Create a feature-rich DVD from VOB files

Feb 25, '09 07:30:02AM

Contributed by: Skeeve

I had a DVD with five episodes of The Avengers (dubbed into German). Each episode is about 49 minutes long, and so my hard disc recorder couldn't fit them on one DVD. I removed the front credits, and made them one title on the DVD, so then there were six 'films' on the DVD: five episodes and one front credits.

In the end, I wanted to have a (more or less nice) menu with buttons to start each episode. Each episode should start with the front credits, and after each episode, the next one should start automatically. After much investigation and fiddling around, I finally find a solution which works for me.

It requires a fair bit of software:

Read on for a short version of the process involved, as well as a link to a much more detailed how-to walkthrough.

The process, in short, goes like this:

  1. Burn a DVD with my hard disc recorder to get the VOB files.
  2. Extract the DVD titles with Mac the Ripper.
  3. Extract the title sound and create a menu background.
  4. Create a dvd image with Sizzle, putting chapters in.
  5. Create a dvd image with iDVD using dummy files instead of the real ones.
  6. Merge both images.
  7. Manipulate the merged image with myDVDEdit.
  8. Create a new DVD image with DVD Imager.
  9. Burn the image with Disk Utility.
The full process is quite lengthy, so I posted it in my blog.

[robg adds: The linked blog post contains a ton of detail and a lot of screenshots, so I've chosen to leave the link in place rather than replicating the hint here. I haven't tested this one.]

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