you want by clicking the checkbox on the far left...also the audio and subs u want



make sure the import chapter entry points box is checked



the next window will pop and you will choose the "cut-edit" button at the top..you should be able to see the chapter points/frames on the left...now u can go from there



i've used this same method for years doing the exact same thign as your wanting to do...has worked for me every time

mt

[hech54]

Did Pink Floyd only play for 4 minutes - 57 seconds?


Rip the disc with an updated ripper like DVDFabDecrypter, open the rip in DVDShrink to take only what you want from the disc. Simple.

[gonzalo76]

Did Pink Floyd only play for 4 minutes - 57 seconds?


Rip the disc with an updated ripper like DVDFabDecrypter, open the rip in DVDShrink to take only what you want from the disc. Simple.

It's not that simple, the 'main movie' contains only one title:

[gonzalo76]

rip the disc with dvd decrypter or dvdfab...in "file" mode

open up tmpg and click on "new project"

click on "from a Dvd..." and navigate to the folder you ripped the dvd to


choose the title set you want by clicking the checkbox on the far left...also the audio and subs u want


make sure the import chapter entry points box is checked


the next window will pop and you will choose the "cut-edit" button at the top..you should be able to see the chapter points/frames on the left...now u can go from there


i've used this same method for years doing the exact same thign as your wanting to do...has worked for me every time

mt

Yeah well, that's excatly what I had to do, that's why in the P.S. I wrote:
The only way to see the complete chapter was ripping the full DVD-9 using DVDFab 8 -> Full Disc. Then in TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 I had to select the Pink Floyd set and delete all the rest, but that was insane.

But i thought that extracting only the pink floyd chapters in IFO + Demux mode would do the job.

Thank you.
Gonzalo

[Moontrash]

i dont believe in ifo mode tmpg will see those chapter points/cells...i have rarely used ifo mode for much of anything

[gonzalo76]

I still don't understand why I can't see the full chapter after doing these steps:

Select 4 chapters:



Demux video, audio and subtitles



Final result of the ripping process (taking chapter 25 as an example):



Now, with all these files I go to TMPGenc:












Why, why, why is the chapter empty ?


I start thinking that this could be a bug on TMPGEnc, if not, it doesn't make sence. (to me)


Thank you anyway for your help.
Gonzalo

[hech54]

If the chapters are visible in DVDDecrypter....then the chapters ARE there in the output that DVDDecrypter gives you...unless you have changed the settings in DVDDecrypter to something like File Splitting NONE...and even then I'm not entirely sure that the chapter markers will be deleted. In my experience it is actually quite difficult to remove the chapter markers.

Unless you try my first recommendation of ripping the whole disc with DVDFabDecrypter then you will never know if the VERY OUTDATED DVDDecrypter is the problem. And it is also completely NORMAL for a DVD to contain one title...but that one title still has chapter markers.

Rip the disc with DVDFabDecrypter...open the disc with DVDShrink in re-author mode....select only the songs/chapters you want...and let DVDShrink give you a ready-to-play DVD with the chapter markers included. End of the story.