DVD Menu Music

[gillmacca]

I apologise if this has already been covered in the forums, but I cannot seem to find it.

I have some videos which I am going to transfer to DVD with chapters (so I can select whcih film/program I want to watch).

How do I add background music to the chapter section?
What software is best/easiest to use for this?

Many thanks for your feedback and help

[guns1inger]

What software are you using to author your DVDs (i.e. create the chapter menu ?)

Some software makes it very easy - DVD Workshop 2, DVD Lab Pro, DVD Architect

Some make it harder than it needs to be - TDA

Some don't do it at all - most one-click-wonders

So what software do you have, what is your budget for new software if required ?

[gillmacca]

This will be my first dvd that I will have authored, so I am pretty new to this stuff.
I currently have nero (latest version). I do not have a budget limit, so just looking for the best/easiest software to accomplish this

[guns1inger]

It is rare that the best is also the easiest.

Personally, I use DVD Lab Pro. DVD Workshop 2 looks to be the business as well. I have DVD Architect, but I am not a great fan of it's workflow and restrictive feel.

TDA is a great beginners package, but I believe to add background music you have to create what is effectively a motion menu. Maybe a TDA expert can confirm or correct this statement ?

[jimmalenko]

TDA is a great beginners package, but I believe to add background music you have to create what is effectively a motion menu. Maybe a TDA expert can confirm or correct this statement ?

Confirmed. Of course this can be music with a still image, giving the effect of "just" audio being added, but you're right - you have to jump through a few hoops to accomplish something which other softwares make look ridiculously easy.

[guns1inger]

Is this resolved by TDA Pro ?

[jimmalenko]

Is this resolved by TDA Pro ?

Don't know

[guns1inger]

What's the good of you then ?

[jimmalenko]

What's the good of you then ?

Sez you who needed confirmation

[mats.hogberg]

TDA is a great beginners package, but I believe to add background music you have to create what is effectively a motion menu

Isn't that a universal truth?

/Mats

[lordsmurf]

Universal? Yeah, but most people don't realize it. In something like DVDWS2, you drop in an image, you drop in audio, and let the authorware take care of the rest.