Hello all,

This is the situation.

I have 3 VERY large DVDs I bought as a package from school.
Each DVD is 6GB in size. (18GB roughly total)

Due to the nature of the DVDs, I *NEED* the menus intact (each option takes you to a specific section of the DVD--e.g. each body system)

It seems using CloneDVD, I can make an exact clone of the DVD (VOBs, .IFOs, etc.) at about 1.5-2GB in size.

Here is my question--is there ANY program that plays ***DVDs*** while preserving the menus??

TCPMP doesn't seem to do this.

SIDE NOTE: I'm planning on getting an 8GB Microdrive for this purpose.

Please help ASAP, as I need to figure this before tomorrow (test is coming up).

-sev

With DVDshrink sometimes you can break up the sections in the DVD. For example, the main movie as one file with the extras on all separate VOB files. It wouldnt do exactly what you want but it may be close.

A test is coming up so you want to use these dvd's on your PDA to cheat? I don't see why you can't just use them on a dvd player otherwise...as far as I know, there is no real way to get dvd menus to show up on a PPC.

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If you have time and patience, you can simply learn how to encode it to DivX/XviD and cut each chapter to its own segment and name it properly. For instance:

01 Opening Theme.avi
02 Introduction.avi
03 Action scene part 1.avi
04 Flashback scene.avi

Or you can just name it by whatever chapter names the DVD menus give. You won't actually have the menu, but you can navigate it just as easily in TCPMP.

I don't think everyone is understanding what the poster is asking for. He's probably working with some sort of training videos that are using nagivation as the interface. The discs are most likely made up of hundreds of small video clips, each with their own navigation.

Having said that, I do not think this is possible with a PDA at this point. You would need a media player that supported this and there just aren't any yet.

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sounds like dodgy business....

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What in BLAZES are you talking about? Cheating?

What have I said that makes this "Dodge business"

I tried to be as forthcoming as possible.

The DVDs are essentially ATI (Assessment Technology Institute) DVDs -- Medical Surgical series (3 x 6 GB) that I want to copy into my PDA to listen to and watch when I'm in class and especially in the car.


Normally I watch them in my room on my laptop with the original DVDs ripped to my computer, but I want to be able to listen to them while I commute 1 hour everyday.

I've got one of these monstrous Medical Surgical tests next Tuesday, so I need to utilize as much time as possible towards study.

Hiyyas,

Actually, the DVD is divided by body system. For example, heart has many subsections underneath it, but all of the subsystems are clumped together. This makes for EXTREMELY difficult navigation when trying to focus on one specific area.

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Sorry if I seemed a little asshole-ish. Just been a little stressed lately with school and all.

I thought about using a program like DVDShrink or CloneCD mobile to rip the videos, put them on the CF card then have EACH time segment written somewhere on a piece of paper stuck to the ceiling of my car for easy access ^_^