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I'm converting some DVDs to mp4 files at the mo', and (for various reasons) I'm sorta considering cutting the films in two (using chapters).

I see that when converting / streaming I can specify the *start* chapter of the title to record from, but this will then record from that chapter to the end of the title.

Is there any way on the GUI (or even a cheeky piece of CLI syntax) where I can say like:

[a] record title 1 from chapter 1 to chapter 15
record title 1 from chapter 16 to end

?

Any ideas and advice greatly appreciated, thanks.

I suppose as a last resort I will consider chopping the films by *time* instead of chapter if by chapter is not possible...

PS. What, technically, is the difference between the File --> Convert/Save and File --> Stream options (when the target is a file)? I appreciate the GUI wizards are different, but is the generated file the same?...

Try " :stop-time=x" seconds option when opening Disc:
[v] Show more options
Edit Options [ :disc-caching=100 :stop-time=600]

:stop-time=xyz seems to work.

I might do a feature request to support stop chapter as an option (:stop-chapter=7) or perhaps as part of the DVD source URL like DVD#1:1-7 ?

Whichever makes sense I suppose.

Thanks.

Thanks to following recent post: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=115043
The feature is already implemented, but it seems that it is not possible to specify the range directly in the GUI when opening a disc (cannot edit MRL in "[v] Show more options"). It works from the command line or playlist. I just put "dvdsimple:///E:/#1:2-1:3" in a M3U playlist and VLC really played Title 1, Chapters 2 and 3.

Thanks for the heads up mederi.
I suspect this might be an undocumented thing. (I know VLC are having documentation probs at the mo'.)