Changing menu text possible ?

[tedybear]

Alex: there must be some easier way ;)

[goonix]

This is more easy: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=99306
Don't be afraid about the count of steps that are necessary. If you have managed it one time, you need only a few minutes to do it again.

Currently only for 4:3 menus.
Mini-guide for widescreen (16:9) menus will be finished soon.

goonix

[tedybear]

what about dynamic menus like STAR WARS 1-2 ??????

[borry]

dynamic menu:
create a m2v of the menu with vobedit.
Make a new button with any bitmapeditor.
open your m2v with virtual-dub mpeg.
goto filters - add logo ,open your new button bitmap and move it into position.
save your new movie as an uncompressed avi.
convert your avi into a m2v.

place the new m2v back in your menu with msc alex guide.

a guide (in dutch) for editing motion menu in adobe premiere
http://www.forum.doom9.nl/viewtopic.php?t=2899

The virtual dub way (in dutch)
http://www.forum.doom9.nl/viewtopic.php?t=3088

[tedybear]

damn dunno dutch :(

[Msc_Alex]

:D Think you should freshen up your English borry then make a German and French version too.. :D as finishing touch god created the Dutch :)

[borry]

Creating a new motion menu with adobe premiere



Step 1

Make a screenshot of the menu you wish to change.
( use menuedit,dvdremake,virtualdub,dgmpgdec etc)
And open that image in adobe photoshop

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/2715/image0011xb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Create a new layer in Photoshop and a new button on that layer

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/6133/image0030bf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

(extra knop means extra button in dutch) :)

Delete the backgroundlayer in photoshop.
(only keep the new layer and the new button)
And save this project in photoshop format (.psd)

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/2065/image0057eg.jpg

Now you have a transparent page with a new button at the right place.

STEP 2

Extract the menu with vobedit (.M2V file)
Import the .m2v in adobe premiere pro.
And drag the .m2v file to the first videoline (video1)

Import the .psd file and drag it to videoline 2 (video2)
(Adobe premiere pro will ask you which layer to use......layer 1 is the layer with the button).

http://img168.echo.cx/img168/1614/image0079un.jpg

@1 is the new button
@2 is the menu .m2v

move the new button (psd file) over the time line to the right start position and adjust the duration (right mouse button -->duration)

File --> export --> adobe media encoder ,creates a new .m2v file.

You can mux the new .m2v in your menu with msc Alex guide.

!! the newly created .m2v shouldn`t be larger then the filesize of the .m2v extracted from the menu !!.

[nukec]

hello. can u please write in english tutorial with virtual dub :P i think it's much easier than adobe premiere ;) thanks mate

[borry]

Creating a motion with virtual dub.

Used programs:

-VirtualDub_MPEG
-Vobedit
-bitmapeditor.
-a mpg encoder (CCE,TMPgenc,HCenc,Quenc....)

-Create a M2V of the menu you wish to change with vobedit.
-Load the m2v into virtualdub,move to the timeposition in the menu which you wish to altern (frame) and copy that image to your clipboard (ctrl+1)
-Open the image in your bitmapeditor and created a new button.
-Cut out the new button and save it as JPG,BMP of TGA.
-Return to Vdub and open Video/filter/add/logo .
-Load your new button image
-with help of the preview function and the X and Y coordinates you can easily place the new button (logo) in the right position.

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/823/beeld23ov.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

(dit is een test means this is a test in dutch ;) )

-Save the video as an uncompressed avi (no video codec).
-open the avi in your mpg encoder and save it as a .m2v

Mux the .m2v back into the menu with msc Alex guide.

It`t a very short guide but all the other info can be found in the forum.

[qwik3r2]

Ah yes finally i get to post! lol

Ok i needz some help. I am able to change the backgrounds now w/o a hitch but for the LOVE OF GOD how do i add audio? I want to add an audio file to the background still of a menu i replaced, is there a way to fit it into the steps in this guide? I tried following this guide: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=99306

However it proves to be quite useless because everytime i run through the steps and recompile everything i end up with a menu that plays music but is no longer a menu. Looking in ifoedit u can't even see it as a menu and it has no function etc. Please please help, thanks!

[qwik3r2]

to the top!!!!!!!!

[qwik3r2]

anyone?

[Taelon]

I don't understand the problem, which of the guides are you following? goonix mentions several specific steps in the guides related to adding audio to the menu, such as this one in the first guide;27. Set the Cell still time to 255.
- If you have added audio to your menu or if you use a motion menu:
-- Set audio stream 0 to ID 0 and use the "Fix number of streams in VMGM/VTSI_MAT tables" function.
-- Don't forget to add the cell command "LinkTopCell", set the still time to 0 and the cell command to 1.

[qwik3r2]

i was following both guides, this one is easier to follow but lacks the ability for me to add audio in a given step. It just says if you have audio, doesn't say how to add the audio, so i ventured to another guide.

[tedybear]

how do you change dinamic menu to still ?

[Msc_Alex]

menushrink (http://www.videohelp.com/~menushrink/)

[tedybear]

thank you

[tedybear]

anyone has idea what's wrong here?

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/3060/error4hi.jpg

[Diego2002]

Hi!

I was following Alex's guide, but I had motion menu. Everything went ok, Power DVD plays back the disc perfect. But on DVD-RW my dvd player gives "disc error" message. Maybe the problem isn't with my process, but there is a 0 byte vob on the disc. Vts_03_0.vob. PGCEdit corrected it, but the "disc error" still lives.

The original DVD is a DVD9->DVD5 backup too, but it's 4485 MB. I have only DVD+R, so I need to compress sthing on the disc. Unfortunately Numenu4u can't handle the menu, because it gives back an error too...

[setarip_old]

@Diego2002Power DVD plays back the disc perfect. But on DVD-RW my dvd player gives "disc error" message.
perhaps your standalone player isn't capable of playing DVD-R/W media...

[Diego2002]

Oh, no, I burned first the stuff to DVD+R. That was bad too.

[setarip_old]

Have you successfully played any burned DVD+Rs, from the same batch, on your standalone player?

[Diego2002]

I made it so first time. I would like to know, whether this batch could work.

[setarip_old]

I made it so first time. I would like to know, whether this batch could work.I'm afraid I don't understand...

[Diego2002]

I simply would like to know, that Alex's Guide can work with a motion picture, so not only with a still picture menu, but with an mpv, which is a video track? Can it work?

I begin to be afraid, that my original (of course the original is DVD-9 to DVD-5 backup too) dvd is wrong. It is in ISO, but I wasn't burning it yet. I try it, and if the player doesn't plays the disc, then its all the same.

[muci]

Hy!
If you look at first page, you can see that on two first pictures Msc_Alex pasted are difrent. He changed all subtitles with Dutch. I'm wondering if there is a guide for that, because I don't know how to do it.
Bye!

[manono]

Hi muci, and welcome to the forum-

There's not much to it, editing the menu BMP, and maybe that's why Msc_Alex didn't explain it. First you have to capture the menu screen. There are lots of ways to do that. I open the Menu Vob in DGIndex, scroll to the menu I want and then go File->Save BMP. You can do the same thing using MenuEdit with its Save Frame feature, and many other apps. At that point I have the original subtitle menu screen with the original subs listed. You want to change it the way that Msc_Alex did using a photo editing program. You can use something as simple as Microsoft Paint, or something more complex. I use Microsoft Digital Image Suite Pro. You want to wipe out one or more of the original subs by replacing them with something similar to the surrounding background (if it has a clone tool, that will do it), and then write in the name of your subtitle language, using a font with size, thickness, color, position etc. similar to the original. Save it again, and follow the guide from there.

[manono]

Diego2002-

I simply would like to know, that Alex's Guide can work with a motion picture, so not only with a still picture menu, but with an mpv, which is a video track? Can it work?

Yes, I've used his guide to replace reencoded motion menus several times. It works well. Now, these were reencoded from the original motion menus. I don't know if you are planning on replacing the original with something completely different. I don't know for sure if that will work. You can try and then let us know. :)

[Diego2002]

Diego2002-

I simply would like to know, that Alex's Guide can work with a motion picture, so not only with a still picture menu, but with an mpv, which is a video track? Can it work?

Yes, I've used his guide to replace reencoded motion menus several times. It works well. Now, these were reencoded from the original motion menus. I don't know if you are planning on replacing the original with something completely different. I don't know for sure if that will work. You can try and then let us know. :)

No, I was replacing the original, for save some space (some MBs) to fit on a DVD+R (4483 MB). But unfortunately, one of the DVDs Cell was corrupt (not in the menu, in another VTS), and the DVD cannot be played in a player. And I thought that I made something wrong. Now, I know that this Guide, and the process is very useful, and can work ;)

[manono]

Yes, I did it for the same reason. I came out a little bit oversized, and rather than reencode the entire movie, I decided to reencode one of the menu screens. It worked well with no problems.

[JConnor]

Choose the original cell? how do i know which one it is??

[Msc_Alex]

You can use DGindex (the old version of "dvd2avi" will also work) to open these vobs one by one to fined your menu.

But you can also use the registered version of menuedit (http://www.dimadsoft.com/menuedit/index.php?PHPSESSID=983d0ba6eb3dcdf121a3d9dfc55a6ffa), or the free VobBlanker (http://www.posunplugged.com/jsoto), click on your VTS_* click Menu, language units and the cell -> preview.

Funny how this old guide keeps coming up, still no all in one tool :rolleyes:

/edit/ Vobblanker seems to do it too link (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=750575#post750575) nowadays . Cool that should save time. quick guide (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=788896#post788896)

[skybl8zr]

Coming from goonix's excellent guide PART 2: HOW TO EDIT A 16:9 MENU (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=99306) I have some comments to borrys (slightly outdated?) guide on how to create a new motion menu with Adobe Premiere (Pro 2.0):

Creating a new motion menu with adobe premiere
Delete the backgroundlayer in photoshop.
(only keep the new layer and the new button)
And save this project in photoshop format (.psd)

Now you have a transparent page with a new button at the right place.

Been there done that...


STEP 2

Extract the menu with vobedit (.M2V file)
Import the .m2v in adobe premiere pro.
And drag the .m2v file to the first videoline (video1)

Import the .psd file and drag it to videoline 2 (video2)
(Adobe premiere pro will ask you which layer to use......layer 1 is the layer with the button).

@1 is the new button
@2 is the menu .m2v

move the new button (psd file) over the time line to the right start position and adjust the duration (right mouse button -->duration)

Also no problem... (an understatement as I'm a total n00b concerning VobEdit and APP but after fiddling around I finally figured things out eventually ;))


File --> export --> adobe media encoder ,creates a new .m2v file.

This doesn't work for me in Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0. First of all when I try to import my menu VTS_02_0006.m2v (demuxed in VobEdit) APP2.0 says "File format not supported". Weird thing is that Adobe's Support Knowledgebase for APP2.0 (http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/332612.html) shows that .m2v files is supported. But I have to rename into .avi before it will import the file...

Then when I'm done and I want to export...

Export > Adobe Media Encoder... > Output > Format:

Windows Media
Macromedia Flash Video
Realmedia
QuickTime

I can only choose from those formats.

Do someone know why I can't import .m2v files or export to this format and what I need to do it? (maybe a plugin??)

[goonix]

@skybl8zr

Coming from goonix's excellent guide...Thanks!

I use PgcDemux to extract the video file, but I don't think that's the reason.
Maybe your installation of Premiere 2.0 is broken?
I have no additional plug-ins installed and can import a m2v-file directly.

For export with Adobe Media Encoder I can select:
MPEG1
MPEG1-VCD
MPEG2
MPEG2-DVD
MPEG2-SVCD

You should deinstall and reinstall Premiere 2.0.
Hope it helps...

goonix

[muci]

Hy! This is great guide, worked for me many times, but is there a guide to show you how to change/edit menu picture with photoshop or any other program for that? :confused:

[petervanpan]

Hello

Dear Msc_Alex, blutach, goonix and Manono.

If you can help me.

I have the DVD of the movie Foul Play. Originally the DVD is complete including Menu. Ripped the DVD to HD.
Extracts the subtitle in English and did the translation for the Portuguese. Then I added the subtitle in Portuguese to the DVD, tutorial by following this link: http://forum.videohelp.com/topic275603.html.
I did Demux, Reauthor and Remux the entire DVD without changing its structure.
The new DVD is perfect. The new subtitle in Portuguese is properly synchronized with the audio.
I can access the new subtitle by remote control from a standalone DVD player, but the menu does not have the corresponding button to the subtitle added.
The menu has only two buttons to the caption: English and None.
Now the request for assistance:
1) How to create a button to add the menu with the same design of existing ones?
2) How to insert this new button - so the menu has 3 buttons for subtitles: English, Portuguese and None - and how to call this button the appropriate caption in Portuguese?
3) What software should I use and a step by step tutorial of the whole procedure, if possible with pictures, since I do not know to perform this part.

I am grateful for the attention and help.

petervanpan