dvd creating help

[turpieaj]

trying for the first time to do this so please explain as if im a retread!

I got a 4 dvd box set each contaning 2 episodes of a program.
I want to have all episodes either on one or two discs using dvd shrink if needed.
Tried dvdshrink re author but when i eject the first disc it says all info from first disk will be deleted.
Can subfolders be created inside the video_ts folders for each episode (as i think each disk uses the same file names i think )-fuck im useless as this lark so could someone please explain what to do??

Andy

[cam]

Ive never used it mate, but you could try reading the help section in the program ? It could tell you in there how to do it

[sy69]

this might be able to help andy

http://www.videohelp.com/guides

[ilovepiano]

Na mate, you'll not do that with DVD Shrink. You'll need some real DVD authoring software - something like TMPGEnc will probably do.

This site has shit loads of info, check it out.

http://forums.afterdawn.com/

[johns_ar]

rather than mess on id probs go the long way round and rip em to avi with something like #1 dvd ripper then convert them back to dvd format with TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress and stick a menu on it and stuff

[turpieaj]

Originally Posted by johns_ar

rather than mess on id probs go the long way round and rip em to avi with something like #1 dvd ripper then convert them back to dvd format with TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress and stick a menu on it and stuff

Sounds like the easiest solution bud - is the conversion actually lossless from vob to avi and back?

Andy

[ilovepiano]

Originally Posted by turpieaj

Sounds like the easiest solution bud - is the conversion actually lossless from vob to avi and back?

Andy

I doubt it mate. A 700Mb Divx file will grow to around 4 to 8 Gig when you convert it to DVD Video.

To be honest, if you're wanting to put the whole of a dual layer disc (9Gb) onto a single layer (4,5Gb) disc, then the resulting quality will be pretty gash. I managed to join together the whole of Schindlers List and stuck it on one disc, and it tuned out to be as blocky as a big block of council flats in the middle of Blockshire.

I'd just stick to 1 episode per disc.

[johns_ar]

Originally Posted by ilovepiano

I doubt it mate. A 700Mb Divx file will grow to around 4 to 8 Gig when you convert it to DVD Video.

Nah it wont like, probs why you ended up with blocky pictures if yours ended up that big tbh