I'm nearly ready to upgrade my MS3 to the new VMS+DVDA, but I have a question about 'Menu-driven' DVDs... What I'm after doing is having a DVD made up of separate movie files (all assembled seperately from movie studio) - which play one after another; and also from a menu.
Hmmm, an example might help. Let's say I have three clips: A, B , C. What I'd like to happen is have clip A start when I insert the DVD into a player; when clip A finishes, clip B should start; when clip B finishes, clip C should start. At the end of clip C, I'd like a 'scene select' menu to appear. I can achieve something like what I want using dvdauthor, but it's a real PITA to use - DVDA is fantastically useable.
I can kind of see how to do it if I render all the clips to a single huge movie file, which then autoplays. Then, at the end of the movie, the menu will be displayed; it's just that I like having the flexibility of having the scenes in separate files (allows me to tweak scenes without re-rendering a massive file)
Any hints?
john..
Hmmm, an example might help. Let's say I have three clips: A, B , C. What I'd like to happen is have clip A start when I insert the DVD into a player; when clip A finishes, clip B should start; when clip B finishes, clip C should start. At the end of clip C, I'd like a 'scene select' menu to appear. I can achieve something like what I want using dvdauthor, but it's a real PITA to use - DVDA is fantastically useable.
I can kind of see how to do it if I render all the clips to a single huge movie file, which then autoplays. Then, at the end of the movie, the menu will be displayed; it's just that I like having the flexibility of having the scenes in separate files (allows me to tweak scenes without re-rendering a massive file)
Any hints?
john..