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Re: Dual authoring - A DVD with a menu and a digital copy for MP3 players - 15 years ago
You can use DVD@CCESS if you want but I strongly advise you against it unless your DVD will be used under very controlled conditions. eg. your mac, that you have tested 50+ times and nothing has changed since your last test etc. DVD(no)@CCESS can be a real nightmare!! What I mention above would not allow you to access the files via the DVD-VIDEO menu. There would be a folder added to the rootby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Dual authoring - A DVD with a menu and a digital copy for MP3 players - 15 years ago
Look-up adding DVD-ROM content in the Manual. You can add all sorts of content in this way and bit budget for it BUT it is often 'best' to add a Flash/Director type app for serving up the ROM Content and/or a Menu which lets users know how to get at the goodies on the disc!by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: scripts II - 15 years ago
Select the Track and in the Tracks Inspector go to the Remote Control section. Set the Menu option to the Button you want ie. Select Track 5, go to the Property Inspector and set the Menu option to Button 5. Then select the next Track. You'll want to do the same for Track End Jumps also to make it a bit more polishedby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: scripts - 15 years ago
This is not possible in standard DVD players. The DVD-Video logic is not that advanced. If it is in a computer you could use (Adobe) Director to do it but if you had and knew Director you wouldn't have postedby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: dvd burned but no image in it! - 15 years ago
Sounds like a blank menu is showing up as the first play. You can change the background of the default menu in the prefs but you'll want to change the first play of the project to avoid this problem or add a menu!by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: bebo - 15 years ago
Not sure this is a dvdsp question! but you will prob want to output a H.264 flavour and upload that however you upload in bebo. Prob goto the video section in your account and add it using the website tools! Use Compressor to make the file,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: stretching on plasma screens - 16 years ago
You just need to make sure the DVD Player & TV settings match! If you've made a 4:3 DVD the DVD player should be set to 4:3 and the TV. You'll have black bars on the left & right or you can zoom in (urgh!!). Sounds like a setup issue rather than a authoring issue,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: HELP! 16:9 AND 4:3 Videos on SAME DVD - 16 years ago
Hey Mike, You don't do anything really... you just author as normal. You can use 4:3 & 16:9 on with no probs. If you've encoded the files as 4:3 & 16:9 then they may auto show up correctly in dvdsp when you add them to the project. The only thing you need to think about is that if most of your footage is 16:9 you may want your menus to be 16:9. Of course if most is 4:3 then go withby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: DDP 2.0 - 16 years ago
Hey guys, Not sure what version of Toast you're using but you DO want to burn a UDF disc even if it is a DDP image. Many versions of Toast have a DVD-ROM (UDF) option in the Data section anything else may cause problems, Cheers,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Unable to build and format?! What the &*#%? - 16 years ago
Switch to Outline view. In the Languages section delete English-2 then rebuild. Another Lang Domain has been added and you can't have two of the same language! You either need to delete the 2nd or change it so there aren't two of the same, Cheersby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Menu buttons to play chapter then come back and play another chapter etc - 16 years ago
You need to checkout Stories. It may be a better fit for you, rather than scripting... Basically, you could do something like this. In Graphical View select the Track and click Add Story. Then re-name it Technical bits. Double click the Story to open the Story Editor and add Chapter 3, 6, 9 & 11 to the entry list. Set the Technical bits button to target the Technical bits Story. Set the Meby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: bit rate again - 16 years ago
Sorry not been about!! No internet at home since mid-2008!!! Hope to be back online March 2nd... CCE MP doesn't allow segment re-encoding and wont give you the control you want. At first we thought we'd be getting the control but it never materialized... You'll want CCE SP2 (Windows only!!) if you can't go for the 'big boy' cinemacraft systems. You can segment re-encode (VBR bit allocation)by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Video Bit Rate too High Error - 16 years ago
Don't use H.264 for SD DVD. You're compressing your file a lot (and for a long time) and then it takes a longtime to decode and then is compressed to MPEG-2! Not a good workflow. How did you ensure that the change in the (DVDSP) Prefs stuck? Are you using encode on import or on build? You'll be better off Encoding to m2v (mpeg-2) and AC3 (dolby digital) out of Compressor then using those inby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Best Quality DVD possible - 16 years ago
It is best to make the custom setting that is best for this encode... Only do HD DVD if you're outputting to HD DVD, using HD DVD on DVD-R to play in a Mac/HD DVD player or playing from the HDD (Hard Drive). Here is some bit budget help. LAFCPUG Forum Postby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Correct file types for DVD Studio Pro 4? - 16 years ago
QuickTime.mov files can be a very (VERY) wide range of things. QuickTime is a wrapper not a codec. I could say I am giving you a QT file BUT it could be a 320x240 H.264 movie with AAC audio or Uncompressed 10-bit with several audio tracks or a whole range of other things. Me saying to you I am giving you a QuickTime doesn't mean a whole lot! unless it is qualified with other info. Maybe you'reby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Video Bit Rate too High Error - 16 years ago
Well what does no matter mean? What exactly have you tried and what haven't you tried? What are you importing? Have you used Compressor? Have you used AC3 audio? etc etc See here too: Another post in this forumby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: blury - 16 years ago
You may not be able to get it perfect with the tools you're using but it also helps to let us know where you're viewing the footage? Broadcast monitor? fullscreen on a Mac Monitor, MacBook Pro etc? How does it look when you play it the actual size and not fullscreen? In Apple DVD Player press Apple+1. Remember SD DVD is 720xXXX so playing it fullscreen is going to expose issues as you're scaliby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Forced Repeat - 16 years ago
You need to set the Tracks End Jump too. Target the Track to jump back to itself. You should really disable the Menu Call UOPs (User Operations) too so if Menu or Title/Top Menu remote buttons are pressed it wont stop playback etc.by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Mix aspect ratios? - 16 years ago
Just to confirm: You can have 4:3 & 16:9 menus in a project with no problem. You can also have 4:3 Menus with 16:9 Tracks if you want. Using DVD Studio Pro 4, telling it to be a 16:9 format automatically creates HD DVD - This is not true so something else is up if this is happening to you. There is NO real 16:9 SD media so something here is misleading. - This is not true. Recordableby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Can a dual layer DVD hold 4 hours? - 16 years ago
Hi John, I think you're mixing up your bits & bytes a bit Its 4.7GB/4.37GB and 8.54GB/7.95GB, Cheersby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Can't burn with copyright - 16 years ago
No not just fine You have to go to replication to use copy protection. You are burning and that is the same as duplication. Replication and Duplication are not the same thing. To make a project with copy protection you'll need to Output to DLT (Digital Linear Tape) which uses a SCSI interface. You'll want to find a used DLT4000 or DLT8000. For CSS you should be ok price wise but Macrovisioby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: 2 angle dvd - bit rate too high - 16 years ago
Not sure if using Closed GOPs was mentioned and also the Bitrate limit is different when using more than one stream. Upto 5 angles has a 8Mbps total limit for the Track I am pretty sure. It should be in the manual if not it'll be in DVD Demystified for sure... Hope it worked out...by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: hardware error - 16 years ago
Select the Apple (top left of screen) and choose About This Mac. Then More Info... then see the Disc Burning section and you'll see which discs you can burn. If you can't see that option then I can let you know a Unix command you can use in Terminal to findout which discs you can burn,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Skipping back a track...challenge! - 16 years ago
If you don't care about Timecode on some players and are not afraid of some learning you can use DVDAfterEdit or another Spec authoring system/tool to allow more than 99 Chapters. It is a Sequential PGC Limit not a Spec limit. If you think about using SPRM7 for Scripting Menu calls I'd forget it as it works with mixed results due to some tracking the PG# instead... Good luck,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: DVD studio Pro and Dual Sided burning - 16 years ago
Are you confusing Dual Sided with Dual Layered? DVDSP supports both. Finding blank Dual Sided DVDs is not that easy but they are out there. If you're going to Replication you may want to use the Disc/Volume tab and set the number of sides to Two. Use A & B options for each side and make sure the Rep house know your making a DVD-10, DVD-18 or whatever. If you're doing a Dual-Layer DVDby Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Chapters End Jump - 16 years ago
Use a Track as the Play All. And Stories for the Individual play options. Check this for a bit of help and post back if you can't figure it out: How to program a Play All Button (Stories Version) The only thing to be aware of is, if the user chooses a Story they wont be able to skip to the next Story...by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: encoding error - 16 years ago
You don't tell us what exactly you did, what file format, codec or anything so noone can really help you without asking about 5.3millions questions. Give up some more info and it'll be a lot easier to start to help, Hope you got it sorted,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Rename Subtitle and Audio Tracks - 16 years ago
Nope not part of the Spec but it was made in the 90's... You could use Subtitles to inform the user I guess...by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: Compressor or DVD Studio Pro for best DVD? - 16 years ago
Quotemichaelpaulucci 1. What is the best way to maximize all the space on a SD DVD to allow my footage to look the best it possibly can on a DVD? Could you go over this with me step by step? With the runtime you're dealing with capacity is not an issue. SD DVD uses MPEG-2 (or MPEG-1) for video and at the max bitrate you wouldn't come close to filling a DVD with the runtimes you're asking about.by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
Re: How to assign speakers/channels with 5.1 sound? - 16 years ago
Yeah sounds like that to me too... ...you made a HD DVD and are trying to play it in non-HD DVD kit!! If you're going to be making a SD DVD you can't use H.264 you'll need to mix a stereo audio track and encode the video to MPEG-2 or use Dolby Digital Surround Sound if you want to keep the 3/2.1 audio,by Jake - DVD Studio Pro
