Trying to re-author Lost.

[gizmotoz]

i have moved disk 1 and 2 out of seven onto dvd shrink. when i go to re-author and open the files i have the following output,
Title Menus = vts 1 through 13
main movie = title 1 through 11
extras, 2 through 31

do i need to move all these over for re-authoring.
thanks so much
amy

[photo_angel2004]

it depends on what you want. If you just want the episodes you just need the main movie. with 4 episods per discs there should be 4

[gizmotoz]

for the listing for main movie it has 11 titles. the disk itself says there is 169 minutes. sorry do not mean to sound dumb but not sure how there could be 11 shows on the one disk. should i just move over the ll main movie titles? i have also ran disk 2 through shrink but did not check the titles on it.

[photo_angel2004]

make a screen shot of you shrink open with Lost in it after you click re-author and post it here.





the files size will be different this is from my backed up copy as my original is locked up and I dont feel like looking for it. LOL
But I backed up the whole disc with tv shows the quality isnt the same as a bigscreen flim on dvd.

[gizmotoz]

well this is a stupid question, how do i make a screen shot? sorry

[photo_angel2004]

your suposed to be able to do that by hitting the print screen key but for some reason that wont work with my pc. I did until I instaled some software that seems to have disabled that feature.

I use a program called Sangit it you download it free for a 30 trial after that it is $39.98 and you can do a lot with it.



Ctrl - PrtScr then paste it to paint in windows or a word document.

[gizmotoz]

Well i have it in a word document, the ctrl prtscr worked now how do i get it here. Thanks for all your help.

[copyless]

I don't know exactly how you copy your DVDs, but when I am making a copy by using Re-author I normally try to fill each disk with as much info as I can without having to compress anything. So what I do is click on the title or the extras to highlight and then I click the play button so I can see exactly what I am putting on the DVD. I don't watch the whole thing, I just use the cursor to fast forward to about 2 or 3 spots, then if I like what I see I put it on the DVD. This way I am able to put just the movie and then find the music video or whatever it is I want to use to fill the disc, if the movie doesn't.

By doing this I am also able to check the beginning and the end to make sure which movie I am ripping, as some movies have more than 1 ending. For me this seems to be the easiest since I also am new to burning and it also lets me know the info is there, because if it is a blank title (as I have found sometimes they are) it will show as blank on the screen.

By not compressing the video, it cuts my time in half by not having to use the deep analysis option, so what normally takes 2hrs or so, is cut in half to about an hour or so. And if I do have to compress the video I am able to keep it around 94+%.

[Gary D]

Download your picture to imageshack. http://imageshack.us/index.php

Host it and copy the shortcut and insert it into the image holder

[photo_angel2004]

Well i have it in a word document, the ctrl prtscr worked now how do i get it here. Thanks for all your help.

attach it to your post go advance when you reply
then scroll down and click on manage attachments.

[MikeyBK]

i have moved disk 1 and 2 out of seven onto dvd shrink. when i go to re-author and open the files i have the following output,
Title Menus = vts 1 through 13
main movie = title 1 through 11
extras, 2 through 31

do i need to move all these over for re-authoring.
thanks so much
amy

You can preview each title using Shrink by clicking on any title on the right and pressing play on the small preview screen. For example, you can click on title 1 of the main movie and preview that one on that little screen on the left , then preview title 2, etc , etc, ......
That way you would know what each title represents just by watching 15-30 seconds or so.

Also to get a screen shot and display it on one of your posts,
pressing 'Alt' and the 'print screen' key together will get a screenshot of just the open window, then go to MS Paint and under edit press 'paste', the screenshot should appear, then under 'save as' send it to whatever folder you want as a .png file.
Then just attach that file in the 'Manage Attachments' part of the reply. You could even post the actual picture instead of the attachment by , after attaching the file, click on it to preview and 'copy' and 'paste' into the typing screen that you type in your reply to, and then just delete the attachment.

[gizmotoz]

Here is the screen. i tried just selecting the main on 1&2 disk and it will not compress to one dvd.

any suggestions appreciated.
amy

[photo_angel2004]

Ok your screen shot it doent show the Main Movies it was cut off,

Also if you look at the picture I posted back in #4 of this thread that is Lost disc 2 I have circled in red the main movies (which in this case are the 4 episodaes on this dvd) once you click re-author you simply drop and drag the Main movies files into the dvd structur just like the picture I posted shows. I have a line with an arrow pointing to where to dtop and drag the main movies.


Also there are 4 main movies I think you are confussing the Menu titles with Main movie.

[gizmotoz]

Thanks, i did what you are showing in that screen, there are six main movie titles on disk 1 alone. i am thinking i would be suited to burn it by itself. when i run those six with the 4 from disk 2 it looks like it will not compress enough for 1 dvd. with auto compression on before analysing the green bar is full. i am sorry to be a pest, first time i have tried a tv show. it has definitley been a learning experience!
A

[photo_angel2004]

Yes I forgot that the first disc of season 1 has 6 episods on it.


The green bar will go all the way across on yours this DVD was already backed up and shrunk.
But the layer out is the same.


As you can see I have backed up the entire disc with all the menus and extras Shrink will make it fit.
Make sure that you change your settings in shrink with burn quality, you want to run deep analysis and use Max Smooth

You don’t have to worry about the quality in the compression as the TV shows are not in the best quality to begin with. Even compressed it looks the same as it would on Cable TV if not a tad better.


Once you click back up you will see this: I have checked the setting to use when shrinking a 6 episodes: