Special Edition DVDs

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Восток
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Special Edition DVDs

Post by Восток »

For DVDs that say extended version etc. Is it possible to figure out what in the title column (after reading the dvd) is the extras like prologues etc? Or do I have to click through Windows Explorer and open every single Video_TS? Is there like a standardization across DVD's that make that type of content stand out compared to everything else after the big video file? I have my minimum time set to 3000 secs, so I only get the movie and nothing else. is there a recommended number of seconds to put in to consistently see what I'm after?

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Re: Special Edition DVDs

Post by dcoke22 »

In my experience DVDs are all over the place in how they're authored. There's almost no standardization and some studios have done crazy things to make them harder to copy.

https://www.dvdcompare.net is a fairly comprehensive database of what's on various discs. As an example, here's the Iron Man (2008) DVD.

As someone who likes to get both the movie and the various extras on a disc, I have my minimum time set to 15 seconds.