Question about reauthoring from DVDFab 8 (or another better program?)

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

I am new to vidding and have been using DVD Shrink to reauthor scenes from my movies, but I have come up against some newer disks that DVD Shrink can't analyze/rip. So I got a trial version of DVDFab 8 on a suggestion from someone in the community.

I was able to rip the movie I'm working on, but I'm having trouble reauthoring specific scenes using the trial version, and I can't find the correct tutorial that deals with this. I would appreciate any tips from people more familiar with this program. Also, I see the program slaps a logo on the ripped files every couple of minutes... any way to get rid of that? (I suspect I just have to buy the real program to keep it from doing that.)

If not, any better reauthoring programs you can suggest? ^___^ Thank you so much!

Comments

[rhoboat.livejournal.com]

Have you tried using DVDFab to copy the whole DVD to hard drive, then using DVD Shrink to read the DVD folder instead of reading the DVD?

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, but for whatever reason, DVD Shrink wouldn't read the file. Kept telling me there were no files in that folder, so it must not recognize AVI. I will futz with it, though, see if I can get it to work.

[rhoboat.livejournal.com]

No, no. You copy the DVD whole with DVDFab so you get VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders. The AUDIO_TS folder should be empty. Then with DVD Shrink, click the "Open Files" button instead of "Open Disc" button, and click the name of the folder that contains your VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders. It should then read like a regular DVD.

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Ah, brilliant! I will try that. Thank you!

[rurounihime.livejournal.com]

Oh, YOU. You are a genius. Worked like a charm. Thank you again!

[rhoboat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :D