I figured to save time and because i only needed to shave a few hundred megs that i will rempeg only the last 2 vob files of a movie.I now have a perfect size .m2v file but i can't figure out how to remux this in IfoEdit(i tried to only leave the last 2 vob's with the ifo file but it didn't work).I think this has been covered somewhere in the forum before but i can't find the thread.

I haven't tried this myself, but it should be straight forward. Just make sure that ALL the movie VOBs are in the same directory, as well as your *.m2v file, then just remux in the normal way. Ifoedit should do a straight read/copy on the first few VOBs where there is no re encoding, and then only start to "properly" re mux when it gets to the later VOB files. I assume you have done this with a "full movie" before ? Let us know how you get on. It's something I might give a try myself. HomerJ :)

I just tried it exactly per your instructions but what happened was that IfoEdit created 3 new vob's starting in the middle with my .m2v file but with sound from the beginning of the movie and choppy playback.I think i might have to edit the ifo file somehow,or?

Sorry it didn't work, but give this a try, I've done a bit of searching, check out this url :- It seems to give you just what your'e after. Please keep us informed if it works. HomerJ :)

Well,it seems i did this backwards so i'll have to start from scratch with mpucoder's guide.Thanks for your help.

you cannot rempeg the LAST vob. you can only rempeg the FIRST vob or the entire title set.

derrow, doh! i guess you are right. i haven't been prowling around this site since you departed on your much needed vacation. now that you're back, and new things will start happening. sorry for the bad advice.

Second part will save you time&work.

Bigbucks1959, make sure there isn't an cell-id at the front of vob1. sometimes these cells contain "produced by" logos that are at a different bitrate than the movie. rempeg2 will use the logo bitrates to set its parameters. this will distort the movie by using this bitrate. try removing all unnecessary cell-id's at the front of vob1. worked for me many times.

demux by cell_id using VOBedit. drop each demuxed vob into dvd2avi and select the ones that don't have anything to do with the movie. delete those vobs. open the first remaining vob in vobedit and choose join files. re-join them into the original vob1 file name.