Deleting chapters in the middle of each title (episode)

[videobruce]

The specific TV series is the X Files (15-17 chapters within each episode).
Four episodes on each DVD,
I'm selecting one or two titles from each disc,
I want to remove chapter two (opening theme) and the last chapter (credits) on each disc,
Then burn a disc with only two episodes on each disc.

I see DVD Fab can remove chapters from the start and/or end of the title, but not chapters in the middle of the title which is most important. DVD Shrink can combine titles, but it doesn't appear it can remove chapters in the middle of the title selection.

Any suggestions??

[hech54]

Just rip both complete discs to your computer then re-author with DVDShrink.

[videobruce]

Can DVD Shrink remove selected chapters??

[chowmein]

Can DVD Shrink remove selected chapters??

Yes. Click on the link in your post and look under "Guides" - there are many.

[videobruce]

It can remove the first and/or last chapters and any chapters from there on in, but it can't remove any chapter in the middle of the title. I just tried, unless there is some hidden way of doing so. You can select any "Title", but not any chapter in the middle of the Title.

IOW's to remove chapter two, I have to remove chapter one also.

DVD Fab has the same limitation.

[DB83]

The paid-for version of Vob2Mpeg will allow you to select the chapters to extract. But whether it, like the others, can skip chapters in the middle of a title is something I do not know.

The problem, as I see it, is that chapter marks are entry points and there is no exit point only the entry point for the next chapter. So the extraction knows where to stop i.e at the start of the following chapter.

Of course, what you can do - it just takes more time - is do several extractions missing those chapters you do not want and join the extracted clips when you re-author.

[hech54]

It can remove the first and/or last chapters and any chapters from there on in, but it can't remove any chapter in the middle of the title. I just tried, unless there is some hidden way of doing so. You can select any "Title", but not any chapter in the middle of the Title.

IOW's to remove chapter two, I have to remove chapter one also.

DVD Fab has the same limitation.

Yes....DVDShrink can do what you want...no matter how you clarify your first post.
Add the complete movie, select only the first chapter....nothing else.
Add the complete movie AGAIN...start at chapter 3...end at the chapter before the end credits.
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[hech54]

http://www.dvdshrink.info/re-author-advanced.php

[Moontrash]

VobBlanker

simply as pie

[manono]

Yeah, open the DVD in VobBlanker. Highlight an episode so it appears in the bottom window (or a VTS that might contain all the episodes). Highlight the episode in the bottom window and hit 'Cells' to the right. In the new screen highlight and 'Blank' the cells (chapters) you want to remove. You can also 'Prev(iew)/Cut' to make sure you're blanking the right ones. When all done hit 'Apply' and go to the next episode. When all done with all the episodes process the DVD. In the guide below, the cell blanking section is at the bottom:

http://download.videohelp.com/jsoto/guides/VobBlanker/blanking/index.php

[videobruce]

hech54; I saw a couple of "guides", but didn't see that. Thanks, but going back and forth is kinda unnecessary. I did find Rip DVD Plus, but at $40, it's a little pricey. It does allow unchecking/checking chapters in a list format making the process really straight forward and it also allows ''tweaking' the image (chroma, brightness etc.) for each chapter, something I haven't seen before.

Moontrash; Thanks, but I will pass on that. I would surely not use the term "simple as pie".

[Moontrash]

1.open VobBlanker and browse to the dvd folder and click on the "ifo"

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click on Close...Then Apply

Then Process

one of a handful of must have tools for dvd maintenance.

[videobruce]

I assume the term "cells" are the chapters.
I'm sure it is a fine program, but for what I want to do, it's way overkill. Definitely a high end editor.

[hech54]

hech54; I saw a couple of "guides", but didn't see that. Thanks, but going back and forth is kinda unnecessary.

I'm not sure I know what you mean by "going back and forth is kinda unnecessary".

And yes I do agree that VOBBlanker is anything but simple. I've tried it several times and hated it with a passion....and I've been doing this for a very long time. I was copying DVDs even before I had a DVD burner.

[videobruce]

I should of said shouldn't be necessary. Selecting chapters, entering them in the list, then going back and selecting more. back & forth.

[hech54]

DVDDecryypter has "check boxes" for chapters in Stream Processing Mode. It cannot handle newer DVD protections however and it can only open mounted ISO images OR discs on a drive.

[Moontrash]

Definitely a high end editor.

not even close. It does what pgcedit(PGCe has more options but the basics are covered w/ vobblanker) can do...dvd decrypter...dvdfab(w/ the exception of on the fly decrypting and shrinking)...its just takes out what u don't want...and what u want to do...

I want to remove chapter two (opening theme) and the last chapter (credits) on each disc,
Then burn a disc with only two episodes on each disc.

would take all of 5 minutes or less...and most of that time would be the ripping to the drive

in the window where it shows the cells/chapters..u would click on the first cell/chapter and click on "blank"..then click on the last one, then click on "blank"...click apply and process it

I guess all this depends on your willingness or patience to learn sumthin new...but if you never try sumthin more than once, then you'll never learn anything new...I've been doing this since 321xCopy and even on occasion I find those discs with the ole 321 warning screen embedded, and guess what? I use VobBlanker to get rid of it lol..PGCedit is faaaaar more complicated than VobB...but I only use it for my needs, as I do w/ VobB.

[videobruce]

Sorry for the delayed response, but I have been busy, work related.

I started playing around with DVD Shrink, but according to the demo; "re-author-advanced", the current version is different that what was shown in two major ways;
1. Every time you drag the same title to the left pane, the program renames the title adding a (2), (3) after the name.
2. The right pane doesn't have the "streams' view.

The 2nd point probably isn't any issue, but it appears that the 1st point might be.
What then happens is you wind up with additional "titles" instead of just one. This apparently is/might be a issue to some/most players since the player will treat the next title (even though it is the same episode) as a completely different program/movie etc.
How can these separate title listings be combined back into one title??

Regarding VobBlanker, the current version is 3 1/3 years old.

[manono]

Regarding VobBlanker, the current version is 3 1/3 years old.

And the current version of DVD Shrink is nearly 6 1/2 years old. What's your point? Mature programs don't need to be updated constantly.

If all you're doing is removing complete cells (chapters), VobBlanker could have taken care of it in 5 minutes with you just blanking what you didn't want. Plus the processing (writing out of the edited DVD) time. Or, with the DVD in the DVD-ROM, the chapters can be removed in the process of decrypting with DVD Decrypter. No preview to see what you're doing, though. This isn't rocket science. You're making this way more difficult than it really is.

[videobruce]

What's your point? Mature programs don't need to be updated constantly.

I didn't know DVD technology stopped developing 6 years ago.
It may not be "rocket science", but if it isn't obvious by a straight forward GUI, then it might as well be.

[manono]

You call yourself 'videobruce'? And in all this time you haven't learned how to work with VobBlanker, one of the most important tools for anyone that works with DVDs (hech54's opinion notwithstanding)?

I explained the process with words. moontrash explained it with pictures. Here's the guide to which I've already linked once:

http://download.videohelp.com/jsoto/guides/VobBlanker/blanking/index.php

As both hech54 and I have already mentioned, DVD Decrypter can remove cells (chapters) when decrypting to the hard drive.

If none of that helps, I think you'd best give up the idea.