[Orgy]

Some of the movies I have are old movies that have multiple movies on a single disk. For example: 'High Plains Drifter' and 'Joe Kidd' are on a single DVD. How can I name this properly for XBMC to list both movies?

[pettergulbra]

If this is possible, I think this should be written to the WIKI..

[leepenny]

Hmm I would say that you would probably have to rip them using makemkv to get two files then rename accordingly.( makemkv will (obviously) encode them to mkv files)
I havent come across a way of scraping 2 files on 1 dvd although you could create nfos for the separate segments of the dvd (horrible workaround IMO)

[Ned Scott]

XBMC can do this for multiple TV episodes in a single file, but not for multiple movies. I would go with leepenny's advice, but I believe makemkv can do the job without any re-encoding, so the quality should be preserved.

[Orgy]

Hmm I would say that you would probably have to rip them using makemkv to get two files then rename accordingly.( makemkv will (obviously) encode them to mkv files)
I havent come across a way of scraping 2 files on 1 dvd although you could create nfos for the separate segments of the dvd (horrible workaround IMO)

The problem is that I'd like to preserve them in .iso format

[scudlee]

You can make a symlink to the iso and name it as the second film.

[Orgy]

You can make a symlink to the iso and name it as the second film.

Hey, that's not a bad idea. I think this might be the best bet for now. Thanks, man!

[leepenny]

[quote='leepenny' pid='1223796' dateline='1351337835']
Hmm I would say that you would probably have to rip them using makemkv to get two files then rename accordingly.( makemkv will (obviously) encode them to mkv files)
I havent come across a way of scraping 2 files on 1 dvd although you could create nfos for the separate segments of the dvd (horrible workaround IMO)

The problem is that I'd like to preserve them in .iso format

Im intrigued as to the reasoning for keeping it as an iso file (just being nosey LOL)

[Orgy]

[quote='leepenny' pid='1223796' dateline='1351337835']
Hmm I would say that you would probably have to rip them using makemkv to get two files then rename accordingly.( makemkv will (obviously) encode them to mkv files)
I havent come across a way of scraping 2 files on 1 dvd although you could create nfos for the separate segments of the dvd (horrible workaround IMO)

The problem is that I'd like to preserve them in .iso format

Im intrigued as to the reasoning for keeping it as an iso file (just being nosey LOL)

Because I don't know very much about media, and keeping everything as a single file while still preserving the menus and everything else along with being ready to burn onto disk seems a lot more simple to me than learning about other containers and the like

So I guess to sum it up: I'm lazy and ignorant.

[jmarshall]

I guess you need to balance your laziness between having to click through a menu every time you play it compared to having to rip it once.

If you do rip it, you lose the ability to burn onto a disk, but is that something you really value?

[Orgy]

I guess you need to balance your laziness between having to click through a menu every time you play it compared to having to rip it once.

If you do rip it, you lose the ability to burn onto a disk, but is that something you really value?

I'd rather be prepared in case it's something I need, and creating a symlink isn't very difficult, so.

[leepenny]

why not rip it to disk as backup then encode it (makemkv is sooooo easy) or even encode to mkv and put a few movies on a disk as backup files. In what event would would you need an iso as its not backed up already?

I would take a long look at the benefits of making your files more user friendly and the time it takes to do so IMO
Anyway good luck with the symlink option I hope this works well for your needs