Two Titles, One File

[dballing]

I'm trying to rip a movie, which has done something "odd" and I don't know how to handle it.

Instead of having a single "2.5 hour" title, it has a 1.25 hour "Title 1" and a 1.25 hour "Title 2" (with Title 1, presumably, having control-codes to send it to title 2 when done, as I've never had to muck with it any of the many times I've watched it).

Is there any way to tell MediaFork/Handbrake to simply "write both of these titles to a single MP4"?

Going a step further, the ability to combine two discs (e.g., a two-disc concert DVD I have) into a single 3-hour MP4 would be sweet as well. But I suspect that's a bit tougher to manage.

[golias]

I'm trying to rip a movie, which has done something "odd" and I don't know how to handle it.

Instead of having a single "2.5 hour" title, it has a 1.25 hour "Title 1" and a 1.25 hour "Title 2" (with Title 1, presumably, having control-codes to send it to title 2 when done, as I've never had to muck with it any of the many times I've watched it).

Is there any way to tell MediaFork/Handbrake to simply "write both of these titles to a single MP4"?

Going a step further, the ability to combine two discs (e.g., a two-disc concert DVD I have) into a single 3-hour MP4 would be sweet as well. But I suspect that's a bit tougher to manage.

I think your best bet, in both cases, is to rip them as separate files with HandBrake, then merge the files using QuickTime Pro or something along those lines.

[whimpers]

Yes, or combine the DVD titles with DVD2OneX (choose 'add seamless title' : the '++' button) and then rip the combined VIDEO_TS folder with HandBrake. Choose another setting then single layer DVD if you don't want to recompress the combined movie with DVD2OneX (you will do that with HandBrake).