DVD compilation

[lucas 1]

I am new to this website, but I thought this was the best place to post my question. I am trying to make a DVD compilation with various movie clips to show off my home theater. The movies I want to use have DTS sound. I have used Nero Vision Express 3 to make a compilation of movies with Dolby Digital sound since they added the Dolby Digital plug-in and it works great. I like how you can add fades and wipes to splice the clips together. I was wondering if there is a program that works like Nero Vision Express 3 but will keep the original sound format, (in this case DTS sound) and will allow to add fades and wipes. Is there a program that has a DTS plug-in similar to the one used in Nero Vision Express 3 that recodes the final project into a DTS sound format?

Thanks, Lucas 1

[guns1inger]

Very few authoring applications support DTS. The simplest way to create a compilation of scenes that use DTS audio is to use DVD Shrink in re-author mode. You would have to rip the scenes you want to the HDD, then pull them all together.

I don't of anything cheap that encodes DTS, but you don't really want to be reencoding the audio anyway. If you have been using Nero to re-encode audio to AC3, especially if it already was AC3, then you have been reducing the quality for no good reason.

[Noahtuck]

Is there a program that has a DTS plug-in similar to the one used in Nero Vision Express 3 that recodes the final project into a DTS sound format?

That would be a new one to me!!! a dvd authoring program that will re-encode to DTS.....
DTS encoders alone are very, very expensive!!!!!!!!!!!!

The movies I want to use have DTS sound.

If they are already DTS then you don't need one that "recodes" (re-encode's) to DTS.

As guns1inger stated, "Very few authoring applications support DTS"
You could rip the chapters or video segments you want to use for a "Demo" disc to your HDD then import them all into DVD Shrink to join them together but you would not have any type of swipes/wiping/transitoins between them.

You could try to use DVD-lab PRO and just make a dvd of nothing but "VTS's" "menus" with DTS for the menus/VTS's audio and put transitions between them, as you don't have to have any menu buttons or links between them, just draw a connection between them.

[Abond]

Muxman support DTS.

[lucas 1]

Thanks for your responses. I have used dvd shrink to combine various video clips, but when I play them in my dvd player they don't flow seemlessly together, each clip stops for a brief second and then plays. I have also used DVD-lab Pro and that works well also. The clips flow better without any freezing. I just thought there might be a program that would allow for adding fades or wipes.
Another question about Nero Recode. I have used this program to copy many dvds and It works great for me. If you just want to copy the movie and no menus or extras and leave the compression at 100%, I don't see any difference in picture or sound quality. The properties of the original dvd and the copied one are identical. Am I wrong in saying this? I know that the best way is just to copy the movie in original form without re-encoding, but most movies are'nt 4.5 gigs, and I don't have a dual layer burner yet. Sorry if this should be a completely different topic and question.

Thanks Lucas 1

[guns1inger]

Recode = DVD Shrink. If you have removed enough extras/menus etc to allow the movie to fit without recompressing (i.e. 100%) then it is identical, as you have done nothing but reauthor it to a new structure. The video and audio quality have not be touched.