This involves using DVD Shrink. If you already have the movie in your HD, open up DVD Shrink and choose the re-author mode. Drag the main movie and choose the option to "start"/"stop". Find the chapter/scene you only want to keep. Hit "Backup" and burn.
Delete the whole movie from your HD (including the compressed section that DVD Shrink encoded for you). Rip the copy (you just burned) back into your HD, Voila! There you have it. I'm assuming the reason you only want a certain chapter/scene is to save HD space, but that's your business.
I'm not sure if this is the answer you're looking for, but it's the only one I can offer (at least for DVD Shrink). Maybe other aD members have other ways to do it, and with other proggies.
Yes. Go into IFO mode. DVD Decrypter will automatically select the main movie. You will then see a list below that has chapter numbers. Just uncheck the ones you do not want and hit the Decrypt button.
See, I learned something new today. Thanks JaguarGod.
Question: I usually just rip ISO's, but if I rip in IFO mode and I want to run it through DVD Shrink (say I want to make a compilation with different chapters of different movies), will Shrink have a problem with it?
I have never tried that. I am pretty sure DVD Shrink needs VIDEO_TS.ifo /bup though. Maybe you can do it in IFO mode and then get the other ifo from file mode. If you plan on just getting certain chapters from a movie and importing them to DVD Shrink, then you may have a problem, since the DVD structure will be messed up.
I use IFO mode when I re-author a DVD. I rip the main movie using Decrypter in IFO mode and also the chapter information. I then rip VIDEO_TS.ifo & VIDEO_TS.VOB using file mode. After that I use another program to extract the menus from VIDEO_TS.VOB & VTS_0x_0.VOB and reauthor it in DVD Maestro or some other authoring program. I recently did Goodfellas and Scary Movie 2.
If you follow that approach, you can rip chapters from different movies and import them into an authoring program. Once you compile the DVD, if it is too large, DVD Shrink will then be able to handle it.
I could be getting my terms mixed up (as my moniker suggest), but I will run through my normal rip,shrink, and burn method tonight and see if what I'm asking is feasible, or at the very least, makes sense.
