I've been able to do Movie ONLY w/ Clone DVD & keep multiple audio tracks. Say for example 5.1 Dolby Digital & also DTS. I preserve menu to have the option to pick which audio I want to choose. How would I do this using Nero Recode ? If a movie has DTS, I would like to keep the DTS audio & also the 5.1 Dolby Digital, incase I watch the movie on a TV, or DVD player that can NOT decode DTS. I'm trying to figure out how to do this for Narnia ?
Either keep the menu to choose the audio you want or most DVD players will either have an audio selector on the player itself or on the DVD remote which will let you switch between diffrent audio tracks.
Nero Recode will not let you keep the menu if you do movie only, you will have to do the whole movie to have your menu. Recode operates exactly like Shrink in that respect. If you want to preserve you menu on a movie only backup then either use Clone, which is easy, or VobBlanker or DVDRemake. Those two programs will allow you to edit your movie and keep what you want, then you can run the file through Recode or Shrink.
@ larrylje So just do movie only, & keep dolby digital 5.1 & DTS. My DVD players will auto select the audio ? I have a OPPO dvd player, which has a DTS decoder in it. I think ? http://www.oppodigital.com/ I also have a Terapin TT-2600, which does not have a DTS decoder in it. Not hooked up to surround sound system, just hooked up to a 27 in. Sony analog TV. http://www.epinions.com/pr-Terapin_TT-2600_DVD/display_~full_specs & I also use my PS2, for a DVD player also.
If you can select with your player then do the movie only and keep the 5.1 and the DTS and you should be fine. You can play the original disk fine and it has all the audio on it, most players if not 5.1 will demux to stereo anyway. The DTS should only be picked up by the player that has the decoder in it. As long as you keep the 5.1 the disk should play. However, you will get more compression keeping the DTS.
Is there a real difference between Doldy Digital 5.1(AC/3) & DTS ?? DTS takes up lot more space on disc. I was able to backup Narnia w/ just Dolby Digital & compression was @ 80 %. Not too bad.
Sorry I meant [bold]not[/bold] keeping the DTS. I do not keep it, too much compression. I really don't think it makes that much difference in sound. My neighbors aren't into earth shattering experiences in their homes, lol. If I really want the DTS then I would do a dual layer to compensate for the quality loss, or use DVD Rebuilder which does a much better job on the higher compressed movies.
Yes there is a difference between the two If you want to keep both you I second arniebears opinion on using a dl disk.
The only thing about doing DL, is I only use inkjet FULL HUB printable discs(w/ No Stack Ring) Verbatim -R's. Any other suggestions for inkjet hub printable DL's ?
Like I said with your first question. Either keep the menu so you can use the option of the menu to change the Audio track. Or rip the movie using both 5.1 and DTS and use your remote to change between the audio tracks. I have a DTS decoder on my stero system so I use DTS alot if it has the DTS track on it. All I do to switch from 5.1 to DTS is click on the Audio button on my DVD remote and it switches to DTS. Of course keeping both 5.1 and DTS will mean more compression on the DVD. As of telling the diffrence between them. I can tell a diffrence with my sound system between 5.1 and DTS. If your worried about compression then either do like stated above use a DL disc or choose between 5.1 or DTS. If you decided to choose I would choose the 5.1. Just incase you lend the DVD out or have a sound system not compatible with DTS.
Yeah I think I will just do the 5.1, if I keep both audio tracks there will be too much compression. My 55 in. big screen has a surround sound hooked up to it. Also dvd player has a DTS decoder. But my other dvd players don't, so I can still play it on those. Like I said earlier...I was able to back it up w/ just keeping the 5.1 & the compression was @ about 80%, which isn't too bad ?
If your wanting to keep both 5.1 and DTS you could try to encode the DVD with DVDRebuilder+CCE. I have gone all they way down to 50% compression using it and hardly can see a diffrence. I have a 67in HDTV. I used to use Recode2 myself and CloneDVD2 which are transcoders. I have never looked back after I tried DVDRebuilder+CCE. Below is a link that gives more info about what the diffrence is between Transcoders and encoders. It also gives a little more information about DVDRebuilder. http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/241700
I've tried to download free version of DVDRB, but it seems way too complicated for me. Takes a long time too, from what I've seen & heard from other members. I've got another question about Nero Recode. Is using NeroRecode & using DVDShrink(burn w/ Nero), the same thing ?
Nero Recode is by the same developer of DVDShrink. Only Nero Recode is much faster than Shrink, and less CPU intensive. As for DVDRB yes it takes more time and the time is based on your comp specs a bigger CPU will take less time than a smaller CPU, however the quality is excellent. It is not as hard to use as you think, once you get it setup correctly it is easy. Here is a guide for you to look at, see if it explains the program better. http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=55302
I felt the same way when I started using DVD-RB looked complicated. I always used Recode2 to do my movies, it took me a while before I finly said OK im gonna try it and was I glad I did. But it truly isnt all that complicated when you get it set up. Yes it does take me a little longer using DVD-RB but the quility is so much better then using a transcoder. Also you can set up DVD-RB to do a batch of DVD's. So when you go to bed you can have it do all of them one right after the other. I have set it up before to do 4 DVD's while I went to bed. when I woke up it was almost done with the 4th DVD. All I had to do then was burn the ISO files it created to DVD.
