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Title: Make a dvd menu
Post by: asmusu2 on November 28, 2007, 04:56:15 PM

Hi,

I have taped a fiew concerts and made a dvd from them.

Does anyone know of an easy program that can make menus, by the chapters I have made on the dvd, and then making it possible for me to enter the titles of the songs?

Hope someone does.

Best wisehs

Steen

Title: Re: Make a dvd menu
Post by: willndmb on November 30, 2007, 12:48:05 PM

what programs are you using?
most dvd menus are made in photoshop then linked to the video asset in the authoring program (where you already have chapters set up)

so for example take a picture you like as the "background" (pref one where the song titltes will stand out decent)
type in the song titles
save (my program likes pict files best)
import the file into your authoring program
the authoring program should have some way to "highlight" the song title
place the highlight where you want it and link it to the chapter you want

Title: Re: Make a dvd menu
Post by: stantheman1976 on November 30, 2007, 09:49:03 PM

TMPGEnc DVD Author can import a VIDEO_TS folder and keep the chapters that already exist.  It's a fairly user friendly program that should do just what you're looking to do.

Title: Re: Make a dvd menu
Post by: asmusu2 on December 01, 2007, 10:31:50 AM

Thanks.

I have tryed using the menu maker in Nero, but it can only make chapers with thumbnails from the video.

I use Premiere Pro 1 to edit the video file and make dvd's

But now I would like to make menu's too.

I have also downloadet the adobe encore dvd demo, but I am getting some errors when I test.

Thanks for helping.

Steen

Title: Re: Make a dvd menu
Post by: firmdragon on December 02, 2007, 04:36:59 PM

i don't know if there is an easy way to do it.  if you are planning on doing this more later on, start learning photoshop a more powerful authoring program (scenarist/dvd architect or dvd studio pro in mac).  theres a bit of a learning curve, but worth it in the end.  there are pretty good tutorials that you can grab if you look hard enough.