Most efficient authoring method

[tarrickb]

Hello.
I'm attempting to author a DVD that consists of 8, 10-minute long video clips that have their own intros (so 8 intros in total). Within the 8 videos there are different clips which i will separate with chapter points.

On the menu, I'm planning on making buttons for each of the 8 videos. When one of them is selected, the video specific intro will play first, followed by the selected video.

Is the most efficient/straight-forward way of accomplishing this done by just putting the titles one after eachother, and setting chapter points, or would playlists be useful in this situation?

Hope to hear from someone!

[mats.hogberg]

Should be simple with let's say TDA:
Track 1 consists of intro 1 + Video 1
Track 2 consists of intro 2 + Video 2
...
No need for fancy stuff like playlists.

/Mats

[tarrickb]

Thx for the reply...I should have mentioned that i'm using Sony DVD Architect.
I'm happy to hear that the straight forward approach seems to be the most logical.

Also, seeing as each video has an intro, should i encode the intro with the video or keep them as separate tracks. I figure for smoother navigation, i should encode the video and intros together. Does this make sense?

[mats.hogberg]

as each video has an intro, should i encode the intro with the video

That is one way, if your authoring app doesn't allow you to "join" 2 source files as one title (like TDA does) as part of the authoring process.

/Mats

[tarrickb]

Thanks...I will do that then (encode the intro and video together).

Thx again for the responses.