Now we have a long list of titles, but what are they? Which to keep, and which to pitch? If you highlight a title (not a titleset) and press the camera icon at the top, it will play that title for you.
The first six titles (titlesets one through four) are either blank or annoying previews and splashscreens. We can uncheck those titlesets, and the movie and extras we want to keep will be intact. Keep in mind that the titles on the DVD you are reauthoring will be different, and that you can choose to keep or delete what you wish.
If you want to keep the original menus, check the Keep original menus box at the bottom left hand corner, otherwise K9Copy will reauthor the DVD with no menus. If you decide to reauthor with no menus you can choose the order in which titles are played in the right hand window.
Now it's time to save our new and improved DVD. I only have the one DVD drive, and K9Copy has a nasty habit of crashing on me when the output device I select is the same as the input device, so I'm selecting ISO Image as the output, and we'll burn it to DVD separately.
Click on the DVD icon on the toolbar, and select where to save the ISO image. You'll have time for a coffee now, so go ahead. I'll wait.
We're almost done. Insert a blank DVD. If you use Gnome you can open Nautilus (the file manager), find the ISO image and right click it. Choose Write to Disc, and Nautilus will burn the image for you.
It's almost as easy in KDE. Right click the ISO image in Konqueror, select Actions, then Write CD Image with K3B.
Now you can watch the content you paid for in the way you want to, giving you back control of your DVD player.
Do you have any other suggestions or questions? Let me know by leaving a comment or emailing me.
Article comments
1 - Daniel Woolstencroft
Hi Steve. Just to let you know, your article is one of my two editor's picks for the week it was published.
Congratulations, and keep up the great work!
2 - Steve Wild
Thanks Daniel! Umm, there were more than two articles published last week, weren't there?