In Search of a DVD Authoring Solution pt.II

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Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
of.

OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.

Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
rich

 

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"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
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> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
> of.
>
> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>
> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
> rich
>

You explain it well. NOW DOWNLOAD THE DVD AUTHOR TRIAL.

If it does NOT do what you want, give us another thread, really explaining
what you really want to do.

DVD author does this NATIVELY.

What do you not understand here?? What is beyond your cognitive grasp?

 

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"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112155121.285648.281330@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
> of.
>
> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>
> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
> rich
>

If you add a file to a "Track"/title in TMPGEnc DVD Author (TDA)
it will be Chapter 1. If you then add a file it will be Chapter 2, ect....
If you add five files to a track they will be Chapters 1 through 5.
If you use control-A to select a folder full of .mpg files; you will
add them in the order they are in the folder, each one a Chapter.
(If you want to change the order or add more Chapter points you
can.)

Is this not "a program that will allow me to assign consecutive
chapters to multiple video files before burning to DVD" ?

By the way, there should never be any need to "render into one
big file".

Luck;
Ken

 

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Rockroll wrote:
> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
> of.
>
> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>
> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
> rich
>
Not sure exactly what you are after, but with DVDit Version 5, you can
put 5 or however many videos either on a menu or without a menu, and
have the disc play them consecutively or have them stop each time or
return to the menu. Please describe exactly what you want the disc to do
when you stick it in the player, and maybe I can be more specific.

Gary Eickmeier

 

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Many thanks to the replies that were received on this posting....

I want 2 menu pages, with 5 thumbnails on each page. Each thumbnail
representing a chapter of course and therefore upon clicking on any one
of them will play that particular video file. So as you can see I am
working with 10 video files. I am used to rendering these files into
one file where I would have to make 10 chapter points. Hope this makes
sense.
rich

 

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Yes I would like to go from one chapter to the next automatically. But
the user can always choose to go to the menu and play a specific video.
I have been able to do this aspect. The part that I am trying to cut
down on is the time it takes to insert chapter points, finding the
exact point where one video ends and where the next one starts. And
this is the result of rendering these video files into one large file
and then bringing it into DVD workshop for the DVD creation process. I
was hoping that a program could recognize the multiple video files (in
MPEG-2) and assign chapters to them automatically without me having to
insert chapter points. Thanks for taking the time.

 

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Yes I have 10 videos which I would like to 10 chapters

 

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Yes I would like each video to be selectable in the menu as well. When
I inserted videos in the past, it would assign each video chapter 1.
Thus when looking at the DVD player screen the first chapter is 1 and
then when I forward to the next it would still say 1 instead of 2., and
so on...

 

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So be it, I will download the trial of TMPGEnc DVD Author and see how
it works it. Many thanks to you all for taking the time to answer my
questions and concerns.
Respectfully,
rich

 

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"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
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> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
> of.

<--SNIP-->

>
> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
> rich
>

Try this, Rich. Don't describe to us what you think should happen, describe
what you want the DVD to look like when it hits the player. You seem to be
focusing on the process much more than the result.

I personally don't care if there are 1500 files so long as it plays the way
I want it to in the player.

There are several authoring packages and several techniques that can get the
result you want. Maybe using a package you have with a different twechnique
will get what you want.

So tell us what you want the DVD to look like, we'll tell you the process.

Tom P.

 

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What you are asking for is probably not what most people want. DVD authoring
software does not automatically create a "chapter" just because the user
places a video in the project. The nature of DVD authoring is to have a
single long format video and then "chapters" are chosen from certain points
in the video by the user. Anyone can place single video files in a project
and then have a button to choose which of these to play. For any program to
automatically do what you are asking would require the programmers to write
the program the way you think, which is not the normal convention for
creating a DVD. Sorry, but even in this case you have to do at least "some"
of the work. Is it really that difficult to do "some" of the work on your
own?

"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
news:1112155121.285648.281330@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
> of.
>
> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>
> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
> rich
>

 

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> "Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1112155121.285648.281330@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
>> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
>> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
>> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
>> of.
>>
>> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
>> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
>> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
>> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
>> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
>> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
>> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
>> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
>> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
>> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>>
>> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
>> rich
>>
>

"Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutions.com> wrote in message
newsMy2e.33427$Fz.24562@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> What you are asking for is probably not what most people want. DVD
> authoring software does not automatically create a "chapter" just because
> the user places a video in the project. The nature of DVD authoring is to
> have a single long format video and then "chapters" are chosen from
> certain points in the video by the user. Anyone can place single video
> files in a project and then have a button to choose which of these to
> play. For any program to automatically do what you are asking would
> require the programmers to write the program the way you think, which is
> not the normal convention for creating a DVD. Sorry, but even in this case
> you have to do at least "some" of the work. Is it really that difficult to
> do "some" of the work on your own?
>

Hello...<Knock> <Knock> ....Anyone there???

How many times do you need to hear this? What you
are describing is exactly what TMPGEnc DVD Author
does.

When you add clips to a title (in TDA they are called tracks)
they are automatically Chapters.

If you want 5 thumbnails per page select a "track" menu layout
with 5 thumbnails. The first 5 chapters will be on the first menu
page and the next 5 on the second. (If one is not shown just
click on the "New theme..." text at the bottom of the list. Then
select the track menu layout you want.)

If these are all you want then select no main menu, just a Track
Menu.

The track/title will play "from one chapter to the next automatically.
But the user can always choose to go to the menu and play a specific
video."

There is a free trial at www.pegasys-inc.com give it a try.

Luck;
Ken

 

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"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks to the replies that were received on this posting....
>
> I want 2 menu pages, with 5 thumbnails on each page. Each thumbnail
> representing a chapter of course and therefore upon clicking on any one
> of them will play that particular video file. So as you can see I am
> working with 10 video files. I am used to rendering these files into
> one file where I would have to make 10 chapter points. Hope this makes
> sense.
> rich
>

Great! Do you want to continue from one "chapter" to the next or is it
sufficient to simply play the chapter and return to the menu?

This looks pretty simple and now that we understand some of the guys here
should be able to give you step-by-step instructions on how to do this.

I'd like to help more but I use Encore DVD and that may be a bit more than
you want to spend ($550 or so) just to get this done. I'm sure there are
free tools that do this.

Go easy on him guys.

Tom P.

 

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In article <1112197325.536261.208890@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
kingdom@urgentmail.com says...
> Subject: Re: In Search of a DVD Authoring Solution pt.II
> From: "Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop
>
> Yes I would like to go from one chapter to the next automatically. But
> the user can always choose to go to the menu and play a specific video.
> I have been able to do this aspect. The part that I am trying to cut
> down on is the time it takes to insert chapter points, finding the
> exact point where one video ends and where the next one starts. And
> this is the result of rendering these video files into one large file
> and then bringing it into DVD workshop for the DVD creation process. I
> was hoping that a program could recognize the multiple video files (in
> MPEG-2) and assign chapters to them automatically without me having to
> insert chapter points. Thanks for taking the time.
>
>
>

So do you have seperate files for each chapter or not?
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Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com

 

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In article <1112199247.227705.109440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
kingdom@urgentmail.com says...
> Yes I have 10 videos which I would like to 10 chapters
>
>

Well in most programs I've used you would just load each video as a
chapter or a title. Sounds more like you want each one to be a title
with a "play all at once" button. Do you want each video to be
selectable in the menu?
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Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com

 

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Not to be a jerk but this is very possible with Encore and some other
authoring tools.

It's the Play All button. In Encore 1.5 they have a playlist you can assign
to a button and it will play the list from top to bottom.

However, I think $550 for Encore is more than this project calls for... but,
considering how specialised this is, it might be the only option.

The question then becomes not "Is it really that difficult to do some of the
work on your own?" but rather "Is it really worth $550 or so to have a
program do the work for you?"

Tom P.

"Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutions.com> wrote in message
newsMy2e.33427$Fz.24562@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> What you are asking for is probably not what most people want. DVD
> authoring software does not automatically create a "chapter" just because
> the user places a video in the project. The nature of DVD authoring is to
> have a single long format video and then "chapters" are chosen from
> certain points in the video by the user. Anyone can place single video
> files in a project and then have a button to choose which of these to
> play. For any program to automatically do what you are asking would
> require the programmers to write the program the way you think, which is
> not the normal convention for creating a DVD. Sorry, but even in this case
> you have to do at least "some" of the work. Is it really that difficult to
> do "some" of the work on your own?
>
> "Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1112155121.285648.281330@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
>> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
>> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
>> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
>> of.
>>
>> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
>> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
>> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
>> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
>> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
>> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
>> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
>> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
>> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
>> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>>
>> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
>> rich
>>
>
>

 

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In article <1112202195.523006.237570@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
kingdom@urgentmail.com says...
> Subject: Re: In Search of a DVD Authoring Solution pt.II
> From: "Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.video.desktop
>
> Yes I would like each video to be selectable in the menu as well. When
> I inserted videos in the past, it would assign each video chapter 1.
> Thus when looking at the DVD player screen the first chapter is 1 and
> then when I forward to the next it would still say 1 instead of 2., and
> so on...
>
>
>

Well it sounds like what you want is seperate titles, you can divide the
titles up into chapters for easier skipping ahead but it's titles that
will show up in a scene selection menu. In TMPGEnc DVD Author I would
just make a new title for each file and tell it to divide each file into
5 minute chapters. It would take about 10 minutes in all. Then you can
have it make a menu with animated icons like the scene selection portion
of a commercial DVD, you just have to type in the labels, and you would
also have a "play all button" with the option of setting the DVD to play
all or go tot he menu automatically on insertion.
--
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Chris Phillipo - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
http://www.ramsays-online.com

 

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But apparently this users does not want to have to do anything other than
bring the videos into the authoring software. He wants them to automatically
be given buttons, chapter lists, and everything without having to actually
build a single menu. Forget the fact that nearly any software can do what he
wants with a little effort in his part.

"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
>> "Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1112155121.285648.281330@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>>> Before I made this posting I purchased "Let's Create DVD" from Canopus
>>> and unfortunately it doesn't do what I want. I looked at the specs for
>>> DVD lab as well, and also DVD Author and didn't see anything referring
>>> to what I stated. Perhaps I didn't fully explain what I am in search
>>> of.
>>>
>>> OK, every DVD authoring program I have tried will not allow me to
>>> insert multiple video files into the timeline with each video
>>> representing its own chapter. For instance if I insert 5 videos into a
>>> timeline, I would like to see chapters 1 - 5 assigned instead of each
>>> video being assigned chapter 1. This is what I encountered in DVD Lab
>>> and DVD Workshop. What I ended up doing was rendering all 5 video files
>>> into 1 big video file and then assign the chapters that way which is
>>> very time consuming. There's got to be a program that will allow me to
>>> assign consecutive chapters to multiple video files before burning to
>>> DVD, basically eliminating the need to render multiple files together.
>>>
>>> Thanks to those who previously replied to the last posting.
>>> rich
>>>
>>
>
> "Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutions.com> wrote in
> message newsMy2e.33427$Fz.24562@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> What you are asking for is probably not what most people want. DVD
>> authoring software does not automatically create a "chapter" just because
>> the user places a video in the project. The nature of DVD authoring is to
>> have a single long format video and then "chapters" are chosen from
>> certain points in the video by the user. Anyone can place single video
>> files in a project and then have a button to choose which of these to
>> play. For any program to automatically do what you are asking would
>> require the programmers to write the program the way you think, which is
>> not the normal convention for creating a DVD. Sorry, but even in this
>> case you have to do at least "some" of the work. Is it really that
>> difficult to do "some" of the work on your own?
>>
>
> Hello...<Knock> <Knock> ....Anyone there???
>
> How many times do you need to hear this? What you
> are describing is exactly what TMPGEnc DVD Author
> does.
>
> When you add clips to a title (in TDA they are called tracks)
> they are automatically Chapters.
>
> If you want 5 thumbnails per page select a "track" menu layout
> with 5 thumbnails. The first 5 chapters will be on the first menu
> page and the next 5 on the second. (If one is not shown just
> click on the "New theme..." text at the bottom of the list. Then
> select the track menu layout you want.)
>
> If these are all you want then select no main menu, just a Track
> Menu.
>
> The track/title will play "from one chapter to the next automatically.
> But the user can always choose to go to the menu and play a specific
> video."
>
> There is a free trial at www.pegasys-inc.com give it a try.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>
>

 

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"Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutions.com> wrote in message
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> But apparently this users does not want to have to do anything other than
> bring the videos into the authoring software. He wants them to
> automatically be given buttons, chapter lists, and everything without
> having to actually build a single menu. Forget the fact that nearly any
> software can do what he wants with a little effort in his part.
>

I am still hoping that that's not the case, and his mention of
"eliminating the need to render multiple files together", suggests
that there may be more to his post.

You appear to be familiar with "Encore" and as "Alpha" has
repeatedly pointed out it operates, in this regard, totally
differently from TDA. TDA does automatically create Chapter
points at the start of each clip added to a Title/"track".

By the way this is exactly the way I like it, it fits my workflow
perfectly. I capture my favorite TV shows with them playing in a
portion of my PC screen. When the commercials start I stop
recording, use my DirecTiVo remote to skip most of the rest of
the commercials then restart the capture. This gives me 5 or 6
..mpg clips in my capture folder for an hour of TV.

I open the frame accurate VideoReDo and trim the clips to
be all ready to author. I move these 5 or 6 trimmed clips to the
appropriate folder of a directory that holds the episodes that
will be authored into a DVD.

When I have enough episodes ready on my "capture" hard
drive, I bring each episode into TDA as a title composed of
the 5 or 6 .mpg files. I do this by using TDA's "Add file"
button to navigate to the episode folder (named "Track1"
through however many episodes I am fitting on the DVD)
Then I use Control-A to select all 5 or 6 .mpg files and
add them to that "track"/title. Now the title has 5 or 6
Chapters corresponding to the 5 or 6 .mpg files.

These automatically created Chapter points are a the
break points the makers of the TV show intended, the
commercial breaks. If there were a point of interest at
some other point, it's a simple click to add another one.

I can then "Add a new track" and do the same for the
next trimmed episode, in the "Track2" folder. So on,
until the DVD is full.

This is a most simple and intuitive approach.

Luck;
Ken

 

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FYI: in Adobe Encore DVD 1.5, I *think* you can add a video clip to a
project and it automatically makes it a "timeline" with a chapter marker at
the beginning - similar to the other software being discussed here.

Encore really is very easy... drag and drop. If you want to do more, it has
more advanced functions built in.

Hey, the trial's free... test it! I'm continuously impressed by it.

C.


"Ken Maltby" <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Digital Video Solutions" <video@digitalvideosolutions.com> wrote in
> message news:kJB2e.33749$Fz.23107@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>> But apparently this users does not want to have to do anything other than
>> bring the videos into the authoring software. He wants them to
>> automatically be given buttons, chapter lists, and everything without
>> having to actually build a single menu. Forget the fact that nearly any
>> software can do what he wants with a little effort in his part.
>>
>
> I am still hoping that that's not the case, and his mention of
> "eliminating the need to render multiple files together", suggests
> that there may be more to his post.
>
> You appear to be familiar with "Encore" and as "Alpha" has
> repeatedly pointed out it operates, in this regard, totally
> differently from TDA. TDA does automatically create Chapter
> points at the start of each clip added to a Title/"track".
>
> By the way this is exactly the way I like it, it fits my workflow
> perfectly. I capture my favorite TV shows with them playing in a
> portion of my PC screen. When the commercials start I stop
> recording, use my DirecTiVo remote to skip most of the rest of
> the commercials then restart the capture. This gives me 5 or 6
> .mpg clips in my capture folder for an hour of TV.
>
> I open the frame accurate VideoReDo and trim the clips to
> be all ready to author. I move these 5 or 6 trimmed clips to the
> appropriate folder of a directory that holds the episodes that
> will be authored into a DVD.
>
> When I have enough episodes ready on my "capture" hard
> drive, I bring each episode into TDA as a title composed of
> the 5 or 6 .mpg files. I do this by using TDA's "Add file"
> button to navigate to the episode folder (named "Track1"
> through however many episodes I am fitting on the DVD)
> Then I use Control-A to select all 5 or 6 .mpg files and
> add them to that "track"/title. Now the title has 5 or 6
> Chapters corresponding to the 5 or 6 .mpg files.
>
> These automatically created Chapter points are a the
> break points the makers of the TV show intended, the
> commercial breaks. If there were a point of interest at
> some other point, it's a simple click to add another one.
>
> I can then "Add a new track" and do the same for the
> next trimmed episode, in the "Track2" folder. So on,
> until the DVD is full.
>
> This is a most simple and intuitive approach.
>
> Luck;
> Ken
>
>

 

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I do this week in and week out with ULead DVD Workshop Disc Creator.

One ongoing project sounds exactly like this, only we have 13 short videos
each quarter.

The authoring process takes about 1.5 hours, not including transfers.

Steve



"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks to the replies that were received on this posting....
>
> I want 2 menu pages, with 5 thumbnails on each page. Each thumbnail
> representing a chapter of course and therefore upon clicking on any one
> of them will play that particular video file. So as you can see I am
> working with 10 video files. I am used to rendering these files into
> one file where I would have to make 10 chapter points. Hope this makes
> sense.
> rich
>

 

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"Steve Guidry" <steveguidry@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>I do this week in and week out with ULead DVD Workshop Disc Creator.
>
> One ongoing project sounds exactly like this, only we have 13 short videos
> each quarter.
>
> The authoring process takes about 1.5 hours, not including transfers.
>
> Steve
>

It takes me, maybe, 10min to do my part making a DVD in
TDA, then TDA takes about 20min to output a full DVD
structure, with motion menus, to my hard drive. If I burn at 6X
instead of 8X, the burning of the finished DVD takes about
13min.

I could add the 7 or 8 min that it takes to update the Episode
numbers and print the artwork on the DVD+R, using my new
Epson R200.

I have Menu Themes with all the motion menu clips for each
of the TV Shows that I am saving up. In TDA it's just a matter
of selecting the appropriate theme and the "Track"/title labels (I
use the official title of the episode.) I've entered are automatically
my text selection items in the main menu. I update the title at the
top of the menu page, arrange and size the text selection items, as
I want on the page, and that's it. That's all I need do to make the
menu.

I described the process I use to add the episodes in another
post, in this thread. That takes up most of the 10min.

Luck;
Ken

 

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Rockroll <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote:
: I want 2 menu pages, with 5 thumbnails on each page. Each thumbnail
: representing a chapter of course and therefore upon clicking on any one
: of them will play that particular video file. So as you can see I am
: working with 10 video files.

I do this all the time in DVD-Lab. Am I missing something?

Scott

 

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"Rockroll" <kingdom@urgentmail.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks to the replies that were received on this posting....
>
> I want 2 menu pages, with 5 thumbnails on each page. Each thumbnail
> representing a chapter of course and therefore upon clicking on any one
> of them will play that particular video file. So as you can see I am
> working with 10 video files. I am used to rendering these files into
> one file where I would have to make 10 chapter points. Hope this makes
> sense.
> rich

As others have noted, there is no need to render the separate files inton
one file.

I'm not too familiar with low-end authoring programs. Adobe Encore (which
may be overkill for your application) can certainly do what you want, i.e.
create two menus, each with thumbnails linked to chapter points, and
multiple files on a timeline.

>

 

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Depending on the volume of DVDs you need to author, you may want to
consider DVD SelectNet from Pulse Digital (www.pulsedigital.com). The
application integrates media asset management with automated DVD
authoring and production. Not only does it place a chapter mark at the
beginning of each clip as you request, but it will also automate the
entire process of transcoding, menu page building, multiplexing,
recording and printing the disc label.

The system is completely automated and can complete author and record a
professional-quality DVD (with motion video buttons, sub-menu pages,
hybrid DVD-ROM data and more) in under 10 minutes. Best of all, the
interface is web-based and the system can be used by multiple people
simultaneously.

The only issue is that it might be overkill for your needs.