Some of the professional DVD's I've purchased have menu's which seem to have uninterruptible video/audio. Whenever I add audio to a menu theres a noticeable delay (in the same player) as it the head seeks. Do they make the video/audio small enough to fit in a buffer? If so, how can I determine how to do the same thing with my personal DVD-R's?
I just got started in this, and I'm currently stuck with Studio 9. Considering Vegas 5 and DVD Architect for my next project. Any other product suggestions? At this time I'm mostly interested in coverting miniDV into a highly compatible full-featured DVD format.
Thanks!
Jim
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Can you give an example ?
DVD Lab Pro, and some other authoring programs with high end features allow you to create a motion menu that includes rolling straight into the main menu. This is done by fading in the menus over the video, then setting a chapter stop which is used to bring in the subpictures. You will still find that when you change options there will be a moment of silence. Clever menu designers can cover this by careful placement of fades so that changes appear seemless. I don't know if DVDA2 supports this menu structure.
Vegas is a great choice for DV sourced material, and DVDA2 is also pretty good, although I believe it is expensive for what it does. I use Vegas for editing and audio mixing, and DVD Lab Pro for authoring.Read my blog here.
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Hmm... maybe I only remembered it being that way
Upon reviewing the movies I thought had them (LOTR series, LucasFilm movies, etc), the music fades in/out, and the background image pauses while it reloads the menu. I think what's most noticeable is that the menu's length is close to 30s, whereas the one I created was only 10s so it just makes it more noticeable.
I noticed the LOTR:ROTK menu only plays the music the first time, and then is silent.
I'm going to try re-creating the DVD with WinDV, TMPGenc, and DVDlab-Pro. One thing I'm concerned about (perhaps unjustly) is quality. Studio 9 had an option to capture the footage in mpeg mode or DV mode, and AC-3 output. WinDV converted 30 minutes of data into a 7G file, so I guess that'd DV quality - but I haven't seen any reference to AC-3 in the aforementioned products. -
Originally Posted by JimMueller
The best you can hope for is a fade in/out (which is what I usually notice in commercial DVDs)...
JeanlMenuShrink a free tool to shrink menus into stills with or without audio!
DVDSubEdit: a free tool to modify your subtitles directly inside the vob. -
You cant capture AC3 with DV, as DV's audio is LPCM. I'd capture as DV if you need to do any editing, then output an mpeg video steam, and an ac3 audio stream. Load these into DVD Lab Pro and author away.
Read my blog here.
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Originally Posted by JimMueller
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Originally Posted by Josef K
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Originally Posted by thecoalman
JeanlMenuShrink a free tool to shrink menus into stills with or without audio!
DVDSubEdit: a free tool to modify your subtitles directly inside the vob. -
Originally Posted by Josef K
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Tell me, what qualifications do professional dvd authors have? say other than good allround computer knowledge? DVD authoring and the use of vm commands are not the same as windows programming. It is just time and experience, before an amateur can become a pro. I've known a couple of pro's dvd authors and i tell you they have no formal qualifications other than experience.
oh, i forgot that the most important ingredient in a dvd author is creativity.Some people are only alive because it may be illegal to kill them -
Originally Posted by thecoalman
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Originally Posted by alsyed
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post a cheque for $100 million (US currency) and your email address, and ill post you some creativity.
Some people are only alive because it may be illegal to kill them -
Originally Posted by alsyed
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Loop the Video/Audio Within the Video Menu that you make..Play Video/Audio 30seconds then Menu shows up , Video/Audio Plays with menu another 30seconds then menu goes away Menu Video is still Playing...30seconds menu shows up,This can go on as long as you want..."semless Loop"
keep in mind that this is on the menu Video you make.. -
And all this time you have Hidden Highlight buttons..
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Originally Posted by Josef K
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