Features for DVDA

vonhosen wrote on 2/14/2003, 10:03 AM

List of things I'd love to see in DVD Architect.
1) More Navigation control (The ability to choose to go to another file rather than return to the menu after every file finishes)
2)Sub Picture control on motion menus ( To have the sub-picture buttons appear at a designated time with transitions like fade rather than at the start of the menu. Also to possibly loop only the section of the motion menu with sub pictures present rather than the whole menu again -- Rather like Hollywood discs)
3) I understand that DVDA has multiple title sets (one for every asset) to enable mixed Aspect ratio discs but it doesn't display title & chapter numbers correctly with playback on players - could this be sorted out ?
4) Inclusion of more audio tracks (upto 8 in DVD spec)
5) Inclusion of Subtitle tracks
6) Inclusion of video tracks for multi angle.

That order 1-6 is the order of preference as well.

Oh and of course the fixing of current bugs like re-rendering 16:9 ;-)

Comments

jetdv wrote on 2/14/2003, 11:40 AM

I'd also like the ability to drag a chapter marker to a menu to create a menu link. That would also require the video to remain in view when working on menus.

Vulcan wrote on 2/14/2003, 3:01 PM

As regards item 3 this can (if they don't or until they change this) be achived by the user, i.e. you, editing the title playback value in the VIDEO_TS.IFO file (subsection VMG_PTT_SRPT, Title playback type (for each VTS) from 84 (not one_sequential) to 0 (one_sequential).

Edit of course has to be done prior to burning. I use Ifoedit (a freeware program). I know it's a hazzle and that it introduces an additional step in the authoring but it works and titles and chapters are displayed (as well as the time).