Need to Create a Teaser/ Pre Trailer on my DVD

[YOURCONNEXX]

AS soon as someone pops the dvd in, (after it loads of course) i want it to play a small video clip and then go to the menu... like how you can get a retail dvd and it shows teasers of up coming movies... how can i do this??

i use nero vision express

[guns1inger]

You can read your manual for NeroVision Express to see if it supports a First Play option (this is what the feature is called), or you can buy a real authoring tool instead of the toy that is NVE, or you can author with NVE without the first play clip, and add it in later using PGCEdit.

[Nitemare]

There are free options that allow first play... DVDauthorGUI is one...

You'll need a separate encoder though...

[YOURCONNEXX]

You can read your manual for NeroVision Express to see if it supports a First Play option (this is what the feature is called), or you can buy a real authoring tool instead of the toy that is NVE, or you can author with NVE without the first play clip, and add it in later using PGCEdit.

what program do you recommend???


THANKS FOR THE HELP EVERYONE !!!

[marioval]

TmpgEnc DVD Author 3 will do this with ease.

[guns1inger]

I like DVD Lab Pro, but GUIForDVDAuthor is powerful and well supported, especially for a freeware program. The author is frequent visitor here, so your queries will be answered quickly by the person who knows the software best.

[TBoneit]

The possible advantage for the OP in using TmpgEnc DVD Author 3 is that it can encode much like NVE so the OP could do it all in one step.

My brother wanted a simple easy to use and free way to create DVDs so to avoid having to do tech support, I showed him NVE. He's happy and I don't have to do support.

Myself I'm lazy so I've been using Tmpgenc products from Plus, Xpress 3 and TDA 1.5 and TDA 3 for most things I want. TDA 3 especially for Ultra Divx. TDA 1.5 for compliations.

[YOURCONNEXX]

I like DVD Lab Pro, but GUIForDVDAuthor is powerful and well supported, especially for a freeware program. The author is frequent visitor here, so your queries will be answered quickly by the person who knows the software best.

dvd labpro doesnt handle avi's ???

[thecoalman]

dvd labpro doesnt handle avi's ???

No encoder, you need to feed it DVD compliat video.

Another option is DVD Workshop, pricey, getting old. But it does have onboard MPEG2 and AC3 encoding, minor editing capability, accepts just about any type of video or imges, very easy to use and tons of authoring features.

[guns1inger]

dvd labpro doesnt handle avi's ???

No. DVD Lab Pro is an authoring tool, not a file converter.

[hech54]

I remember doing this once. If I recall correctly I authored the intro(VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders) and added the intro to the already authored DVD(the one that I want to place the intro into) with PGCEdit and/or VOBEdit?
I can't find the guide though....

[YOURCONNEXX]

OK FIRST OFF id like to thank everyone here who replied and helped me..... dvd lab seems to be a good choice as it does do alot pretty easily.... so i think ill stick with that (even tho i have to convert all my files... man thats gonna take a while LOL)

but with dvdlab pro... i just need help with one thing.... ANIMATING MY MENU BUTTONS.... im reading the help tool... but it doesnt really seem clear... if anyone knows how to do this... can you just steer me in the right direction...


ONCE AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE and ill definitely be on this board alot helping out others to return the favor you guys did for me......

[guns1inger]

You cannot animate buttons under the DVD specification. You do have a couple of choices for work-arounds, depending on the effect you want to achieve.

if you just want buttons that animate all the time, create them in a video package and export a short looping video clip. Use this as the background for a motion menu, and you are done.

if you want the buttons to change when a user selects an option then you need to create a switched menu. There are guides at MediaChance.com for various switched menus for DVD Lab Pro, and there is a switched menu wizard and reasonable discussion about in the manual.

[YOURCONNEXX]

You cannot animate buttons under the DVD specification. You do have a couple of choices for work-arounds, depending on the effect you want to achieve.

if you just want buttons that animate all the time, create them in a video package and export a short looping video clip. Use this as the background for a motion menu, and you are done.

if you want the buttons to change when a user selects an option then you need to create a switched menu. There are guides at MediaChance.com for various switched menus for DVD Lab Pro, and there is a switched menu wizard and reasonable discussion about in the manual.

I cant seem to burn the complied files that dvd lab creates.... i tried the internal burner, and i tried nero express... i even tried saving the project as a disc image... and nero wont burn that either... it just says "burn failed illegal disc".... WHAT SOFTWARE DO YOU USE TO BURN THE DVD AFTER YOUR DONE CREATING IT???

[Baldrick]

Try Imgburn using the Build Mode, http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4632

[YOURCONNEXX]

Try Imgburn using the Build Mode, http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4632

IT FAILED.... it said "incompatible medium" in the error message... does this mean its the blanks im using???...down in the left hand corner it says "device not ready medium not present" when there's no disc in the drive, then when i put in a blank it loads and says "logical unit waiting to be ready" then when the drive reads the disc and sees that its blank it says "ready"

i find that kinda funny because ive burned well over half the pack with nero vision express.... plus i make data dvds to back up large files and folders all the time... in fact i just got done burnin like 3 of them before i posted today..... any ideas???

[YOURCONNEXX]

upping for help!!!

[Baldrick]

If imgburn can't burn you must have some strange dvd writer.

Maybe try yet another burning tool like Cdburnerxp but I'm not sure if it can make dvd-video.

[YOURCONNEXX]

If imgburn can't burn you must have some strange dvd writer.

Maybe try yet another burning tool like Cdburnerxp but I'm not sure if it can make dvd-video.

i have a LiteOn 16X DVD -/+R -/+RW double layer

model shw-160p6so4c

is that bad....


on the other hand... i was using staples dvd-r media

[guns1inger]

Try quality media instead

[YOURCONNEXX]

Try quality media instead

well.... i went and bought some verbatim dvd-r 's... and its still the same message.... so now im gonna try to just burn a regular video file to dvd with image burn.... and ill try nero vision to see if it still works

[YOURCONNEXX]

ok people... i uninstalled nero 7 and reinstalled nero 6... AND i got nero vision 3 to author and burn successfully...so im assuming that nero 7 was the problem somehow



at first when i reinstalled nero 6 i got an error message saying "file advrcntr2.dll could not be found"... so i did a search and found that i had to delete a certain folder from my program files folder......path C:/program files/common files/ahead

of course it was the ahead folder i had to delete, then i reinstalled nero 6 again after this process, then nero vision 3 worked as it did before i installed nero 7 (nero vision 4 comes with nero 7) so i authored a dvd and it worked....
now im gonna try to use nero vision (not nero vision express... just plain nero express) to burn the video ts folder files that i created in dvd labpro... so ill let you guys know how it goes....

can anybody think of anything that i could be doing wrong when compiling in dvd labpro (such as important check boxes or settings that may throw some anomolies in the compiled files)

also.... when ever i open a mpg in dvd labpro... it says it detects open g o p's... i have no idea what that means....
just so you know... i edit and then render my videos to mpeg 2 dvd ntsc (audio is mp3 48000 khz) with SONY VEGAS 6... i went to the help files within vegas... and typed in g o p in the search engine... and it found no results

what does open g o p 's mean ???

[manono]

GOP=Group Of Pictures

Ignore the warning and go ahead and author.

[YOURCONNEXX]

GOP=Group Of Pictures

Ignore the warning and go ahead and author.

thank you!

[YOURCONNEXX]

GOT IT!!!!

I GOT IT TO BURN THE COMPILED DVD LABPRO FILES!!!

I USED NERO EXPRESS (FROM NERO 6) ... NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH VISION EXPRESS WHICH is the actual authoring tool from nero

nero express is the one that handles all video files

i guess when i installed nero 7 it messed everthing up.. but when i reinstalled nero 6 everything worked... first play worked... everything!!!..... i even made my animated menu!!

thanks everyone!!!

[YOURCONNEXX]

if anyone needs help with anything related to what i just went thru... pm me here or email yourconnexx@yahoo.com

please be sure to give me your member name on this board... because ill check before i help you