Authoring and Menu Creation

[balbrain]

Hi. I just finished encoding a movie to SVCD. Now I have 3 cue/bin files. I cant use FireBurner or CDRwin as they both (at least i think) dont support my Drive (Sony CRX160E) and give errors. So I extracted the mpg file from the bin file using IsoBuster and proceeded to use Nero5572 to burn that. But During Menu Creation When I right click on the dragged mpg and click on properties and click on the Menu tab according to step 5 of this guide :

http://www.vcdhelp.com/svcdmenun55.htm

My compute Just hangs??? Can anyone tell me da problem and/or suggest any other way?

Thx.

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P4 1.3 GHz
60 Gig HDD
640MB Rambus Ram
12x Sony CRX160E CDRW Drive
Win XP Pro
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[chainsaw135]

Well fireburner is not recommended anyways so thats good you are not using it. Cdrwin will give errors if you did not buy the program, and are using a bad reg code.

I dont do menus sorry:)

[NeWcS]

What program are you using to make your SVCD? Im guessing your using DVD2SVCD. If so, Im not sure cause I dont use it but I think there is an option to tell it not to make an image just to put out a mpg. That way you dont have to extract the mpg from the bin/cue.

[chainsaw135]

If he is using dvd2svcd why is he posting in this section?

[balbrain]

I am using DVD2SVCD but my problem is not with that. Its specifically with authoring and Menu Creation. I want to be able to create menus. I was wondering if some one has done that and what software have they used?

Thx.

[Pko]

Originally posted by balbrain
I am using DVD2SVCD but my problem is not with that. Its specifically with authoring and Menu Creation. I want to be able to create menus. I was wondering if some one has done that and what software have they used?

Thx.

There is a workaround.

Just make the bin/cue files as usual with vcdimager (and any tool/frontend you want) and then mount them as if they were already burned to CD with Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.com/daemon_tools.htm), so with that "virtual CD" you can test ir on the PC or you can copy it to a "real" CD using your favourite tool (Nero, Diskjuggler, whatever you like) using CD to CD copying.