convert menu's to stills?

[QQ]

greetings,

is there any program which could convert animated menus (eg menus with video palying in background) to still menus, and thus save space?

automatically would be best :)

thank you.

[nwg]

You could try DVD Shrink. It has a still picture function. It basically shows a still every 0.5 seconds and saves a lot of space. All butons stay functional as before.

If you want, you can also leave everything else at 100% quality. Then create the new files and use other software to finish the job if you don't want to compress using DVD Shrink.

[QQ]

i tried dvd shrink, but either i have a bad rip, or something else is wrong, but i only get "menus" directory shown.. and that's it. the content itself doesnt show up in the list :(

[nwg]

Originally posted by QQ
i tried dvd shrink, but either i have a bad rip, or something else is wrong, but i only get "menus" directory shown.. and that's it. the content itself doesnt show up in the list :(

If for example, the menu is in VTS 1. Then it should show up as VTS 1 underneath the word menu. To change the menu, all you should need to do is to highlight menu, and the menus video/audio appears on the right. Still picture is in the drop down combo box under video.

If you don't get that, then something else is wrong.

[blutach]

@nwg

Supposing you wanted to convert the whole motion menu to a still but didn't want pics every 0.5 secs - just one pic with the menu still until a button is pressed. Can you adjust the time of the menu in Shrink so it just shows the still pic with the fully functioning button?

Regards

[nwg]

Originally posted by blutach
@nwg

Supposing you wanted to convert the whole motion menu to a still but didn't want pics every 0.5 secs - just one pic with the menu still until a button is pressed. Can you adjust the time of the menu in Shrink so it just shows the still pic with the fully functioning button?

Regards


No you can't. However, I have done it using DVDRemake Pro but not with a still pictured menu.

[omseoj]

What I have been doing that works well is to reauthor the menu in Shrink which will make a video out of it. Then open the video in DVDLab or similar aplicaton and save the frame.

[blutach]

Try this guide. It definitely works 100% and doesn't make the animated menu look funny with those 0.5 second stills.

http://www.videohelp.com/~r0lZ/pgcedit/third_party/blutach/replacing_a_moving_menu_with_a_still_image.htm

Regards