DVD Maniac
7th February 2006, 11:58
The 2 new features in this version, namely menu compression and multiple encoder functionality look very cool. I have been waiting for the former feature since the whole Rebuider concept started!
A few questions / observations on this -
1. Would it not make more sense to add the threshold setting for this to the options menu tree - would make things a bit easier.
2. What compression setting is used? I assume its going to be dependent on the settings used for the main VTS plus the Half D1 options. Typically, I don't care at all about menu vob quality and want to compress to the "maximum" possible. However, in most cases the movie menu is on the same VTS as the movie so ideally you need to be able to set the compression value for the menu independently of the main VTS. Currently I am using DVD Shrink to do this in the pre-processing stage as I find its the simplest and quickest method (Nu Menu is a great tool but I find it a little to complex and also prone to crashing to often). Can a way of independently setting menu compression be implemented?
3. I have not used the "Segment Editor" yet since I always work in Single click mode and I understand its only available once the Prepare phase is done. Currently I do all my vob blanking (menus and other) using Vob Blanker which I find to be very reliable and works fine with all recent version of Rebuilder. What would be VERY useful is if Rebuilder could do vob blanking before the Prepare stage and then we would at long last have everything in one application and allow an easy sequential process of Blanking>Encoding (including Menus)>Rebuild. All that pre-processing stuff is a pain!
A few questions / observations on this -
1. Would it not make more sense to add the threshold setting for this to the options menu tree - would make things a bit easier.
2. What compression setting is used? I assume its going to be dependent on the settings used for the main VTS plus the Half D1 options. Typically, I don't care at all about menu vob quality and want to compress to the "maximum" possible. However, in most cases the movie menu is on the same VTS as the movie so ideally you need to be able to set the compression value for the menu independently of the main VTS. Currently I am using DVD Shrink to do this in the pre-processing stage as I find its the simplest and quickest method (Nu Menu is a great tool but I find it a little to complex and also prone to crashing to often). Can a way of independently setting menu compression be implemented?
3. I have not used the "Segment Editor" yet since I always work in Single click mode and I understand its only available once the Prepare phase is done. Currently I do all my vob blanking (menus and other) using Vob Blanker which I find to be very reliable and works fine with all recent version of Rebuilder. What would be VERY useful is if Rebuilder could do vob blanking before the Prepare stage and then we would at long last have everything in one application and allow an easy sequential process of Blanking>Encoding (including Menus)>Rebuild. All that pre-processing stuff is a pain!