Nederlands Dutch	Editing DVD-recorder discs ?? How to edit a DVD created by a set top DVD-recorder Hoe kunnen DVD’s gemaakt met ‘n DVD-recorder bewerkt worden op de PC
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When one owns a set top DVD-recorder as well as a PC with a DVD burner, at a certain moment one could get the idea of wanting to edit the recorded material. This could be to embellish the menu, to combine clips from different discs, to remove add blocks, etc.

But, the structure of a DVD created by a DVD recorder is very different from a commercial one. This means that standard methods can not be applied. Some years ago, on this subject hardly any information could be found, in spite of the frequent questions on this subject in the various video forums.
So, when after a lot of experiments I discovered a suitable solution, I wanted to share this with those who are interested in this subject.

Although this homepage is concentrated on the editing of DVD recorder discs, the used/described freeware programs are also very suitable for “normal” video streams.

Gerrit van Schaik, Email or see Contact)

	The material presented/discussed on this homepage was meant for personal use. It forms the basis for further investigations and its use is at one’s own risk!
	To limit the complexity of the Web page, the details have been presented in separate notes in the PDF format. Free readers at e.g. http://www.adobe.com and http://www.foxitsoftware.com (faster/more compact)

The main pages are;

Ø Introduction
Steps in the DVD editing process, some introductory remarks (including used equipment) and tips to reduce problems with DVD recorder discs (meant for PC editing)

Ø Ripping
The retrieval/conversion of the DVD recorder files/streams with DVD Decryptor

Ø MPEG editing
The ripped streams are trimmed and ad blocks are removed with the program Cuttermaran.
Also attention is paid to the “true” editing of MPEG streams, like adding texts, adding transitions and/or the “removal” of logo’s.

Ø Authoring
The streams have to be converted to a suitable DVD structure, with or without menu’s.
Used programs are DVDAuthorGui, MyDVD5.2, Nerovision2 en DVD MediaFactory 2&3

Ø Compatibility
Aspects that might affect the exchangeability of DVD discs

Ø Tools
Description of “supporting” programs to edit and convert video and audio files
Treated programs are: VOBEdit, DVD2AVI, TMPGEnc, HeadAC3e, ffMMEGGui, Audacity, SSMM, ProjectX, BatchDemux, PVAStrumento, ImagoMPEG-Muxer

Ø Links
Survey of Homepages with background material that might be important for this subject

Ø Contact
Possibility to comment and ask questions

Ø New(s)
Last changes Febr 20, 2007
Cuttermaran version 1.68a available, PDF document adapted/reworked

>>> DVD Decryptor (essential for ripping DVD recorder discs) can no longer be distributed by Afterdawn
(see http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7056.cfm of pdf document)

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01-06-‘04(Dutch) Version: febr 20, 2007