Can DVD Author preserve menus for updated source files?

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"kk_oop<no spam> @yahoo.com>" <"kk_oop<no spam> wrote in message
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> Hi.
>
> I have a DVD Author project with 3 tracks and all their menus set up. I
> want to replace the source files with the same video/audio encoded by
> different bitrates. Is there anyway to get my existing menus to be
> applied to the new files? Or do I have to start over from scratch .
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
Frae Auld Bob Peffers:
It should be possible to load up the existing project. Remove the bits you
want to change and then save it back out under a different name as a
template for the new project under the, "Save As", option. Re-load this new
template file and add back the other bits with new settings.
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"Robert Peffers" <bob@peffers50.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "kk_oop<no spam> @yahoo.com>" <"kk_oop<no spam> wrote in message
> news:41384f2a$0$19704$61fed72c@news.rcn.com...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I have a DVD Author project with 3 tracks and all their menus set up. I
> > want to replace the source files with the same video/audio encoded by
> > different bitrates. Is there anyway to get my existing menus to be
> > applied to the new files? Or do I have to start over from scratch .
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> Frae Auld Bob Peffers:
> It should be possible to load up the existing project. Remove the bits you
> want to change and then save it back out under a different name as a
> template for the new project under the, "Save As", option. Re-load this
new
> template file and add back the other bits with new settings.
> --


When you save a 'Menu Theme" (which is the part that you normally
reuse) you have the option of saving all the graphics & motion menu
clips with the "Theme". You can save it with a descriptive name, like
SG1, Buffy, Full_length_Movie, Bitrate_Test, whatever. This is one part,
then you can do as described above. But if you are trying to save the cut
points and menu text and thumbnails as they are and not have to trim and
enter/select menu data for the new (different bitrate) clips, I think you
are
out of luck. [and even lazier than I am]

Luck;
Ken

P.S. If/when you are saving menu themes with motion menus,
the entire file that the clip comes from is saved; so it is a good
idea to make a new .mpg file with just the clip in it.

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"kk_oop<no spam> @yahoo.com>" <"kk_oop<no spam> wrote in message
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>
>
> Well I don't think this will preserve the chapter points. That's the
> big problem for me. I have a DVD with 25 chapters, so now I will have
> to redefine all those chapter points all over again.
>
> Oh well. I still think the software is great, nonetheless.
>
> See ya,
>
> Ken
>

Ok, if you could make your captures so that you had 25 .mpg
that corresponded to the chapters you want; the chapter points
would be as you want them automatically.

This won't help with your recapturing at different bitrates project,
but if you use the "Add DVD video" button, TDA will make each
chapter a .mpg file in a temp folder before you do the re-authoring.

Luck;
Ken