No way to cut out parts of video in DVDLab?

[MrMungus]

With TMPGEnc DVD Author you can select parts of the video you don't want written to the DVD and it just ignores that part of the video. Can this be done with DVDLab or do you have to edit the video in an external editor before authoring in it?

Trying to decide whether to purchase DVDLab or TMPGEnc DVD Author...

[troyvcd1]

You can trim the end of the video in dvdlab but that is it.

[MrMungus]

You can trim the end of the video in dvdlab but that is it.

Well that sucks. I like TMPGEnc DVD Author for this but I hate the inflexibility in menus and navigation.

I also noticed that DVDLab seems to have no audio on the video preview.

GRRR!

[andkiich]

If you want to chop up the video, then use an EDITING program. DVD-Lab is an AUTHORING program.

[johns0]

You can edit and chop in tmpgenc dvd author and then import the vobs to dvd-lab,the thing i dont like about dvd-lab is that it merges all the vobs together regardless if they are different clips and you cant scan thru 2 clips in one sweep if you chained them together.

[MrMungus]

If you want to chop up the video, then use an EDITING program. DVD-Lab is an AUTHORING program.

I know. But TMPGEnc DVD Author lets me remove sections of video that I don't want to include in the final project.

[MrMungus]

You can edit and chop in tmpgenc dvd author and then import the vobs to dvd-lab,the thing i dont like about dvd-lab is that it merges all the vobs together regardless if they are different clips and you cant scan thru 2 clips in one sweep if you chained them together.

Is there a way to do that and preserve the menus and use those existing menus in DVDLab? I like TMPGEnc DVD Author but I *hate* the way there's no way to select anything other than the yellow highlighting for navigation.

[BobK]

> I like TMPGEnc DVD Author but I *hate* the way there's no way to select anything other than the yellow highlighting for navigation.

Do a search. There was a thread here the other day that explained how to edit a DVD Authored file to change the highlight color. I don't remember the exact steps, but I do that it wasn't very complicated. It requires a hex editor but I think one of the posts gave a link to a free download for that.

[MrMungus]

> I like TMPGEnc DVD Author but I *hate* the way there's no way to select anything other than the yellow highlighting for navigation.

Do a search. There was a thread here the other day that explained how to edit a DVD Authored file to change the highlight color. I don't remember the exact steps, but I do that it wasn't very complicated. It requires a hex editor but I think one of the posts gave a link to a free download for that.

Yeah, I read that today. By the way, hex editing is actually pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it.

I was hoping for something more like the ability, when selecting chapters to play, to have only the border highlighted.

I've been looking for programs to let me just edit menus, too...there doesn't seem to be anything for that (yet).

[johns0]

Try menuedit,i use it to remove the play all button.

[MrMungus]

Try menuedit,i use it to remove the play all button.

Yeah, I was checking that out earlier. Will that let me change the colors of the navigation highlighting and/or let me change from highlighting the whole frame to highlighting only the border?

All this makes me wonder if the $500+ DVD authoring programs allow this kinda stuff.

[johns0]

I think it does,give it a try.Im using the freeware version.

[dimad]

Try menuedit,i use it to remove the play all button.

Yeah, I was checking that out earlier. Will that let me change the colors of the navigation highlighting and/or let me change from highlighting the whole frame to highlighting only the border?

You can't change how highlights will look like (border or rectangle) - this is in subpicture. But you can use MenuEdit (or DvdReMake) to change highlight transparency and/or color. changing color may require looking into/editing ifo file (say with IfoEdit).

[wallmg]

As far as trimming in DVD-Lab, I think you could do a mock trim of the beginning as well – at least this is what I'm going to try. You don't really cut it, but if you set your "Play Movie" link on you menu to Chapter 1 and make Chapter 1 the beginning of your movie, that should work. The first part you want to cut is still there, you just never see it. Good if its a short segment and you don't feel like cutting in TMPGEnc and waiting for it to re-encode. I just hope it works.

Mark