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You could conceivably rip both the main movie and additional program chains (preserving alternate audio as desired) to the same format and then navigate within the container using MP4 chapter files. It seems your "structure" concern goes less to retaining the disk layout than retaining all the content. This will allow you to compress the image heavily while retaining transparency. Best answer: On a Mac, you can use Handbrake to rip to H.264 (and AAC in an MP4 container or AC3/DTS in an MKV container).