AntcuFaalb wrote: OK, I'm ripping DVDs 1 and 2 of my XP Mode recording. There's ~1 minute of (intentional) overlap between the two. Should I join them or post each DVD separately?

Doesn't personally matter to me. What is your goal? Not sure why you are ripping the DVDs. ('ripping' to me generally is the process of taking an existing DVD and converting it to another format, maybe you're using this term to define the digitization of the VHS to DVD format) If this is a preview to figure out what this version is then size and quality are not as important. In the past when people converted media, it was done to a standard disc size, a CD of around 750mb was common. If you are viewing this as the best preservation you are capable of (quality matters) then leave each DVD as is. The laserdisc format required several discs for each movie, to maintain quality the same can be done with the DVD5 format. (Moth3r's 77 boot was preserved this way; 2xDVD5) Were you thinking of combining the discs to make a DVD9? People often balk at dual layer media as it's not considered common enough, and the dual layer break can be a problem. Save the work, leave each disc as is.