Saving Extras on DVDs – not part of videos

[ConverterCrazy]

Hello,

I suddenly discovered something I had been looking for -- for a long time -- to save extra features on a DVD.

While exploring a movie DVD in PgcEdit, I found a 'video' (most likely a slideshow with music playing in background).

The PGC panels shows it as:

VTSM 4, LU1 (en), 10 (2:03) 4b.

Must say, I don't understand this PgcEdit stuff.

Now, the big question – how to save it as a video or slideshow with music?

Will be thankful for suggestions.

[hech54]

See if the DVD opens with DVDDecrypter first....MUCH easier than PgcEdit.

[ConverterCrazy]

Thanks for the reply.

It doesn't work on ripped to hard disk DVD folders.

Is there a workaround?

[hech54]

Give DVDShrink a then.

[ron spencer]

pgcdemux if you want to make your own stuff later (reauthor), or for a canned package I second DVDShrink, but if you run DVDShrink in reauthor mode, you should run PGCEdit on it afterwards before burning. PGCEdit will find an error DVDShrink makes when using reauthor mode.

[ConverterCrazy]

Thanks.

DVDShrink shows the items.
It is VTS 4.

How do I save as video or slideshow file – not DVD?
There is no option!

[hech54]

Reauthor.
Drag it over to the left pane.
Output as DVD. It will probably be one, small VOB file.....almost as good as a straight MPG2 file.

[ConverterCrazy]

@hech54

Thanks a ton!

Done.

Never felt so happy.

[ron spencer]

Remember, after you re-author in DVDShrink run the output through PGCEdit

[hech54]

Remember, after you re-author in DVDShrink run the output through PGCEdit

Not necessary.

[ConverterCrazy]

Remember, after you re-author in DVDShrink run the output through PGCEdit

Thanks.

But why is it necessary because I got the video I wanted?

[hech54]

Remember, after you re-author in DVDShrink run the output through PGCEdit

Thanks.

But why is it necessary because I got the video I wanted?

Exactly.....NOT necessary.

[r0lZ]

It's necessary only if you make a compilation of many (small) titles on a single DVD with DVDShrink. In that case, DVDShrink has a huge bug and the DVD cannot work correctly. For a single title, it should have no problem.

[ron spencer]

It's necessary only if you make a compilation of many (small) titles on a single DVD with DVDShrink. In that case, DVDShrink has a huge bug and the DVD cannot work correctly. For a single title, it should have no problem.

I've had it come up with single titles before. In any case, I always have pgcedit check it. It only takes a second, so why not if you are going to through the effort to do all this anyway?

[r0lZ]

I've found a real PgcEdit fan! Thanks, Ron!

[ConverterCrazy]

Thanks.

I find PgcEdit too intimidating. So, I followed @hech54's suggestion. And 'Re-authored' the DVD with all images but I was unable to add any audio track for background music.

Playing the 'new' DVD wasn't fun, every picture just flashed and was gone in seconds!

Then, using MKVMerge, I appended** all images (that were in VOB format), but, MKVMerge won't budge ('No Video detected').

So, I added a favorite music AC3 as audio track, the MKVMerge came into action. But, the images didn't appear slow enough to read the text therein. To correct that I set FPS value to 1/5 in Format specific options for video track and clicked 'Start muxing'.

All went fine and I got what I wanted.

Note: Everything I did above I learned in this Forum.

I have posted what I did and not how-to-do-it kind of thing. I don't even know if this is the right way!

Thank you all.


** Clarification: I selected the first VOB with image, MKVMerge selected all VOBs on its own. I did not use 'Append' button.