Seamless branching

[LabanB]

Hi All,

Has anyone got any ideas how to produce a seamless branching DVD? I want to produce a DVD of a seminar I filmed, with the grading portion of the day as the branched version.

I have Ulead DVD WorkShop trial, Ulead VS6 and Roxio VW 5 SE, Tmpgenc and a few other bits of software.

Bill

[Vejita-sama]

I only know how to do this with two programs: Scenarist and DVD Maestro.

http://www.doom9.org/mpg/Seamless_Branching.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/scenarist.htm
http://www.doom9.org/mpg/maestro.htm

HOWEVER, if you do not need 100% seamless branching (that is there might be a slight and/or semi-noticable pause) there are a lot of other programs you can try.

[arminio]

Tutorial for Maestro does not show how to make seamless branching ... can you give me some tips ? I would like to do this with Maestro ...

[freakyalbino]

a dodgy work around could be to set the vid and audio to play as a animated background, then hide an invisible button somewhere that only pops up at a certain time

[arminio]

OK. But, for start, I need something else - I must jump to another clip within playing video and go back without noticeable pause.

To be precise: movie is going ... and at, let's say, start of chapter 4, I want to start another clip. After end of that second clip, I want to go back to chapter 4. How to achieve this without visible pause between switching videos ?

Seamless branching trick would help .... can you give me some details ?