Video in DVD menues

I had this problem before. The video clips in a menu will not play in the simulator or on the created DVD. To fix the problem a certain file (maybe a preference file) had to be thrown away. I can not remember what file that is. Does anyone know its name? Thanks.

com.apple.dvdstudiopro.plist (in Library/Prefs) is the pref file I think you are looking for(?)

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Is it possible to loop a video continuously with iDVD '08 and still have a menu? I know it is possible to loop a video forever on iDVD '07, but you had to sacrifice having a menu.
If this doesn't make sense I will be more than happy to elaborate. Thanks in advance!
Alex

I don't think so, but it may be possible. Why don't you try the iDVD forum? You might find someone who actually knows.

Dvd menu like windows dvd maker "video wall"?

I recently bought premiere elements 10 and I'm just learning how to use it.
My question: how can I produce an effect equivalent to the "video wall" dvd menu that windows dvd maker has?
I think I can make something like this using the PIP function. I don't see how to automate this process. It seems very tedious. Am I missing something?
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Right - I've never bothered with the 'Live' versions.
But I do have installed the earlier Movie Maker 2.6, that allows export to DV-AVI. And if you don't have that you CAN still download it from Microsoft.
But the 'non-Live' version of DVD Maker may not be available in all Windows versions (I recall a post that suggests it's not available in Windows Basic). And if you don't have it you are stuck - as it CANNOT be downloaded separately.
It IS definitely is in Vista Ultimate 32-bit and W7 Ultimate 64-bit.
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Neale
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PE3 DVD Menu Background video quality

Hi,
I'm creating a video for DVD and have got a 15 second AVI file I am using for the DVD menu background.
I've added it in the Create DVD section and it all works fine. However, when I view the created DVD the quality of the menu video is horrible. Lots of compression artifacts.
When I look at the VIDEO_TS folder the VOB file for the menu is about 6Mb.
If I create a movie using the same 15 second AVI as the main movie (and no DVD title) then the SAME 15 second AVI becomes a 15Mb VOB file and looks much better.
a) Why is PE3 using such low quality when compressing video files to use as DVD menu backgrounds?
b) Is it possible to override it and make it use the same quality it uses for the main movie?
Many thanks,
Chris
PS I'm using Premiere Elements 3.02 on Windows XP.

Hi Steve,
The 15 second DVD menu background AVI was created in Premiere Elements in a separate project. I created some Titles with Motion paths, layered them and then added some music.
I then used File->Export->Movie... to save it as a Microsoft DV AVI which I then imported into the main movie project.
I then selected Create DVD and dragged the movie into the Menu Background place.
The project seems to work fine. The only issue is that the generated VOB for the menu is only 6Mb and very poor quality whereas if I create a DVD from the separate project where I created the 15 second title movie the same movie clip becomes a 15Mb clip (and hence 2-3x the visual quality too).
Note that the rest of the movie is fine. It's just the menu background that appears to have been badly compressed.
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Creating a DVD menu, how do I compress videos?

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Essentiallly: Create your menu in DVDSP. Bring your movie into Compressor as the source file. Select one of the DVD presets (90 minutes best quality is good). Submit for encodimg and then bring the output files into DVDSP.
Clearly, you need to know the fundamentals to do much of this…and learning those from these forums is not very practical The Apple Pro user manuals are very well done. Get acquaninted with them amd you'll be glad you did.
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Can someone please help, I have a dvd disk containing lecture videos, on a Windows pc it works fine, and the disk opens to the dvd menu. However on my macbook pro running Mountain Lion, it opens as a data disk, with video and audio in two seprate files??

Can someone please help, I have a dvd disk containing lecture videos, on a Windows pc it works fine, and the disk opens to the dvd menu. However on my macbook pro running Mountain Lion, it opens as a data disk, with video and audio in two seprate files??

You may need a 3rd party application to view the DVD in a wWindows format such as
http://flip4mac-3.en.softonic.com/mac
https://www.macupdate.com/app/iphone/5758/vlc-media-player

Is there dvd software out there that allows you to create a dvd menu in which the viewer can choose to play different sequences of the videos offered?

Is there dvd software out there that allows you to create a dvd menu in which the viewer can choose to play different sequences of the videos offered? It was described to me as a dvd matrix menu but I can't find anything like it for mac. The idea is that there are multiple videos on the dvd menu and you can choose to play "video A, then B, then C" or "video B, then C, then A", etc, in different orders each time. And it would play the sequence that you choose.

meghanica wrote:
I think that's on the right track but I'm wanting something that allows the viewer to choose the sequence when they're looking at the DVD menu. I only see how the creator of the DVD can make different sequences. It's a yoga tutorial DVD and we are wanting the viewer to be able to pick a sequence from the menu items as such: pick one of the 3 warm-up videos, then pick one of the 2 yoga practices and then pick 1 of the 3 cool-down videos and then the dvd will play the sequence of selected warm up, practice, then cool down. And it can be differently chosen every time the viewer uses the menu.
You can do this on a DVD with DVD Studio Pro.
DVD's have some very basic storage called SPRM/GPRM scripting IIRC.
There are a few tutorials around for DVDSP…
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/dvd_language_nattress.html
http://www.digitalproducer.com/article/DVD-Studio-Pro-Scripting-Part-4-28784
You use scripts to set values that are stored in a tiny amount of memory on the player & then have to use additional scripts to respond to the values set, so that at the end of a sequence it will jump to the one a user previously chosen.
Some things to consider…
DVD's have limits on the number of chapters & titles, you need to plan around that.
Some DVD players are terrible to navigate, the settings that a user selects will be forgotten when the player is powered off. Users will need to make the choices over & over, every time they use the DVD (computers may remember it - I haven't tested this in years).
You will also need to setup many variations of menus to be able to indicate what selections they chose.
It is not a trivial task, you may want to hire a programmer to set it all up.
Testing is also a lot of work - too many combinations can quickly cause issues for testing, different players can also do odd things too.
I have used scripting for basic, 'play all' or 'play chapter' menus where the video is encoded once on the DVD & the scripts will either play through, or simply play a chapter & return to the same menu.
You may find that it would be better to invest in setting up a website with this. On a custom site it would be possible for users to save a playlist or several, they can also share playlists etc, it would be more flexible & usable IMO.
See roaring apps for info on others who have used DVD Studio Pro with various OS's…
http://roaringapps.com/app/dvd-studio-pro …it looks like 10.8 may be the last OS to work correctly with DVDSP.
Other DVD authoring apps may be able to do GPRM scripting too, but you will have to search for them.
I think the registers are part of the DVD spec, so devices should support them, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video

Jumping back to the dvd menu after video ends.

Helloooo, I have Dvd Studio Pro 3.0.2.
1. When my movie/video ends it just goes to a black screen. How do I make it so it goes back to the start of the dvd menu?
I know I have to use a script or something its just how do I go about it. Is there any step by step instructions anywhere on the net for this type of thing. I have tried the dvd studio pro help and can't seem to find what i am after.
2. Also I have TWO MENUS and the first menu is like the intro, and the second is the actual menu where you play movie etc...
Can I make it so when the first menu is done playing the intro it goes to the second menu. Cause there is no timeline for the menu. I just want an intro and then the menu!
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This is the help stuff in the DVD STUDIO PRO saying about the JUMP thingy for the scripts.
I have applied it and nothing happens.
I know you have to put the JUMP command and then where you want to go. (Main Menu)
Nothing happens I have tried for hours to try and get it and it doesn't go back when i use the simulator.
1 Create a script and select it.
2 Enter Ocean End as the script’s name.
Note: Enter Beach End and Trail End as the names when creating the scripts for
the other two tracks.
3 In the Script Editor, select the first command line (Nop).
4 In the Script Command Inspector, choose Jump as the command.
5 To configure the jump command, choose Tracks and Stories > Beach > Marker 1 from
the Jump To pop-up menu.
Note: Choose Tracks and Stories > Trail > Marker 1 and Tracks and Stories > Shopping >
Marker 1 when creating the scripts for the other two tracks.
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in process.
• Select the Compare Command checkbox.
• Choose GPRM 0 as the “Execute if” element to be compared to.
• Choose equal (=) as the “is” compare operation type.
• Choose Immediate as the “to” element type to compare.
• Enter 1 as the “with value.”
If GPRM 0 has a 1 in it (indicating the Play All function is in progress), this jump
command occurs. If not, the script moves to the next command line.
7 In the Script Editor, click the Add button.
The next command line (Nop) is added to the script.
8 In the Script Command Inspector, choose Jump as the command.
9 To configure the jump command, choose Menus > Main Menu > Button 1 from the
Jump To pop-up menu.
All I am guessing is that how does it know when the movie finishes. I am just putting in a jump command in. like it seems i have to do something else.
Help me please!!!!

Video entro to dvd menu

I love dvdsp and am a noob. i was wanting to creat an entro to a menu that where there is no blip of time between the intro video and the menu what is the best way to do that?
Mac OS X (10.4.5)

In V3 there are just two things you can do to send the viewer back to the loop point. The first (and arguably the easiest) is to create a second menu which only holds the content from the loop point onwards. All menu calls after the first one (which shows the animated sequence in the first menu) goes to the second menu.
However, the second method is probably better over all, but requires you to edit the VIDEO_TS folder a little, using a tool such as DVDAfterEdit or MyDVDEdit. What you do is fairly straightforward - you find the menu and identify the loop point marker, then make sure that you edit the pre and post commands for the PGC so that once it has played through once it will ONLY ever play from the loop point. This is in fact the basis of how DVDSP V4 does things, except by using a script you get to choose where and when you target the loop point.
If you want more info on using DVDSP3 and targetting the loop point, have a look here:
http://www.mydvdedit.com/viewtopic.php?t=18&pg=forum

How to convert video and dvd for iPod

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3. Based on the aspect ration of the video source PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter will choose the best resolution for the output iPod video. Nevertheless you can select a resolution of your choice to stretch/squash the picture. Alternatively, you can choose a Crop Mode to cut unimportant parts of the video (like top/bottom black bars or subtitles).
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Depending on the settings a 60 minutes video is converted on average for 15 minutes.
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1. Video Settings
Video Frame Rate
Known as Frame Per Second (FPS). It refers to the number of pictures displayed in 1 second in order to form continuous motions. The default frame rate is 15 fps. You may choose 24fps to get more continuos motions.
When selecting higher fps, increase the movie quality and size a little. This is because more frames need some amount of additional motion data to be stored.
Brightness Level
Increase the level to make video appear brighter on your iPod screen. The default is level 0 (No brightness change from the original video).
2. Audio Options
Audio Quality
There are 6 audio quality modes to choose: 32kbps Mono, 48kbps Mono, 48Kbps Stereo, 64Kbps Stereo, 96Kbps Stereo, 128Kbps Stereo.
Audio Bitrate (in Kbits per second)
Audio bitrate refers to how many data storage is allocated to store audio signals. The higher audio
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Stereo to Mono
When the output audio is set to Mono, you can choose which stereo channel (of input source) to be copied into the Mono channel (output). It is useful for some video sources (e.g. VCD) which use the left, right channels for different languages or for karaoke.
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Thank you for your posting, which is very helpful, however it will be better if you can post on the Video forum as well
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=807
By the way, I must say that it is a very good post

Burning a video to DVD that will default to opening at actual size.

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 DVD Menu

I read somewhere that I could make a DVD menu, in Adobe Elements for Adobe Premire Elements 10, but I am having troubling figuring out how to do so. Dose anyone know if there is a written or video tutorial for making a dvd template in Adobe Photoshop Elements 10? As that would really help me out, and I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

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I have read that I should be able to fit 110-130 minutes max on a DVD-5. I have also read to realistically expect something closer to 60-75 minutes. Which is it?
My footage is sport oriented so their is movement and & action, lots of transitions, & some composting.
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I am editing my feature in PPro 1.5. I export 5-10 minute segments as DV AVI files, and then color adjust etc in AE 7.0., which I have been saving as Microsoft DV. I was planning on final assembly of all segments in AE 7.0, & export the whole feature from AE 7.0 as Microsfot DV. But I think this makes my feature file too big and it won;t fit to DVD-5. Is there another codec I should be using for final output to Encore?
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Thanks and sorry if this has been cover before

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if so do you think this could be the alternative to the missing DVDSP?

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Is there a way to extract a DVD menu with or without workable buttons from a TS folder. also is there a software to open BUP's and IFO's from a video TS folder?
Jeff

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