taking a mp3 for music on menu

[bicly]

Hi I am trying to figure out (using TMPGenc DVD Author) how to make a background sound for the menu, I have read and alls I can find is how to put a video background with this program. But I did see somewhere "Menu background music is possible, but only in conjunction with video background - but you can easily create a video file having only one black frame and your desired menu background music as audio." How do I go about doing this?
Thank you

[daamon]

"...but you can easily create a video file having only one black frame and your desired menu background music as audio." How do I go about doing this?

Hi bicly,

I use TMPGEnc to encode to MPEGs, so I'll explain using that and you can apply the principle to your software...

As the video source, select a blank black image (a .bmp or .jpg). Then have your desired music as the audio source.

Encoding will then produce a black screen for the duration of the track.

You may have trouble with MP3 as a source, especially if it's VBR. If you encounter problems, convert it to a WAV file and use that instead.

Hope that helps. Good luck...

[bicly]

TMPGenc wont let me load any picture file as the video source

[daamon]

TMPGenc wont let me load any picture file as the video source

I use TMPGEnc Plus v2.52 and I've done it in that. What version are you using? Are you using the wizard?

It might be that you need to "unlock" the function. Do this by loading the "unlock" template: Click "Load" from the bottom right of the main screen (on my version at least) and have a look around in there, or the subdirectories.

[jimmalenko]

Make sure that you're using a BMP, JPG or TGA file as your source.

Also check Tools > Option > Environmental Setting > VFAPI plugin, and right-click on the highlighted item below and go to "Higher priority", raising it in the list until it is near the top: