Reauthor DVD by replacing VOB files?

[filmboy26]

Hi, this is new territory for me so please help if you can.

I have an old DVD that I authored with Encore. The original project file has since been lost. I now need to replace a few of the short video segments with improved graphics on the video. I ripped the DVD with DVDShrink and the folder contains all the individual VOB files (as the training segments are short). I thought that it would be a no-brainer to replace the 2 VOB files that needed changing, then re-burn the folder with Nero. Somehow it still burns the old video segments.

Any advice on how best to tackle this project? A better program for re-authoring a pre-structured DVD?

Thanks!

[manono]

Put the entire original DVD on the hard drive. Open it in VobBlanker. Use the 'Replace' button to replace the titles with your 'new-and-improved' versions.

If you're only replacing chapters then go into the cells screen and do the replacing there.

[filmboy26]

Thank you for the help, that looks like the right tool. I keep getting an error when I try to replace - guessing the cell size is not exactly the same? Any workaround for that?

[manono]

The cell size doesn't have to be the same, not the same length, bitrate, or anything else. It just has to be a single-celled already compliant little 'mini' DVD. You open the VTS_01_1.VOB of the replacing VOB and take it from there. What sort of error message are you getting?

[filmboy26]

It is working now, I went to the cells screen as you suggested. Thank you so much for your help!