Hi reboot, great guide.
I have a small problem that i'm hoping you may be able to help me with.
Im using gen efx to manipulate my menu. Im trying to use scratches (which is in fun with backgrounds). The problem is when ever I try to apply it to the next menu its different as it generated randomly. Its very similar but not quite the same. Is there a way of saving this variation so that I can make every menu look the same?
Sorry if that wasn't very clear.
Thanks.
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Get one menu background looking the way you want it (no links or text on it yet), then go to Menu, Export Menu, and save it.
You can then import it into any project, exactly the same as the first.Cheers, Jim
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Hello reboot!
Your guide is great but I have one problem. I burned a DVD with two movies, there was only one menu page (a motion menu) with two links and music on background, but one problem came up, every time the links restarted (looped?) the music also restarded and the music has like 1 min., what should i do?? -
That sounds perfectly normal to me. What was it that you intend it to do?
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well, the clip on of the menu has 10 sec duration, so after 10 sec it restarts but my music has more than 10 sec but every time the clip restarts the music restarts too (i hear only 10 sec of it). There isnt a way to make the clip play for 10 sec than restart without making the music restart too??
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If you want the clip to recycle while the audio recycles INDEPENDENTLY, it can't be done. They go "together".
It restarted becasue your audio was chopped down to 10 seconds to fit the video.
You may be able to cut and paste the video to make it longer, but getting it to sync just right with the audio will take a bit of work. But basically, they need to END at the same time. -
Hi there!
I have a new question, I mean a problem :P and I hope someone could help me.
I'm authoring a serie with 13 episodes so i created 13 movies (on add movie) and 3 menus with frames still as links for the episodes. Well, after compiling and burning the DVD I noticed that when I press the play button the episode didnt play, the image freeze on menu, and in the DVD player screen (i dont know if this is the right word =/) showed 00:00:00 like if it was about to start (if i press the forward button the image stay on freezed on menu but the time runs). What should I do??
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Are all your movies encoded exactly the same?
Do they all have the same aspect, framerate, and audio type?
Did you try a test, to see if the menu structure works properly?
Post a screenshot of the connections window.Cheers, Jim
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Yes they all were encoded exactly the same and also have the same aspect ratio and audio type too, I used 2:3 pulldown on all episodes except one (he is 29,97fr/sec) and its after this episode i start having those problems =/. When on my DVD player the menus were all working (and all links to others menus were working too)
ps:the first play button is disconected but i conected it before burning
Here is the screenshot
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One video is different. That's all it takes.
Put your 29.97 video into it's own VTS, and it should work.
You can't mix format's within a VTS.Cheers, Jim
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No, just a VTS for it. The existing menu links to the vts.
Cheers, Jim
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hi
this is a great guide, but having some problems.
i got a lot of mpeg-1 files. and use xilisoft to convert them to mpeg-2 files, with audio rate of 48000, this all demuxes fine within dvd-lab, even the preview video looks fine.
after burning the dvd etc, i test the dvd on my laptop, and everythings fine, but when i put it in the dvd player, the menus work fine but the dvd playback of the film is very choppy and the picture is all over the place. is this something to do with the frame rate.
thanks for the help as i am new to this..
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Does UK use PAL or NTSC? I thought UK is PAL territory? 29.97 is NTSC.
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Originally Posted by cnagraCheers, Jim
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GREAT GUIDE!!! I'm having an issue that I can't find any references to, it's regarding motion menus and aspect ratios.
I'm working on reauthoring a DVD using the same motion menu as the original commercial DVD but adding new chapter links, and am having issues with creating "stationary" chapter links/frames. Because I use a motion menu that is 4:3 "letterboxed", after the DVD is compiled I modify the menu setting in IFOedit to be "16:9, auto pan and scan". I have a 4:3 TV and the menu ratio on my new DVD looks identical to that of the original DVD I ripped it from, so success. I assume that for a widescreen TV the menu would look larger yet appropriately fine in terms of ratio.
Since I don't currently have a widescreen TV but will one day, I wanted to make sure the menu links (which I have as chapter frames/boxes) looked ok...so I changed the setting on my DVD player to be 16:9, which naturally skewed the menu. The problem that happens when I do that --or when I play the DVD on my PC -- is that the chapter frames are not in the correct location on the menu, obviously not adjusting to the new display ratio. However when I look at the commercial DVD I ripped the menu from, the chapter buttons always stay in the correct location regardless of the DVD setting being 4:3 or 16:9.
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In general, the widescreen version have a separate titleset vs. the 4:3 version. Essentially, they have two separate menus.
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I don't think so, only because the commercial DVD has only one unique motion menu.
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I have a serious problem...I choose the option for the video, 16:9(widescreen) but when I play the dvd on the dvd player, on tv the video is appeared in 4:3...(i dont have the same problem with the menus...the options work properly and fine, the problem is only in the video!)
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Some people were asking about linking multiple movies. Once you have imported all your movies, use the connections view and draw links. Then right click on a movie in the Tree view and select properties. Choose UPO's (or whatever)...user prohibited options... deselect "adhere strictly to..." and then in the drop down menu beside Follow End link to...choose the movie you want to go to Next. You can also select Previous as the previous movie as you will notice you cant go back to the prev movie normally. Cheers.
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Well, here is the problem I never had/saw before and do have now.
I have episod already DVD encodered (not by me) which consists of
two VOB files: VTS_01_1 (0.99Gb) and VTS_01_2 (213 Mb).
If I play them in Media Player Classic then time lengt they show as
1:16:43 and 0:15:22 which is correct.
Now, I am using (guess) DVDlab PRO 2.1 to add menus and
Import each of these files as a separate VOBs, and link them later.
The problem I see is that in Assets window first file shows correct parameters
whereas the second one (01_2) shows time 1:32:01 (!) and bitrate - 323 (!?)
insted of 1940 showed by BitRate Viewer button.
So, what's wrong with that (01_2) VOB file ?
BTW, I have other episod, also broken into two VOBs but they
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Extract the MPEG from the 2 vobs, join them, THEN import the overall MPEG back into your authoring program.
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Hello guys....i really need help...im new in the making and burning dvd...i had been trying to do so for a long time...this guide has really helped me a lot...but..now that i finally burned my dvd, im having 2 problems
problem 1) i played my burned dvd and it didn't have sound.. it was then that i realized that when i import my file to the "assest window" and it says i have to transcode my audio file...the new audio file is just 4seconds long.... and is not for lack of hard drive space...since i have a lot...what do i have to do so i can transcode the whole audio file?.
Problem 2)it says that my video files is pal..but i cant burn it like that cuz i wont be able to watch the subtitles, is any way to make my pal file into a ntsc?
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Do it separately with BeLight/BeSweet and then import the audio into the assets.
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i need to change my audio file's frequecy from 41 khz to 48 khz, how can i do this?
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hey guys, you have been all of great help, but i have 2 more doubts, plz help me...im new at all this:
1)whats the difference betwenn 16:9 and 4:3 formats?...how do i know wich one to choose?
2) what method do you recomend for converting from avi to dvd (or mpg2) cuz i use a program called WinAvi Vide converter..and it works great...BUT...i realized today that when i play the new mpg file, theres a buzzing in the sound.....anyone knows of a way to make this convertion without getting this buzzing?....if not with WinAvi , with other program?...thanks guys -
Don't worry about it -
DVDLab doesn't recode your video, and it can't do anything about the open GOPs. It just detects them and tells you they are there. Notice that the message you get from DVDLab is an "advisory" not a "fail".
If you are using software to create or encode the video before you import it into DVDLab, and that software has an option to close GOPs, it's a good idea to close them.
I use DVDLab to author all of my DVDs: They are mostly transfers from VHS; recorded onto a DVD recorder (JVC DRM10); ripped to my PC using DVD Decrypter in IFO mode; then quickly edited with VideoRedo; saved as an MPEG;then used as source videos for DVDLab. DVDLab often gives me the "Open GOPs" message, but I've never had a failed DVD due to that.
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