Extracting DVD Menus - Blu-ray Forum

Jeyl · 03-07-2020, 12:28 AM

This is going to be a tricky subject, but I can't help myself.

I'm working on trying to extract menus from DVDs but I'm having difficulty figuring out how. Some of the work that went on these discs are just too darn beautiful to not have in some way shape or form. Most of the software I use don't even identify the menus even though file wise they are there.

Has anyone ever figured out how one can extract them?

SillyG · 03-07-2020, 01:43 AM

I doubt it, unfortunately.

Unless you know how to code/program menus manually, I don't think it's something that can be conveniently extracted and reused in other projects by any old layperson.

Jeyl · 03-07-2020, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by SillyG

I doubt it, unfortunately.

Unless you know how to code/program menus manually, I don't think it's something that can be conveniently extracted and reused in other projects by any old layperson.

It's not so much a wish to re-use them for other DVD projects, but more so to have the movie files that play during the menu. I'm not interested in the button layout, programing or any of that technical jargon. Just those movies that play under it.

Like this for example.

That is literally just the video that plays in the background. That's all that I'm after.

SillyG · 03-07-2020, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeyl

It's not so much a wish to re-use them for other DVD projects, but more so to have the movie files that play during the menu. I'm not interested in the button layout, programing or any of that technical jargon. Just those movies that play under it.

Like this for example.

James Bond Ultimate Edition - Licence To Kill - DVD Menu - YouTube

That is literally just the video that plays in the background. That's all that I'm after.

Animated menus would typically be contained within a VOB (like every other video component on a DVD), so you could perhaps rip it, but that topic is a little controversial, so I'll say no more about it lest I arouse the wrath of the mods.

Bear in mind that the entire menu is a video, so you wouldn't be able to remove or manipulate individual components/floating objects from the menu if that is what you were wondering.

chip75 · 03-07-2020, 06:24 AM

It's quite simple to back-up the menu videos, but like SillyG posted, everything you see in that Bond menu will be part of it, the interface isn't an overlay.

Depending on the software used, you may have to shorten the time of the recognized videos, especially if it ignores anything shorter than a minute.

03-07-2020, 12:28 AM	#1
Jeyl Special Member Member since:May 2009 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:595 Trading Score:6	Extracting DVD Menus This is going to be a tricky subject, but I can't help myself. I'm working on trying to extract menus from DVDs but I'm having difficulty figuring out how. Some of the work that went on these discs are just too darn beautiful to not have in some way shape or form. Most of the software I use don't even identify the menus even though file wise they are there. Has anyone ever figured out how one can extract them?

03-07-2020, 01:43 AM	#2
SillyG Special Member Member since:Aug 2019 Location:Sydney, Australia 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:21	I doubt it, unfortunately. Unless you know how to code/program menus manually, I don't think it's something that can be conveniently extracted and reused in other projects by any old layperson.

03-07-2020, 06:24 AM	#5
chip75 Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:Wales 4K collection:304 Blu-ray collection:3099 DVD collection:1782 iTunes collection:229 Trading Score:9	It's quite simple to back-up the menu videos, but like SillyG posted, everything you see in that Bond menu will be part of it, the interface isn't an overlay. Depending on the software used, you may have to shorten the time of the recognized videos, especially if it ignores anything shorter than a minute.

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