i need to know an easy way to strip some angles from a multi-episode dvd which i have already ripped with ripit4me; every episode has angle1 + angle2 which effectively brings up the total size to 7gb. i need to get rid of all the second angles to bring it down to size and dvd-rb it.

i am aware that PgcEdit can do the job, but this seems a little complicated and i have searched but not found any comprehensive guides on how to use it for just killing angles (i don't know how to use pgcedit at all).

is there a simpler or automated solution to strip all the secondary angles without killing the dvd structure or having to do alot of other work on the dvd?

DvdReMake Pro does what you want very easily.

ok, i tried dvdremake pro, but it doesn't seem to work with my multi-angle dvd's.. i tried three different versions up to the newest one, on two different computers, and whenever i save my dvd in dvdremake, even if i haven't changed ANYTHING, the output files won't play- it plays a blank image for one second then stays at 0:00. the vob's themselves are playable, so i think dvdremake is messing up the navigation for some reason.

is there any way i can fix the problem with dvdremake, or another program that i can try?

Did you right click on the VTS in question? Did you select which angle you wanted to keep?

When you exported (save) the DVD, did you reopen it in DVDRMP? The log will tell you if there was any navigational errors.

IIRC when I was doing one movie, I had to delete the BOVs in VOBs to make it work correctly. (I think I used PgcEdit)

But normally, I only get "language" angles where the screen will be in French or Spanish instead of English.

i did that, but even if i just import the dvd then save it right afterward without changing anything it still doesnt work when i export it.

i reopened it, and it was not showing any errors at all.

i dont know why DRMP is modifying some of the files or what it's doing even though i wasn't changing anything on the dvd. i noticed the small files (ifo, bup) were changing in size a few kb after export- dont know why they would be when i didnt change anything, except that it puts DRMP's version number as a line in the IFO. apparently DRMP messing something up with the files since they won't play after exporting...

Read THIS to solve your problem. It's hard to believe that DRMP output won't play anything if you don't modify anything from the original ripped DVD.

unless you were talking about getting the most recent version (i already have 3.6.1) i think you're missing the point.. drmp is working with everything EXCEPT the episodic multi-angle dvd's im trying to back up right now.. i downloaded the older version of drmp off the internet for test purposes on my other computer but it causes the same output problems as this version.

so apparently it does modify something from the original after i save it even though i didnt change anything..

What older version would this be and where do you download this from?

Reimport the DRMP output again, do you see any red highlighted items? If so, what does it say?

Can you access any menus either by pressing Title or Root menu?

nope.. the only thing red highlighted said that it was over the target size... i am unable to navigate to any menus, they all lead back to the blank screen, navigation showing its in the 'video title set menu.'

its strange that DRMP worked just fine with the first disc of the series, but none of the subsequent ones even though i did everything exactly the same

anyway, if i can't figure out the problem with drmp im gonna try stripping the angles with ifoedit, but i havent been able to find a comprehensive guide on how to strip angles from beginning to end and end up with a working output.. ive never used ifoedit and it seems more complicated than doing it with drmp..

Reimport the DRMP output again. Are there any commands (pre/post/cell/buttons) in any of the PGC? Run this output through the debugger to see if it plays OK and report any messages. Compare this debugger run with the one before you export. Any differences?

Stripping angles with DRMP is pretty straight forward - only 3 clicks and you're done.

i ran the debugger on the output after i reimported, and it played fine wit no errors. when i saved it again it still wouldn't play in any media players, whether i changed anything before exporting or not.

the only commands i see are
if (R[13] == 1024) LinkTailPGC in the first pgc that plays after the menu, and
Link Program 1 in the root menu pgc's...

Download NavPack Extractor program. Run it with 2 sources - the original (before you do any edit in DRMP) and DRMP output, and output to 2 distinct folders. Zip them up and upload to some file hosting site, like http://www.savefile.com. I'll take a look.

here you go, thanks for checking it out.
http://www.savefile.com/files/888067

Upon brief evaluation of your files, this confirm my suspicion. Please read post #6 again, especially the last sentence from the referenced link. If you obtain a legally purchased DRMP from Dimadsoft site, you will NOT have this problem.

i'm not going to buy the program if it doesn't do what i need it to.. and if you're saying its just a coincidence that three different releases of DRMP work just fine on 2 different computers with everything except this dvd then perhaps i should go out and buy the program. for now, can you direct me to a beginning-to-end guide on how to accomplish this with IFOedit?

What are the 3 different releases? Are you saying that other multi-angle DVDs work just fine except this DVD? What is the name of this DVD, including region? Maybe I'll test it myself. Try working on Deja Vu and Final Destination 3 and you'll see.

I assure you that a valid version of DRMP will work just fine! There has been no complaints with angle stripping feature.