dvdauthorgui menu still tips wanted...

[kmitchel]

Just started using dvdauthorgui. Using GIMP to create a still for a title set. Can anybody recommend a good font and size for good readablity?

I used a 32 point font, and the text looks too fuzzy.

Also it would be nice if dvdauthorgui would recover from errors without having to remux everything again. I had a file that trew an ac3 framing error. The first 2 of 3 worked fine, but it remuxed them again after i fixed the file and reran it. My current computer is a slow POS, so having to wait is a big deal.

[mikiem]

Using GIMP you want to create a background shadow surrounding the text (not just to one side) that's feathered to ease into the background.

[Bjs]

What some people dont know is not all fonts are going to be acceptable , some no matter the size just look like rubbish .

Actually I must ask the author this question later about free font's , I have about 250 I have used at various time's that work well ... if the correct size is used they dont send you blind anyway ..

As for the slow pc problem , it's easy , I'll have to do a quick guide on that one , still got 5 guide's being developed at the moment and some are long .

To get you around the problem :

Rip some preview's from dvd's ... yes bear with me , it may not be a subject for this area of the forum ... I am just going to point a way about for this question ... so dont bug me , guide's take time ... esspecially if they are to be acurate for all .

Ok , you have 3 title's , you need 3 preview's to replace them ... choose small previews for slow end pc's .

Use vobedit to demux the video and audio stream's from them .
Convert the audio to same format and kbps , I use ac3 at 96kpbs .

Having saved your dvdauthor project , open it , and remove all title's and audio stream's , and replace them with the new batch .

This will make authoring much easier for you .

Recheck the connectiom's and then let dvdauthrogui go to work .

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Open authored dvd in pcgedit , and left click on first title .
Right click , and choose "blank out all vtst title's" .
Box appear's .



Hopefully you have each of your title's with their ifo's ready .
(correct that problem audio first you had)

Choose the title that is the actual title 1 of your authored dvd in question .
And choose the option's I used in the picture .

Repeat these step's for the replacement of title's 2 and 3 .

Pgcedit will question and make additional change's to reflect the modified title's difference's .

Save dvd .

You should move that back up folder to another place otherwise when burning a dvd it may accidentally get burnt as well .

First , alway's play authored dvd's back before burning ... for trouble shooting of menu's , ect ...

If something not right , edit using pcgedit , save dvd when done , try again ... helpfull and fast when it come's down to menu item's not functioning well or as expected .

Play it again , if all is now ok , burn .

In nero , just add the content's of the authored dvd folder , and go .

In imagetool's , it dose thing's simple , but you must remove that backup folder ... a clever idea that was ... not .. I caught that once before .

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Anyway , that's the quick method for slow end pc's ... not much to it .

Again for the font's thing , here is one of my chapter menu's created for the next guide , just to show you one of the free font's I used ... dont ask me what it was ... I got's thousand's of them ... but it was a free font I download sometime ago .



Oh , I bought this dvd , and for $35.00 , they didnt include any chapter name's , so I came up with my own ...

That's a background before the motion thumnails get added later using a modified script created by dvdauthorgui ...

[kmitchel]

Thanx!