Subtitles in DVD Maestro

[lejes]

This is a rather lame question (might be better off in the newbie section--I don't know), but in DVD Maestro, after I import my subtitles, is there a way that I can change the color settings on all of them at the same time (as opposed to changing their properties one at a time)?

Highlighting them all doesn't seem to cut it here... or maybe i'm doing it wrong... Any advice?

Thanks.

[lejes]

While we're on lame questions, I have another that's concerning me.

In DVD Maestro, My movie is set to 29.97 fps (says so on the bottom of the timebar window). I can change the screen ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 which is good, but I can't seem to figure out how to change the fps rate... I'd like to make it 23.976 (for FILM).

If you have any answers regarding either or both of these lame questions, please let me know.

Thanks, again.

[VidGuy]

FILM isn't a legal DVD framerate....... When you have a FILM mpeg2 - you need to run pulldown (should be in Tools section to the left) on it to set the flags to "convert" it to 29.97......

THe only way to change all the subtitle colors at the same time is to edit the pallet - It's a little bit odd - you have to figure out which of the 16 pallette colors corresponds to the color setting you want to change, and then change it.

Another way is to look at the *.son file, if you have one (it's just text). In there, it has the indices and color numbers that are going to be used, and I believe changing them and reloading the *.son file will change the subtitle colors.

[lejes]

Thanks for the info...

One more question:

What would I use to turn a .m2d file (which was made from DVD2AVI) to a .mpv?

Or is .mpv the exact same thing as .m2v, which is easily made in tmpgenc.

If it's possible to make .mpv's in tmpgenc, please let me know how... (or do I just give the m2v file an extension of mpv instead?)

thanks

[VidGuy]

mpv is an mpeg video stream.

m2v and m1v are mpeg2 and mpeg1 video streams respectively. The three extensions are pretty interchangeable most of the time.

[lejes]

Excellent.
That'll save me a lot of time.

Thanks again.

[Coyote|DVD]

You do NOT need to re-encode your video to acheive 23.976 video. When you encode with TMPGENC, make sure your avi file is either 23.976fps or 24fps, then set A. "Encode Mode" to "3:2 Pulldown when playback" and the B. "Frame Rate:" to "23.976fps (internally 29.97fps).



This WILL work in your DvD authoring software and set-top boxes, fooling both into thinking they have a 29.976 file, but it remains 23.976. What's the big advantage of this? 20% smaller file sizes at the same encode level allowing higher bitrates and/or more content per disk. Good luck!

ALSO, if you're authoring software has problems importing some of your assets, namely m2v, mpv, etc, try renaming the extension to another, comparable format. SOMETIMES the software reads it, sometimes it doesn't...

(/me shakes fist at Pinnacle Impression Pro)