recently with Lions for Lambs, the angle button shows several times during the movie, even though i only ripped angle 1. there are other titles which have done this in the past but cant remember which right now.

if i change pathplayer settings will the angle button be removed? i ripped with pathplayer enabled and default settings.

thanks troy

Sorry troy, I don't have that one yet. Disabling PP would be a good start. You might also see if Main Movie or Customize/No Menus would give a clean rip. I think I remember a movie once that had the angle graphic in the subpicture stream--try not including any subs in the rip.

Disable removal of PUO in VOBs.

PUOs in VOBs can be left in easily with DVDFab (not selectively) by UNchecking the box on the Protections page in Common Settings. No 3rd party applications required. In this case, linx05 was right--but nobody said he wasn't. The future is yet to unfold.

I won't be doing it either way, but troy512, the OP, is a knowledgeable and frequent contributor to this forum and can decide for himself which way to go. What you say about your method is certainly true (with the addition to the 3 minutes for installation and learning curve time if Troy doesn't already use PgcEdit). My suggestions all relate to dealing with the problem within DVDFab, the ostensible purpose of this sub-forum as articulated so well recently by our Senior Moderator. "Better" is dangerously subjective, especially out of context, but
I am thinking of framing this.

my original thoughts were pathplayer accidentally kept the angle button as a Button Over Video. as i have ripped multi angle before with out the button retained and had rips where the button was still present. just didnt know why? and still dont really know.

@signals, thanks for your reply. actually disable pathplayer is just what i was thinking of doing. and just as an FYI, im a Main Movie ripper. as i know there are many Full Disc and Clone fans. just cant justify the price of $.30 per dvd compared to $2 or more per dvd. i go through a 100 pack like a can a pringles. once i pop i cant stop.

@linx05, thank you for your reply. i have found the option in the dvdfab protection settings.

@blutach, again thank you for your reply. you helped me with an over sight when i couldnt find the read destination in ImgBurn, which turned out to be right in front of my eyes and i had looked right at it 20 times. your knowledge of dvd structure is always very informative. either when posted at cdfreaks or other forums. i have downloaded PgcEdit (along with several other programs) and have installed but never had a reason to use it. until now.

as signals suggested i would really like a method of doing this with dvdfab, but dont want the negative effects either. since i do main move rips unticking the remove UOP's from VOB files will probably not have much effect on my viewing experience (except removing the angle button ) however if using other modes there could be negative effects. i will keep all protection options checked.

seems Fengtao is hard at work on the next version, as we've not had any betas in a while. i understand this is not a high priority item. so for now i will just use PgcEdit.

hey blutach,

as I said before.... your knowledge of dvd structure is always very informative. thank you for the explanation. i will be using pgcedit after i log off.

thanks troy

Hi blutach,

Thanks for your excellent suggestion, Angle Change UOP will be kept always in new versions.

Best Regards,
Fengtao

Hi blutach,

I think the flag in IFO should not work, we need set it in VOB files.

Best Regards,
Fengtao

It is better to keep the angle PUO, if exist in the original, in both IFO and VOBs to be sure.

i opened folder in PgcEdit, clicked the Plugins menu, clicked Prohibited User Operations, clicked Selectively Clear VOB PUOs, everything except GoUp, and angle change were unchecked already. i went ahead and let pgcedit edit the dvd. then burned the video_ts folder and the buttons were still there. (what is the PgcEdit_backup folder, as PgcEdit gave a warning that a backup will not be made.)

i then, "load your DVD in PgcEdit, locate your movie, double click it and click on 3 dots representing PUOs on the top left. Tick angle change and save" burned the folder and viola......no more angle button.

@fengtao, thank you.

PgcEdit_backup folder contains the original IFOs as you load the DVD that you can restore should you like to start over. PgcEdit gives a warning that the VOB files will be rewritten immediately and there will not be any backup to undo.

This confirms my suspicion that angle PUOs must be set in both IFO and VOB to not see angle icon on TV while playing non-multi-angle segments.

New version of DVDFab will keep angle_change UOP in both IFO and VOB files.

What does the angle button even do in this title? It is not listed in the features and adding the second angle in an angle-aware ripper does not increase the size at all.