Can you add music to a VCD menu??

[hong]

Like the title says..... Can you add music to a VCD menu? and if so, how do you do it?... and will it need to be in .WAV format?

[vitualis]

Two ways:

1. Use a video clip for your menu.
   
   Advantages: works with just about every player
   Disadvantages: limited to the relatively low resolution of video clips for VCDs (352 x 240/288 ).
   
2. Use an audio only segment play item with a high resolution still: http://www.geocities.com/mikk999/StillsWithAudio.htm
   
   Advantages: audio with high resolution still menus
   Disadvantages: relatively poorly supported on stand-alone players.

For more info on making menus, etc., and on how VCDs work: http://www.michaeltam.com

Regards.

[p_l]

You can in Ulead DVD Movie Factory. Look at number 4.



As you can see, you can use mp3's.

[SatStorm]

Good tip, but works only to mp3 compatible standalones.

[p_l]

You could also use a .wav

[SatStorm]

yes, but the best choice could be a mp2 @ 224kb/s
It is the native audio format for vcds

[p_l]

I'm guessing whether you use .mp3 or .wav, DMF converts it, because the menu file (with background music added) shows up in the Segment folder on the authored disc as a .dat file, and when you open it up in WMP 6.4 and look at Properties/Advanced, it shows the MPEG audio decoder being used, not Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 per se. Therefore, I don't think it's necessary to have a stand-alone that supports .mp3's.

[SatStorm]

probably...
I only one used mp3, and didn't work to non mp3 compatible standalones. That was back my VCD days... (way back, ancient years... :P )

With mp2 I have success to most standalones I tried and in a way that is logical since this is the native for VCD/SVCD and it can be used by DVD also.

[p_l]

Was that with DMF?