Okar Gona
10th March 2003, 12:08
Because not a lot of DVD players can play MP3-files burned on a DVD my idea is use the AC3 encoding possibility to store a lot of music albums on one DVD. Via one or more menus the user should be able to select the music album he wants to listen. When selecting an album a still image should show which album is playing. Each track on an album should be a new chapter point so it will be possible to change tracks within an album. Also per chapter a subtilte should be shown with the song name of the track.
At the end of an album the following steps could be made:
1) Go back to menu
2) Start playing next album
3) Start playing an other randomly selected album
As source, to create such a DVD, the album and audio information could be supplied as follows:
* Per album a separate directory must be created where the directory name contains the artist name and album name (optional: MP3 ID information could be used to get the artist and album name)
* Each track is stored as a separate file (WAV, MP3 etc format). The file name contains the song name of the track, possibly preceded by a sequence number. (optional: MP3 ID information could be used to get song name)
* The directory could also contain an image (BMG, JPG etc) which will be shown when the album is playing. If no image is present the program should automatically create an image with artist and album name.
So the program should be able to perform the following tasks, or at least be able to invoke 3rd party software which can perform the task automatically:
* Encode the audio to AC3. Maybe all tracks, within a directory, are encoded to one AC3-file where the appropriate chapter points for every song are stored for later use. (optional: the user will be able to configure a silence period between two tracks)
* Create the appropriate sub-titles and time-code information per track.
* In case there is no still image present in the directory, create a still image based on artist and album name.
* Create menu stills based different artist and album names. Due to the number of music albums which can be stored on a DVD it is likely that serveral menu stills are needed to display all the albums.
* Create DVD structure which links all menu stills to the still image of the album and the corresponding AC3 file. (MY BIG QUESTION: Is it possbile to show a still image and at the same time playing an AC3-file which has one or more chapter points or must a still image created per chapter point?)
Who is also interested in such a program? And much better, who will be able to write such a program. The author of such a program could get as famous as the author of the legendary tool DVD2SVCD.
At the end of an album the following steps could be made:
1) Go back to menu
2) Start playing next album
3) Start playing an other randomly selected album
As source, to create such a DVD, the album and audio information could be supplied as follows:
* Per album a separate directory must be created where the directory name contains the artist name and album name (optional: MP3 ID information could be used to get the artist and album name)
* Each track is stored as a separate file (WAV, MP3 etc format). The file name contains the song name of the track, possibly preceded by a sequence number. (optional: MP3 ID information could be used to get song name)
* The directory could also contain an image (BMG, JPG etc) which will be shown when the album is playing. If no image is present the program should automatically create an image with artist and album name.
So the program should be able to perform the following tasks, or at least be able to invoke 3rd party software which can perform the task automatically:
* Encode the audio to AC3. Maybe all tracks, within a directory, are encoded to one AC3-file where the appropriate chapter points for every song are stored for later use. (optional: the user will be able to configure a silence period between two tracks)
* Create the appropriate sub-titles and time-code information per track.
* In case there is no still image present in the directory, create a still image based on artist and album name.
* Create menu stills based different artist and album names. Due to the number of music albums which can be stored on a DVD it is likely that serveral menu stills are needed to display all the albums.
* Create DVD structure which links all menu stills to the still image of the album and the corresponding AC3 file. (MY BIG QUESTION: Is it possbile to show a still image and at the same time playing an AC3-file which has one or more chapter points or must a still image created per chapter point?)
Who is also interested in such a program? And much better, who will be able to write such a program. The author of such a program could get as famous as the author of the legendary tool DVD2SVCD.