Vegas DVD menu Tutorial Question

[boing]

Could someone tell me, is the finished menu (as created in the below link) a menu that allows one to use the remote control to navigate/select the film one wants to watch?

If so, can someone explain how it works? I dont have a great grasp of the tech side of these things, and to me it simply looks like an mpeg rendered in Vegas, what makes it interactive?

http://crazypants.com/~crazypan/cgi-bin/cart.cgi/vvmenuone.htm

[Smells_Like_Feet]

after looking through that guide, you are correct this tutorial is simply creating a video file to use as the background for a DVD menu. The interactive portion would need to be added by the authoring program.

- Smells_Like_Feet

[boing]

after looking through that guide, you are correct this tutorial is simply creating a video file to use as the background for a DVD menu. The interactive portion would need to be added by the authoring program.

- Smells_Like_Feet

Goodness, I was correct LOL, cool

Ok, that leaves me asking, is it possible using freeware (or fully functional trialware) to take the above menu and use it as an interactive menu in my DVD's

I love using Vegas 6, and if I can incorporate it into my productions, I will be able to come up with some lovely menus

[SearchQuality]

I also went through that tutorial and came to the conclusion that it is creating a video clip that can be used as a dynamic menu for DVD authoring. The links to the chapters representing the various clips have to be established separately. Please correct me if I am wrong, these chapters and links can not be done in Vegas. The edited clips to become chapters and the dynamic menu clip have to be exported from Vegas to another program to do the rest of the work. This other program can be DVD architect or DVD lab or TMPGenc DVD authoring tool or a similar package. Are these assumptions correct and what would you recommend as program to do this authoring work? Please advise. Thanks in advance.

[Smells_Like_Feet]

boing: You can import the Vegas prepared video into almost any dvd authoring software that supports motion backgrounds. Then use that software's button creation tools to create the actual buttons that will overlay on the video. I know that Dvd Lab Pro can do this and there are many tutorials on the mediachance.com website (plus Dvd Lab Pro has a fully functional 30 day trial). I am also sure that dvd architect can do this too so if you have it with Vegas, just seek out a guide.

SearchQuality: It is possible to export scene marks (chapters or timestamps) from Vegas into a text file and then import that into the dvd authoring program. It has been a while since I have done this and it was very cumbersome to figure out how to create the chapter.txt file, but it can be done.

As far as a recommended authoring package, Dvd Lab Pro all the way. It is by far the most versitile tool at it's price. It has a pretty steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it nothing else will do.

Good luck.

- Smells_Like_Feet