Program to edit video DVDs

[Paul Smith]

On 9/16/05, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> >>>I have got a video DVD disk, which I would like to copy without
> >>>certain parts of its contents. Is there some software specific for
> >>>accomplish that goal?
> >>
> >>I don't know of a single DVD editor but you can use mplayer/menconder to
> >>pull tracks from the DVD to save as what ever format you wish.  You can
> >>also set times.  It is command line, not GUI but it works great.  Save
> >>to a raw avi and the use avidemux for futher editting.
> >>
> >>Many options are open using mplayer/mencoder.
> >
> > Thanks, Robin. In truth, I am only wanting to get rid of some tracks
> > of a certain video DVD disk.
> 
> Paul,
> Have you ever really looked at how DVD's are created?  I expected a
> series of files that would represent each track.  Boy was I wrong.
> 
> Now just to remove some tracks would still require breaking up the VOB's
> and re-encoding.  This can all be done with mplayer/mencoder options.
> 
> Here is an example from the mplayer man page.
>     Encode DVD title #2, only selected chapters:
>     encoder  dvd://2  -chapter  10-15  -o title2.avi -oac copy -ovc \
>                lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4
> 
> I have read about DVDrip but I have not tried it.  I didn't have enough
> disk space on my computer to rip a DVD.
> 
> In any case you will still have to author the DVD if you want to play it
> as a DVD.  I have not done this yet.
> 
> I have found that this is a massive learning curve.  I found that
> working with one program was much more useful for my purposes than
> bouncing around between applications.  I have grow partially
> knowledgeable with mplayer/mencoder but there are so many options
> available to the user that it could take years to become an expert.
> Hey, but that is what keeps me young.
> 
> Look at both of these links.
> 
> http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.tappin.me.uk/Linux/dvd.html

Thanks, Robin. I thought it would be much easier, similarly to audio
cds, with which one only needs to remove the file corresponding to the
desired track.

Paul