nick_harambee
17th June 2005, 16:05
hello
i am attempting to author a dvd for the first time, and have tried a few programs out (ulead moviefactory 4, ulead dvd workshop 2, dvd architect), but have yet to get these working how i want. perhaps if i explain the nature of my project this would help.
i have copied various music dvds onto my hard drive and want to pick out selected tracks from them to compile another dvd. the music videos are stored as vob files, so ideally i am looking for a program that will let me import specific chapters from vob files, as music videos are usually divided up in chapters. dvd architect doesn't seem to have this function. with this program i have to convert to mpeg first. i can use videoredo to do this, but this is more time consuming as i have to manually cut out and save each music video (as it doesn't recognise chapters). also with this program i can only open one vob file at a time, and sometimes music video cut across two vob files, and so i need to use the joining function in videoredo, but i haven't had much success with joining clips cut in half (i get a jerky join). as i have said, ideally i would like to import vob files to my reauthoring program, but if this isn't such a good option, i need a better method of converting chapters in vob files to mpeg. will there be a difference in quality if i use mpeg or vob files in my authoring program?
once i have got all of my clips in i want to have a main menu with a button for each band which then links to submenus with the tracks for each band. i would like to use a frame from each track as a thumbnail for each track, and have some audio on each menu page. then i would like a fairly plain background for each page. the volume levels on the different tracks may be different so some form of normalisation is important. nothing too complicated really. oh, i would also like to use a frame from the videos for the band buttons on the main menu page, so i am looking for an option to capture a particular frame as an image.
the issue that i have with dvd architect is that i don't have my videos saved as mpeg. the main issue with ulead moviefactory is that it is slow to produce the dvd, and i also seemed to have issues with audio/video synchronisation on playback. with ulead dvd workshop the main issue is the resolution of the menus, which is quite poor (worse than moviefactory) - i am not sure if there is a setting i can change here - i haven't found one yet, and also that i can't preview the chapters that i want to import, so that i can see which ones i want, and also if i import a chapter that cuts across 2 vob files it imports them as two clips which i am then unable to join together. it seems strange that there is a joining function in moviefactory, but not one in dvd workshop, which is supposed to be more advanced software.
i hope this is fairly clear. i am looking for the simplest method of performing this task (naturally), but one which produces good quality. if there is another method/other software that you would recommend, i would be grateful to know about it
thanks
nick.
i am attempting to author a dvd for the first time, and have tried a few programs out (ulead moviefactory 4, ulead dvd workshop 2, dvd architect), but have yet to get these working how i want. perhaps if i explain the nature of my project this would help.
i have copied various music dvds onto my hard drive and want to pick out selected tracks from them to compile another dvd. the music videos are stored as vob files, so ideally i am looking for a program that will let me import specific chapters from vob files, as music videos are usually divided up in chapters. dvd architect doesn't seem to have this function. with this program i have to convert to mpeg first. i can use videoredo to do this, but this is more time consuming as i have to manually cut out and save each music video (as it doesn't recognise chapters). also with this program i can only open one vob file at a time, and sometimes music video cut across two vob files, and so i need to use the joining function in videoredo, but i haven't had much success with joining clips cut in half (i get a jerky join). as i have said, ideally i would like to import vob files to my reauthoring program, but if this isn't such a good option, i need a better method of converting chapters in vob files to mpeg. will there be a difference in quality if i use mpeg or vob files in my authoring program?
once i have got all of my clips in i want to have a main menu with a button for each band which then links to submenus with the tracks for each band. i would like to use a frame from each track as a thumbnail for each track, and have some audio on each menu page. then i would like a fairly plain background for each page. the volume levels on the different tracks may be different so some form of normalisation is important. nothing too complicated really. oh, i would also like to use a frame from the videos for the band buttons on the main menu page, so i am looking for an option to capture a particular frame as an image.
the issue that i have with dvd architect is that i don't have my videos saved as mpeg. the main issue with ulead moviefactory is that it is slow to produce the dvd, and i also seemed to have issues with audio/video synchronisation on playback. with ulead dvd workshop the main issue is the resolution of the menus, which is quite poor (worse than moviefactory) - i am not sure if there is a setting i can change here - i haven't found one yet, and also that i can't preview the chapters that i want to import, so that i can see which ones i want, and also if i import a chapter that cuts across 2 vob files it imports them as two clips which i am then unable to join together. it seems strange that there is a joining function in moviefactory, but not one in dvd workshop, which is supposed to be more advanced software.
i hope this is fairly clear. i am looking for the simplest method of performing this task (naturally), but one which produces good quality. if there is another method/other software that you would recommend, i would be grateful to know about it
thanks
nick.