Menu Encoding

[kimchi]

Hi there :)

Just one question that seems important to me:

Will we have the opportunity to choose Menu Ecoding with compression in a next version of DVD-RB or even choose the number of pass for it? like Extras for now...25%...50%...etc...or ticking the menu encoding option already compress the menu but if it's the case, how much compression is used by defaut as we cannot change it actually? and if there is no compression of the menu, could you explain me what "encoding menu" do exactly?

Thanks so much in advance...have a nice night (3am here in France)...

[jdobbs]

Menu encoding is menu compression. The menus are compressed at the same level as the disc. In other words -- if you see a compression level of 70% show in the PREPARE phase and you have menu encoding enabled, that means the menus will be compressed 70% as well.

I'm not sure the option for "Steal from Menus" would actually accomplish anything... the impact that you'd get from collecting 25% from the menus of most discs is pretty much insignificant. In fact -- I wouldn't typically recommend even using the option except for one of those unusual discs that for some reason has a lot of space allocated for menus.

[kimchi]

ok, thanks for this answer, but I think encoding menu is really a good thing because they can make between 1% to 10% of a DVD (even if I stripped all the pages I don't want...), so it's important to compress it, it can high up the bitrate around 200-250 more than if there is no encoding, so it's a really good option...

But some problems arrive sometimes after encoding and rebuild completion: when I want to burn the DVD5 with Néro, it says DVD isn't masterized correctly and tell error with dvd-video compatibility, I often need to use DVDremake after all the processes to avoid that error (even if I already used DVDremake before encoding)...bah 15mins more before burning, nothing... :)

[jdobbs]

DVD Rebuilder creates a completely compliant disc... Nero has a habit of complaining about things (like zero length files) that exist on the original disc. What can I say? It isn't a problem with DVD-RB...

If you're using the Pro version you're much better off using DVD-RB to create the ISO and burn (via ImgBurn). Then you can be assured it will be done correctly.

[kimchi]

DVD Rebuilder creates a completely compliant disc... Nero has a habit of complaining about things (like zero length files) that exist on the original disc. What can I say? It isn't a problem with DVD-RB...

If you're using the Pro version you're much better off using DVD-RB to create the ISO and burn (via ImgBurn). Then you can be assured it will be done correctly.

OK, thanks for the info, I haven't create ISO yet with DVD-RB as I always check files before burning, but it can be tested too with a mounted ISO, so I'll try, thanks a lot :)