Depends if there's a part 2 with the same title...
1. The Beginning
2. The Beginning
would just look strange, like someone made a mistake, whereas
1. The Beginning Part 1
2. The Beginning Part 2
makes sense.

Actual DVD wins.

Stargate SG-1 did it all the time with their two-parters.

First part was "The Tok'ra", second "The Tok'ra (Part Two)".





I guess they didn't want to give away that it was a cliffhanger episode.

The rule says to, "Take the episode title from the episode itself, or from elsewhere on the DVD or DVD packaging, exactly as shown."  While not specifically stated, I would give priority to the episode itself as it comes first in that rule.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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It depends on where you are talking about. If it is for the overview it must match cover exactly per Rules. But for the cast and crew dividers I would go with what the actual episode says.

I would use the same source and formatting of the episode titles for the overview and the dividers. Whether that source would be the cover, episode menu on disc, or titles used in the episodes themselves, would depend on the individual case.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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Quoting RHo:

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I would use the same source and formatting of the episode titles for the overview and the dividers. Whether that source would be the cover, episode menu on disc, or titles used in the episodes themselves, would depend on the individual case.

Actually if he is talking about the simple episode list in the overview... and they are listed on the back cover... per rules of overview exactly per back cover... I wholeheartedly believe the list must come from only the cover per Rules.

Actually the rules don't ask you to copy the episode list from the cover. They allow you to add it from anywhere. Only the overview has to be copied from the cover.

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If the Main Feature of the disc is a collection of some kind (e.g. shorts, TV episodes, multiple films, etc.) rather than one single feature, a simple list of the collection contents may be added to the standard overview. Example:
1. Title
2. Title
3. Title

On the other hand, for dividers the rules ask you to take the episode names from the credits, if that would "mirror" the film credits.

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Wherever possible, these groupings should mirror the film credits.

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Yes there is a part 2.
The actual credits reads:

Year of Hell
Year of Hell, Part II

If that's what the actual credits read then I would put "Year of Hell" and "Year of Hell, Part II" as the episode titles. To add anything, even a 'Part I' would be adding information that's just not there.

I've seen numerous examples where the Overview "episode title" did not match exactly to the "episode title" listed onscreen for that episode.

The Overview must be copied exactly from the back cover.

I  always use the onscreen "episode title" for cast and crew dividers, as well as for simple episode lists when they are not included in the Overview.

Rho:

Let's look at the flaw in your argument and it's a BIG one. You are once again applying your  standard.

The Rules dictate that the Overview must come from the cover, or if no overview is available you can write one...correct? CORRECT So, if a TV series has Episode Overviews, which many do, why do you believe that it would be perfectly acceptable to invennt where the Episode tiltle comes from. If the episode title is listed on the cover and we are dealing with the Overview then it must come from the cover. Similarly when we are dealing with cast and crew the data is to come from where according to the rules...the show credits themselves just like any film. The Episode name will typically be part of THAT dataset, so once again why are inventing something that is clearly outside the rules. When dealing with Episode titles for cast and crew they too must come from the show credits if used, if NOT then you can pull from the cover. Your logic is horrendously faulty in this case. And YES, sometimes there is a differece between the way an Episode title might be listed on the Cover and the way it actually appears On scree,...it happens. But we are once again dealing with what the data really is or is not what some user wnats or imagines it to be. Just follow the data and stop injecting personal into it unless you are keeping it locally, then of course you are free to do iot any way you wish