Rivergate Software Inc. - makers of DVDAfterEdit

DVDAfterEdit allows you to import menu VOB's and VTS VOB's from one DVD to another.

The Import and Replace functions of DVDAfterEdit are two of its most revolutionary, powerful, and useful features. They allow you to incorporate elements from any VIDEO_TS folder (non-encrypted only) into another current project, either by adding to or replacing VOB's that are already present.

This means that you can, for the first time, make substantial alterations to existing titles, without having to completely re-author the entire project from scratch with the original assets. For complex projects, this can often result in significant savings of time and expense.

For example, you can:

• Add a copyright message or company logo
• Replace bonus features
• Update old content - eg. trailers, contact details
• Re-arrange the order of the Video Title Sets
• Add or remove an audio soundtrack or subtitle stream (*)
• Change an existing menu design (*)

(*) This will require extracting the elements to be changed from the original project and making alterations in your normal authoring application first.

Import and Replace in DVDAfterEdit

In DVDAfterEdit, you import elements as VOB files by selecting them in a file dialog box. For Video Title Set Menu VOB's, you simply select the VTS_XX_0.VOB. In the case of Video Title Set VOBs, you must always point to the VTS_XX_1.VOB; any additional files that are part of the Video Object are automatically included. Only files that can be imported will be enabled in the file dialog box.

The functions you are able to perform (Import, Replace, etc.) depend on what item is selected in the left pane of DVDAfterEdit's main window, except for "Import Video Title Set" found in the File Menu. This function always imports a Title Set VOB (including all of its files), and appends it to the current DVD as a new Video Title Set. So if there are eight VTS's in your DVD, the new one will become VTS 9.

It is also possible to indirectly rearrange the VTS's in a DVD by making copies of a DVD, deleting VOB's, and importing VOB's in the sequence you wish.

The Replace function operates in the same way, except that as the name implies, the VOB you select overwrites the existing one. This can provide a very swift way of making alterations to elements like copyright messages, logos etc, provided the elements are contained in their own VOB file. You can retain the existing navigation and interactivity by copying and pasting the commands - see here for more information.

Note that you can also replace a menu VOB with any VOB, regardless of whether it was previously a menu VOB or not - even from within the same project. You can also import a VOB to become the menu VOB when there were none before. These functions are described in more detail in the downloadable manual.