dvd menu with background video help

[cudencuden]

im trying to create dvd menu with a background video of about 1:30 seconds long..i managed to do it with pinnacle studio 9 but then when i try to add the rest of the movies to make chapters from i end up freezing every time ...i think its becasue im making an anime dvd and usually i can put like 18 episodes (around 25 mins each) using tempgenc dvd author 1.6..but i dotn think i can do it with pinnacle studio cause thats too much for the program to handle i guess..so my question is..is there a program that i can use jsut to make the dvd menu with background video alone..then i export it so i can import it into tmpgenc dvd author... i tried dvd menu creator but afer i messed aruond a bit i dotn think theres an option to put video in the background...if u guys know any alternative way that would help me a lot

here are my specs also

Pentinum 4 3.8 GHz
2 Gb Ram

[guns1inger]

Can't you just load the background video into TDA and build the menus there ? I don't know any program that allows you to build menus for import into TDA as fully functioning menus.

[cudencuden]

Can't you just load the background video into TDA and build the menus there ? I don't know any program that allows you to build menus for import into TDA as fully functioning menus.

i dont think u can do that using TDA

[guns1inger]

According to their website you can -

Thanks to the Motion menu function that uses movie clips as source It is possible to create a menu with motion using a video clip as source like in commercial DVD. Motion menu can be used for the menu background but also for the menu pictures.

[cudencuden]

it does say that but in the faq it only says tihs

It is impossible with TMPGEnc DVD Author, a specific source file has to be created.
With TMPGEnc Plus, choose a still image as video source file and a wav sequence as an audio source. Encode in mpeg program stream format with sound in mp2 and use the resulting file as background.
Disable the background option, the first image (still image) remains and the BGM only is played.


n e way..i got everything added in pinnacle studio ..i put in 19 episodes which is how much can be done with TDA ..but i cant put all 19 with pinnacle studio..i aldready set it as "most video on disc" ..any suggestion? ..i dotn understand y TDA can do it but pinncale cant..and by the way with 19 episodes i still have space left on the DVD so space shouldnt be a problem

[cudencuden]

sorry for double posting ...but i got it..u were right gunslinger..i just didnt enable the motion menu option..thanx alot