noob in DVD re-making(?)... What a painful, complicated peice of whatever.

Hey dear guys and gals, please please please help me.

I have a dvd of the movie Hostel, but I want to reauthor it so I can:

1. remove all trailers, previews and deleted scenes
2. but Keep all director's comments (there are 4 audio commentaries!)
3. Keep English Subtitles only
4. Make and use my own customized DVD menu because the original one has links to the trailers etc which I want to remove.

So therefore my goal is to have a dvd with my own menu with chapter selection and the main movie with english subtitle only plus the 4 commentaries.

And so continuing with the little knowledge i know of DVds, I was able to rip the dvd with dvd-cloner to the hard disk (just the movie) and I have this:





AND NOW I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT.
SO MANY FILES, I mean, WTF? I feel my head is gonna explode.

I've search Doom9.net but I got all the more CONFUSED with all the programs I have to get.

I didnt know it was this complicated.

Please help me, guide me anyone...
A step by step guide would be great, and I'd prefer it if I didnt have to re-encode the video so as not to loose quality.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Oh I see.. How do I move this post to there?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I tried using DVDShrink, but how do I use my own menu to navigate? I dont think dvdshrink has menu making/importing support..

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Darkelf

You could however make MPEG-2 files out of them and import those and make your menu and burn the thing. It'll take big time to convert them btw. But I'm sure that's too much of a hassle for you, it would be for me too...

So if anyone has any other suggestions?

If I do this, Make MPEG2 files out of them, will the quality be reduced? Is there a lossless way? Is there a way to extract all the files from the vob files to whatever individual files like subtitle files and stuff?

Double Post:

Originally Posted by T1249NTSCJ

You needn't make things more complicated than they already are. Since you're new to DVDs, you'll want to take things one step at a time. There is a program, Vob blanker which allows the removal of trailers, extras etc. As for removing menu buttons, this is the simplest way that I know of. Shouldn't be a problem seeing as how I got my kid sister to do it.

http://www.rippraff.de/Stuff/Menu_edit.htm

You can download PgcEdit here.

As for subtitles, you can leave them all in. They are so small in file size that it won't make a difference whatsoever. So keep the menu provided on the disc, main movie, and commentaries. Once that is all done, then compress with DVD Shrink.

I cant keep the original menu because it has links to the extra crap. I clicked the link you gave and it showed me a flash tutorial and it seems it just removes the ability to click the buttons, not remove them completely. So that'll leave me with a menu with lots of non-functional buttons = ugly.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

T1249NTSCJ, can you write a step by step tut to do it?

I was speaking idiomatically.