menu based wmv file - how to?

nataq wrote on 6/1/2005, 2:52 AM
Hi,
I promised I used the search function, but I couldn´t find an answer to my question.

Is it possbile to create a menu based wmv file with Vegas6 and/or DVD Architecht 3?

If not, how can someone do that? I love the High Definition DVD of McGillivray Freemans Coral Reef Adventure. It is a WMVHD at least it says so.

Comments

B_JM wrote on 6/1/2005, 4:57 AM
no you can't , and if you blow up Coral Reef Adventure, it has terrible artifacts ..

Xander wrote on 6/1/2005, 6:42 AM
Microsoft have a guide to producing WMV9 DVD-ROMs.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/content_provider/wmvhddvd/default.aspx

Also, have a look at Sonic Producer HD if you want something easier, however, I have not used it so cannot make any recommendations.

http://www.sonic.com/products/Professional/Producer/ProducerHD/quicklook.aspx
watson wrote on 6/1/2005, 8:00 AM
You could make it in Mediachance Multimedia builder.

Not going to look that great on a TV IMHO
B_JM wrote on 6/1/2005, 10:39 AM
You may want to check out RatDVD, in which you take your dvd you made, and convert it (including menus and everything else) to about 33% of the size of the original and the quality is excellent .... it makes a container for the whole thing (one file) and can be autorun from a cd just as if it were a dvd ..

uses a custom codec, about the same quality as H264 or XViD ...


http://www.ratdvd.dk/
nataq wrote on 6/2/2005, 7:58 AM
Thank you all for your help,
I will go through all your tips in the next few days!
tygrus2000 wrote on 6/2/2005, 8:03 AM
What sort of space does a WMV-HD file take up? I am considering putting a DVD-ROM version of my product out in WMV-HD format, but with only 4.7 GB available, how long would it be?

Maybe there are some bitrate settings a person could use to reduce the files size but that kid of defeats the purpose of HD.
thx.

Tygrus
p@mast3rs wrote on 6/2/2005, 8:46 AM
It all depends on the bit rate you select. I have done some training videos for the upcoming school year and could fit anywhere from 10-12 hours of 720p at 5fps with space to spare. As for actual video, I can do 23.976fps and still get 8 hours of HD quality.

If your features are 2 1/2 hours or less, you could pump the bit rate up even higher to preserve even more quality.

With that said, H.264 AVC provides much better quality sometimes even at a lower file size than wm9 but it lacks the hardware to play back without a computer.

As for the WM9 authoring guide, I discovered those about two months ago and gave up as alot of the content of those articles is like greek to me. I really expected something easier to be produced by M$ and their history of point and click.