Is it possible to copy a two-disk DVD movie onto my hard-drive then watch it as one long file withou

Is it possible to copy a two-disk DVD movie onto my hard-drive then
watch it as one long file without interruptions?

I'm referring, mainly, to the two-disk DVD of "Once Upon A Time In
America." Disk one ends in the middle of a scene (with the film's
theatrical intermission occuring about half-way through disk-two.) I'd
like to copy the entire four-hour movie onto my harddrive (I have lots
of space,) so that I can watch it from begining to end without any
pauses (or, at least, to create two seperate files which are seperated
by the "theatrical intermission" (three hours into the movie.)

 

(Cemetery Mink) wrote in

Sure it is. Use DVD Shrink to rip each disk to a separate folder on your
hard drive, removing (via Re-Authoring) any lead in on the second disk that
you want to skip. Then use DVD Shrink Re-authoring again to combine the
two folders contents into one DVD movie (into a third folder).

 

I'm referring, mainly, to the two-disk DVD of "Once Upon A Time In

Though you should tell DVD Shrink that the target disc size is 9GB so that
it doesn't re-encode the video to a lower quality. In your application, you
don't care about fitting the movie onto a DVD-R, so no need to lower the
quality.

Mike Jackson
Editor & Web Developer, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com

 

I recently saw Once Upon A Time In America for the first time and
thought the intermission was in an odd place because of how far into
the film it was instead of being right in the middle. Is there any
info online that explains why it was at that point and not earlier?

 

Officially no. But with a suitable piece of de-encryption software, such as
AnyDVD or DVDregionfree, it becomes possible to copy it. However, I do not
know of a way of getting rid of the pause as the two disks would have to
reside in separate folders (as files will have the same names).

Ian.

 

Run the files through DVD compression software such as DVD2One with the
target size set to twice the normal size.

You end up with one set of files containing the lot.


Stephen

 

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I hope I got the original poster correct.

If I understand your question, you can indeed capture two-disk movies
(whether a single dual-layer DVD or two physical DVD discs) .. and
then relegate the two (maybe up to 4 hours total) onto one DVD disc,
or set of files on your computer (to watch or later burn to DVD).

I use DVDShrink for this, importing the two layers or discs separately
for authoring. I can then edit out the END of the first half so that it
will
mesh correctly with the BEGINNING of the second half .. the result
being one set of files that is watchable from beginning to end without
any discernible breaks. Basically, what happens is .. the two sets of
..VOB files are renumbered into more (resized) .VOB files as if they
are one long program... totaling nearly 4 hours. But, DVDShrink can
put an entirely acceptable compressed 4 hours onto one DVD disc.

Finally, if all you want to accomplish is to put a movie on your hard drive
for archival and watching purposes (not on a DVD Player in the den),
then you might be better off relegating your movies to .RMVB format,
where a 2-hour movie will easily fit on any normal CD-R disc with
good results. 640 megs is a whoooole lot smaller than 4.7 gigs .. no?

 

You can use Wiagra Video Joiner 3 to get the job done
J.