What is the est way to backup episodic DVD's

[Knife13]

I was hoping to put subtitles in, but can't figure it in Screnarist & DVD lab doesn't do 'em or I'd buy it straight away.

 

[ChickenMan]

Maestro does Subs (up to 32), audio tracks (up to 8), etc etc. Its almost as powerful as Scenarist but 1000 times easier to use.

 

[Knife13]

But where to buy?

Sussed it!

(mad cackle)

I thought bits compressed may have something to do with data in the bmp.
So I opened it in Paint & moved a word by cut & paste & filling the space.

Voila.

 

[Markbot]

Has anyone backed up the Sopranos series? Would one do it the same as for TNG? This is what I tried so far:

First I started with The Complete Second Season. The first disc has 4 x ~50 minute episodes and is ~ 8 GB. I used CloneDVD and AnyDVD which has been doing a very good job for me. I was not happy with the result. There was more pixellation than I cared for. So I repeated the process using PIC7, AnyDVD and ICHSE. The result was better with PIC7 so I finished the 4 DVD set. Then I went to backup the first season after I upgraded to PIC8. Using the "Quality" settings with AnyDVD and ICHSE, the results were the worst of the lot. I had heard that PIC8 was not as good as PIC7 so I went back to PIC7 and repeated the process. I don't think there was much of an improvement if any. It seems that the first season was encoded differently than the second season making it more difficult to backup.

I'm looking for a good method to make these backups DVD9 to a single DVD-R if possible.

 

[ChickenMan]

Each series of most TV eps tend to be encoded differently, that then creates problems for the all-in-one converters. Thats why I stick with DVD2SVCD w/CCE, it works every time and there is no such thing as pixelation/blocking, etc. Its a bit of work but if you want the job well done, you willbe pleased with the results.

If there are 4 eps per DVD, then follow the DVD to DVDR tute but set the CD size in the Bitrate tab to be 1/4 of the recomended 4400 (ie. 1100). Encode each eps, then author in Maestro, DVDLab or whatever. Most TV eps tend to be Interlaced as well so follow the Tute on what settings to untick. I tend to just capture the original Menu off the DVD using WinDVD and the Camera option. PowerDVD has the same option.

 

[Markbot]

Each series of most TV eps tend to be encoded differently, that then creates problems for the all-in-one converters. Thats why I stick with DVD2SVCD w/CCE, it works every time and there is no such thing as pixelation/blocking, etc. Its a bit of work but if you want the job well done, you willbe pleased with the results.

If there are 4 eps per DVD, then follow the DVD to DVDR tute but set the CD size in the Bitrate tab to be 1/4 of the recomended 4400 (ie. 1100). Encode each eps, then author in Maestro, DVDLab or whatever. Most TV eps tend to be Interlaced as well so follow the Tute on what settings to untick. I tend to just capture the original Menu off the DVD using WinDVD and the Camera option. PowerDVD has the same option.

Thanks for the reply. Will try that option. Is there an easy means to determine if something is interlaced before going forward?

 

[ChickenMan]

The foolproof way (thats why its easy for me ) is to use Bitrate Viewer (http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm). Load in one of the vob files and then check what is listed for DCT Type If it is Field, then its Interlaced, if its Frame then it is non-interlaced.

 

[Markbot]

The foolproof way (thats why its easy for me ) is to use Bitrate Viewer (http://www.tecoltd.com/bitratev.htm). Load in one of the vob files and then check what is listed for DCT Type If it is Field, then its Interlaced, if its Frame then it is non-interlaced.

Thanks. I'll check it out.

 

[MackemX]

if anyone wants to split DVD's and keep 100% quality then you could use DVDStripper as an option

apart from just stripping all the crap you don't want and saving space, you can also split DVD's with this and remove the unwanted crap at the same time, keeping only the stuff you want

you get to keep all menus and split the episodes into two DVD's. The DVD will work perfectly as all the menus will still work and point to the correct episodes as will everything else

you don't just have to spilt Episodic DVD's as you can also split the movie if you want and again all the menu's, chapter points will all work

if you think that each episode has end credits and on most occasions you can strip them with DVDStripper then this saves quite a bit of space if you also remove these at the same time

see www.dvdstripper.com for more info or visit the DVDStripper forum
http://www.dvdrbase.com/forumdisplay.php?f=177

 

[liquidmc420]

I am trying the Sopranos Season 4 right now.. I am using DVD Decrypter then using DVD Shrink. After I decrypt the 1st dvd, I get 3 main movie files for Disk one. If I put all 3 episodes on the dvd-r it there will be a video depression of about 39% of orginal (with NO menus or extras). Which isn't really that noticable from what I have expereneced. NOw my question.. After I shink these 3 main movie files and copy them to dvd using Nero, how will it know which video to play when i took out the menus?? Will it just play 1 episode after next in correct order or will be be all messed up? Any info would be great! Great forum by the way.

Thanks

 

[MackemX]

it will just play them all after each other in the order you selected them. You should also be able to use the remote to skip episodes

 

[liquidmc420]

it will just play them all after each other in the order you selected them. You should also be able to use the remote to skip episodes

Can I burn all 3 episodes at the same time or do i do i at a time? Because each main movie files has a couple of files for each episode (i think a .vod and acouple of others). How will i know what file is for what episode? Will each episode have its know video and audio folder? Am I making any sense??

Thanks