I need a basic Authoring tool...

duartix · 27th December 2004, 15:40

I've got a lot of Music Video DVDs.
My objective is to make a new DVD where I could put 4 Depeche Mode videos, 3 Bjork Videos, 3 Rammstein Videos, 4 Air Videos, ....

Then I just want a one picture menu where I can select: Depeche Mode, Bjork, Air etc. or alternatively Play them All.

How can I do this, preserving the original Video (no recompression) I have from all these VOBs I have lying around from DVDShrink Reauthoring sessions?

Is there such a tool?

Thanks.

buzzqw · 27th December 2004, 16:03

could not be very simple (even is very newby progz) but dvdlab (even standard edition) would do the match (but not play all feature, on with dvdlabpro , iirc)

best regards

BHH

duartix · 27th December 2004, 17:51

Thanks, I'll try DVDLab Pro.
I guess if I were to extract the m2v and the ac3 files from the VOBs, I should have a wider choice of tools, right?

M7S · 28th December 2004, 01:23

If you want a freeware option try DVDAuthor. If you want a GUI for it there are dvdauthorGUI, a nice gui (probably the most widely used gui for dvdautor in Windows), DVDStyler, which is very easy to use but with fewer options and GFD, which I haven't tried much (yet). If you have Linux qdvdauthor seems to be a even nicer gui with much options.

DVDStyler would probably do what you want with the lowest number of mouseclicks

Regards,
M7S

buzzqw · 28th December 2004, 08:11

programs listed by M7S are all excellent gui for dvdauthor package ! It would be a nice try.

DvdLab (std/pro) do not require elemental streams, on drag'n drop of vob it ask if you want to demultiplex,take as is, or perform a basic analisys (iirc..) for spotting streams inside.

BHH

duartix · 29th December 2004, 13:20

Last night I gave DVDLab Pro a try.

It's surely not for the noob author (me) but it featured so much useful commands, that I spent a lot of my time using it to demux the audio/video and reencode the normalized LPCM audio tracks to AC3.
I didn't managed to use a template to create my DVD, but fortunately for me yesterday, I also stumbled in TMPEG DVDAuthor.
From what I've tested, this is THE click tool.

I could choose among a lot of templates to create my DVD with a front menu for the DVD where I featured each band (tracks / TitleSets) and then use submenus for the videos of each band.
It imports the VOBS I had already muxed for each song and creates filmnails on every menu.
VERY COOL!!!

Man, me using wizards and liking it

!!!

Now for some more fun I'll check out those sugestions you gave.
Thanks.

27th December 2004, 15:40	#1 \| Link
duartix Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Outside the Bush INSanatory - Lisbon Posts: 330	I need a basic Authoring tool... I've got a lot of Music Video DVDs. My objective is to make a new DVD where I could put 4 Depeche Mode videos, 3 Bjork Videos, 3 Rammstein Videos, 4 Air Videos, .... Then I just want a one picture menu where I can select: Depeche Mode, Bjork, Air etc. or alternatively Play them All. How can I do this, preserving the original Video (no recompression) I have from all these VOBs I have lying around from DVDShrink Reauthoring sessions? Is there such a tool? Thanks.

28th December 2004, 01:23	#4 \| Link
M7S Really? Really really! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 163	If you want a freeware option try DVDAuthor. If you want a GUI for it there are dvdauthorGUI, a nice gui (probably the most widely used gui for dvdautor in Windows), DVDStyler, which is very easy to use but with fewer options and GFD, which I haven't tried much (yet). If you have Linux qdvdauthor seems to be a even nicer gui with much options. DVDStyler would probably do what you want with the lowest number of mouseclicks Regards, M7S __________________ How many Microsoft employees does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, they declare darkness a new standard.

29th December 2004, 13:20	#6 \| Link
duartix Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Outside the Bush INSanatory - Lisbon Posts: 330	Last night I gave DVDLab Pro a try. It's surely not for the noob author (me) but it featured so much useful commands, that I spent a lot of my time using it to demux the audio/video and reencode the normalized LPCM audio tracks to AC3. I didn't managed to use a template to create my DVD, but fortunately for me yesterday, I also stumbled in TMPEG DVDAuthor. From what I've tested, this is THE click tool. I could choose among a lot of templates to create my DVD with a front menu for the DVD where I featured each band (tracks / TitleSets) and then use submenus for the videos of each band. It imports the VOBS I had already muxed for each song and creates filmnails on every menu. VERY COOL!!! Man, me using wizards and liking it !!! Now for some more fun I'll check out those sugestions you gave. Thanks. Last edited by duartix; 29th December 2004 at 15:41.

27th December 2004, 16:03	#2 \| Link
buzzqw HDConvertToX author Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cesena,Italy Posts: 6,552	could not be very simple (even is very newby progz) but dvdlab (even standard edition) would do the match (but not play all feature, on with dvdlabpro , iirc) best regards BHH

27th December 2004, 17:51	#3 \| Link
duartix Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Outside the Bush INSanatory - Lisbon Posts: 330	Thanks, I'll try DVDLab Pro. I guess if I were to extract the m2v and the ac3 files from the VOBs, I should have a wider choice of tools, right?

28th December 2004, 08:11	#5 \| Link
buzzqw HDConvertToX author Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Cesena,Italy Posts: 6,552	programs listed by M7S are all excellent gui for dvdauthor package ! It would be a nice try. DvdLab (std/pro) do not require elemental streams, on drag'n drop of vob it ask if you want to demultiplex,take as is, or perform a basic analisys (iirc..) for spotting streams inside. BHH