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Hmm.. I'd almost certainly say the quality issue is as a result of using DVDSP to do your encoding. It's like using Quicktime to edit a feature film... it could be done, but you really don't get all the tools you need for a good job.
Re-encode this with Compressor, or any other decent encoder - the fact that DVDSP can encode stuff doesn't mean you should let it! The encoder is really there for
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
When you created this, did you have to do anything particular with the audio in FCP (or whatever editor you were using)?
You could try adding a compression marker either side of the section in the FCP timeline, then go from there to Compressor to create the MPEG2 asset, then use that as your DVD content... I am thinking there may be an issue with your encode, which a specific set of compressio
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Have you ever tried printing out the pref file before trashing it, then printing the new one that's created after this and comparing the entries?
Or use something like BBEdit or Text Wrangler to do this?
I'd be really interested to know what is different between the two!
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Hi Doug - I doubt you are as daft as you say.
The slideshow function in DVDSP has long been a source of problems for people. So much so that I frequently work around using it, unless I really can't avoid it. What I tend to do is use FCP or even Quicktime to stitch together the images and export that as a piece of video. This gets compressed to MPEG2 at a suitable bit rate, and then imported to
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Hi Martin - apologies for the delay... been away!
It was a few years ago now - probably around early 2006, so it's unlikely I'll still have the files. However, I'll have a good hunt through the old drives from the time and see what I can find :-)
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
OK- I did once try to build the same (or a similar) game and quickly ran into issues when using DVDSP, because there isn't enough free GPRMs to do it well.
However, I did come up with a workaround, whereby the user selection was not on a specific numbered box, but from a menu with a number of boxes on it. Each round reduced the number of boxes on the subsequent menu until there was only two le
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
All I can think is that at some point you've added assets to a menu screen and removed them, but that DVDSP has retained the fact they are there. This happens occasionally - have you tried deleting the 'PAR' folder for the project? (look in your prefs to see where these are kept)...
Secondly, remove the JPG from your menu - they end up looking very ugly when compressed to MPEG2. For better res
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
This is extremely possible, but not easy... you need to create as many menu screens as there are combinations of how the clips can be played back.
Keep in mind that DVDs are not able to *dynamically* adjust any content to add in or remove anything from a menu (or any other part of the disc). Thus, with 10 possible clips, you'll need a screen to show every combination possible. i.e if the user
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Hi Patti - all you need to do is add a button to your main menu that points to your second menu, and on the second menu add a button that points back to the main menu.
A lot of this stuff is in the manual...
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
This is a shortcoming of psd menus. It won't give you a roll over effect - you have to click each button to move between the different button states. However, this behaviour is not the same on all players... however, it is on the majority.
The way around it is to use a standard overlay menu and make the button highlight shape include the text that you want. If you do this you have to ensure th
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
So sorry to have missed this before now... you can most certainly do this with some relatively simple scripting, and you might get away with just using stories.
I guess by now you've passed by any deadlines, but do get in touch if you still need help.
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Can you say what you did in compressor (step by step)?
I would be highly tempted to just do this in FCP by adding all of the images into the timeline with the default transition between them, then export this out as a single piece of footage. You should be able to encode that to MPEG2 in Compressor and bring it in to DVDSP from there with no problems.
FWIW older versions of QT used to open
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
What is the format of the problematic audio? What settings did you use in Compressor?
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Once you've created your first disc, you should simply have to use the 'format' option to get a second copy, or the 'burn' function to simply burn it a second time. These buttons should be in your menu bar. If you use 'Build and Format' then you will go through the build process again...
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
The Opacity setting is not for the button itself but for the highlight that the button uses.
Add a button rectangle to a blank menu, and add some text to it. Use the property inspector to make sure the button text is included in the highlight, and then (just above the opacity slider) select a colour from the drop down. Your text will appear in the colour you choose. Be careful though - this i
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
For the first problem, you can either set the end jump of each slideshow to go right on to the next one in the sequence, or (if you want to also be able to play one at a time) you'll need to script it.
Scripting is not hard for this, but you do have some 'gotchas' to work around. Have a look here:
The second problem is trickier, and I'm not sure I fully understand it. Why have you added
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Yes, but not at all advisable - there are better ways...
What you do is add them all to a single track, and add chapter markers between each clip. You then create ten stories and add a single chapter marker to each, setting the menu call and end jump for each story appropriately.
When you want to play the single clip, point your menu button to a story. When you want to play all of the clips
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
STL will work. I bet they are PC based files and the line endings are incorrectly set to CF instead of the more mac friendly LF. Can you create a short subtitle file using text edit and see if that imports for you?
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Nope - see other thread for explanation... :-)
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
You need to think of the menu as two layers. The background will be the video and must contain all of the graphical elements that you require the viewer to see. The top layer is a static file that contains only the overlay information such as highlight shapes. This overlay can be. Tiff or pict. Most of it will be white, and this will become transparent in DVDSP.
Treat this as a standard menu -
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Yup. It will be fine... However, make a copy of the video_ts folder on your hard drive in case the scratches get worse and the disc becomes unreadable... Or keep a second copy disc.
Note that you must burn copies correctly, as UDF formatted discs, not data discs, if you want them to play in a DVD player.
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Can you get to all the DVDSP features? Assets all ok? Templates?
As I say - I've never seen that error before, so am flying blind! What is your system set up? Which version of osx and DVDSP are you using? Have you done any recent software updates?
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
You might be better off heading over to the Apple support forums for iDVD if that is what you are using... This is really only for users of DVD Studio Pro software.
If you meant to say DVDSP then you're in the right place! However, we need far more info about what you have done. What format is your footage in?
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
You must encode the footage to mpeg format before you try to burn... Have you done so?
A lot of the basics are in the manual. Tutorials are on the disc too... Please go through these first as it is not possible to give you all the info they contain in a small forum post.
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Katz - you type in English, it'll appear in English! Whether you say it is Greek, german, Spanish or whatever, unless you physically write it in the language it will appear as you typed it.
Subs are basically images when the disk is burnt. No matter what you do, it will stay as you typed it, regardless of what you set the language to be. You must input Japanese words to get it to show in Japan
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Sorry Jim, not seen that before. Have you been installing final cut server at all? What about distributed encoding using multiple machines?
If DVDSP is still working ok, and you can burn disks, I'd say there's no panic... Even so it would be nice to know the cause.
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Do you still have the fcp files? If so you probably already have the captured footage. If not, you'll need the tapes.
It sounds to me as if your compression became corrupt. You'll need to do that again if so - if QT is also showing you black frames then thats what the file contains.
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Add chapter end jumps to each chapter marker so that they point to the second menu, and optionally to the appropriate button on that menu. Set the menu call for each marker to also go to menu2 and the right button.
Make the buttons on the second menu point to the appropriate chapter marker.
Add a story. Put all of the chapters into it and point the button on the first menu that is to play
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
Yes - very easily... Use a story.
Stories are like playlists - they allow you to arrange content in lots of different ways, but you only use one lot of content.
There are lots of ways to do what you want, but I would add end jumps to each chapter marker to return to menu two and then dump all the markers into a single story and use that for the play all from menu 1.
Read up on how sto
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
OK - several things to think about then.
Firstly, 65535 is a value that you enter in the property inspector when setting a GPRM, using the 'immediate' value. Once you select 'Immediate' a text entry area is available and in there you can enter the number. 65535 in decimal is the maximum number a 16bit GPRM will be able to hold.
Secondly, avoiding repeats means you have got to somehow store
by Hal MacLean
- DVD Studio Pro
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