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I wasn't sure if this belonged here or in the VLC-Stream-output forum because of its nature.

Here's what I'm doing.

I'm wanting to encode some DVDs to mp4 format for streaming on demand over my home network using a separate streaming server on my FreeBSD box. Some of these DVDs have chapters in the main title that aren't part of the main movie so I'd like to remove them in the encoded version.

Is there an easy to tell vlc to transcode the entire title except those chapters? I'm not opposed to copying the DVD to the hard drive and removing it that way, but I'd like to avoid that step if possible since it's a pain in the butt

If it helps any, in all but 2 of the DVDs I want to do this to, the chapter I want to remove is the very first one.

NOTE: If it matters, I'll be doing the encodings on both windows and freebsd boxes

Try using an editor like Avidemux.

I've used that program before, and I'd rather avoid it, especially since it adds an extra step at the end of the process instead of the beginning, something I'm trying to avoid

For reference, this is the question I wanted answered:

Is there an easy to tell vlc to transcode the entire title except those chapters?

It is a Yes, with details, or no, question.

Pretty much a no. Time to dig out the mpeg-2 editor. Unless you really meant to say titles instead of chapters. VLC has no trouble pulling specific titles out of a DVD.

No, I meant chapters. Titles I can handle since I regularly encode anime episode DVDs for viewing on my palmOne Lifedrive on the go

I have a way to rip the DVDs to the hard drive first without those chapters, I was just hoping to avoid an extra step if possible since the main system I use to do the encoding (the freebsd box) is a bit slow when it comes to encoding

Oh well. I'll just have to rip the discs to the hard drive first then encode them.

Now where did I put that script at I used to use for encoding my anime DVDs before I got my laptop...

You can select specific chapters as well in VLC (using the syntax descibed in http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation: ... n_audio_CD )

Oh, I know that, I've used that feature a few times, but I need to grab all chapters but the one, and specifying a chapter means you have to specify all the ones you want (I actually tried that before posting, I forgot to mention it though )