What is authoring in DVD?

[MikeZ2]

I made some DVDs by using TMPGEnc to convert AVI to MPEG2 and using Nero to burn MPEG2 into DVD disk, and it works.

I saw lots of authoring in DVD making, can anyboby explain the significance of DVD authoring? Thanks a lot.

Mike

[tekkieman]

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?A#Author

[Baldrick]

did you just burn the mpeg2 on a dvd? or did you use nerovision express?

authoring makes the dvd-video file structure, vob,ifo,bup files and also optional menus, chapters etc.

[RoopeT]

DVD authoring is about making correct chapter points, menus etc (everything little extra to give a little more professional feeling of your crappy home video / TV capture / whatever) ... Of course DVD authoring is also making your files DVD compliant, so they work on every DVD player, not just on some "made in china model XYZ"

[MikeZ2]

What I did was to convert AVI into MPEG2 using TMPGEnc, then open the nerovision express, drag the MPEG2 files into it, next, next, ..., a DVD is born.

So, what is authoring in DVD making? Thanks for your explaination.

Mike

[Baldrick]

nerovision express author your mpeg2 to a dvd-video.

authoring makes the dvd-video file structure, vob,ifo,bup files and also optional menus, chapters etc. see above.

[MikeZ2]

Thank you all for your explaination.

Now I think I understand about DVD authoring, it is putting the mpeg2 files into a special file structure that DVD players can recognize.

Some softwares do the authoring work behind the scene.

Mike

[thecoalman]

Now I think I understand about DVD authoring, it is putting the mpeg2 files into a special file structure that DVD players can recognize.

Yes but if you can also equate it to making a book....

First Play Video=The cover
Menu=Table of Contents
Chapters=Chapters etc...

Which is probably where the authoring name comes from.

[dbsnwo]

can nero be used to author SVCD to dvd then as tmpgenc DVD author always says video ratio cannot be used with DVD.