What is the term I am looking for?

[jthompson99]

If I want to take an .avi or .mpg file that I have and chop that up in a program like Pinnacle Studio and then create my own custom menus and then encode that into a DVD. What is that called?

Also, I have used Pinnacle Studio in the past and it worked ok. Could someone give me a list of similiar programs? I just want to be able to take movie files and create menus and chapters and turn that into a DVD.

Thanks for the help.

JT.

[pchan]

For basic encoding from avi or mpeg to mpeg2

TMPGenc

For create DVD menu and control navigation (DVD Authoring)

TMPGenc DVD Author

[daamon]

Hi jthompson99,

There's no one term that describes what you want to do. But here's a summary:

"Chopping up" = "cut", usually as part of the (simple) editing stage.

"Create menus" = "authoring". You will end up with VOB, IFO and BUP files.

"Create a DVD (disc)" = "burn". You burn the VOB, IFO and BUP files into a VIDEO_TS folder onto disc. A number of authoring tools do this too.


Look in the "Tools" section for tools that meet your needs, in comparison to Pinnacle Studio.

Here's a few options:

Cutting: VirtualDubMod (does both AVI and MPEGs)
Encoding: I use TMPGenc, but there are a few free ones to get MPEG2.
Authoring: I use TMPGEnc DVD Author

Hope that helps...

[jthompson99]

guys, that definitely helps, thanks for the input.