Hi,

As titled, the installation process pauses every time it gets to the screen which says ".... it may take several minutes..... " but it can never continue.

My system is P4-3.0G, 512M RAM, Win XP SP2.

Please help.

>Hi,
>
>As titled, the installation process pauses every time it gets to the screen which says ".... it may take several minutes..... " but it can never continue.
>
>My system is P4-3.0G, 512M RAM, Win XP SP2.
>
>Please help.

I used DVD Author to burn a Piodata DVD+R DL DVD using a Sony DRU 700A writer. When the burning had finished, and I visibly inspected the dvd, it appeared as if only portions of the DVD had been written on (about 50%). Only the first 10 minutes, or so, of the DVD could be played by CyberLink PowerDVD or by my Sony DVD player which is hooked up to my TV.

When I used Nero Burning ROM 6.6.0.1 to burn a new DVD containing the AUDIO_TS AND VIDEO_TS folders, which had been produced by DVD Author, the finished DVD had a normal appearance, and both PowerDVD and my Sony DVD player were able to play this 2nd DVD.

Has anyone else had any problems burning double layer DVDs with the burner program that is part of DVD Author?

I then tried to burn a 2nd DVD, while using the same files, and this DVD came out a "coaster". So, maybe it's a media problem. I have ordered three Verbatim DL DVDs, and when they come in I'll try to burn the same files again. These DL DVDs are costing me about $10 each, so it's rather an expensive way to make coasters. I never had a coaster problem with single layer DVDs.

I have just received the Verbatim media and immediately successfully burned a DVD+R DL two hour video with the TMPGEnc DVD 1.6 Author DVD Writing Tool. Everything worked OK, so I guess the problem all along was with the Piodata DL media. So, no more Piodata DL media for me.

I like to create DVD's with music videos and giving my DVD an option to randomly play tracks would be awesome. Since I can fit 2 hrs a big part of the time I end up hearing the first 10 songs or so while the ones towards the back gets ignored. Would like to see this option in future releases.

Thanks!

Can make a copy protected dvd with mpeg author?

I am using orginal dv footage, edited in premiere,

encoded in free TMPGenc

authored in mpeg author

I want to make it copy protected

thanks!

MPEG editor is just for editing. It doesn't have copy protection option. TMPGENC DVD Author also does not have the option. Maybe in a future version?

You can't use Copy-Protection (CSS) on DVD-R/+R. It's a Hardware-Issue.

Some commerical DVD's have still pictures(BMP/JPG), like a picture gallery. The menu would have back/forward buttons to select different pictures to view.

I would like to have this option in a future version of DVD Author. Currently the only way to add pictures, is to make them the background picture of a Track Menu. But when you do this, each track also needs a video file. I would like to add pictures and view them, without having to add a video file for that track. Thanks...

There are some minor grammar errors in dialog boxes. After a disc is finished writing, a small dialog box pops up that says "Writing". This should say "Writing Done" or "Writing Finished". The same for the DVD Author program, after it creates the DVD folders.

This is a small request, and could confuse new users. The first time I saw this box say "Writing", I thought it still needed to continue to write, but actually it was finished.

How about making it so we could replace the "Highlight" layer with a "Rollover" layer; in "Specify image for thumbnail frame" dialog?
You could have the "Rollover" layer be just like the "Thumbnail" layer except that it can be invisible until mouse-over, like the "Highlight" layer. A text rollover layer would be nice too, but it's already there with the ability to make a text layer the "Highlight" layer. ( an interface to do it in TDA would be nice though) Of course, you could just make a still image with your text on it and load that with a "Thumbnail" type "Rollover" layer

Personally, I would like a "Layer Edit" selection under the regular "Edit" selection of the right click menu for a thumbnail on the "Edit menu theme" page.

The current bottom "Frame" layer should also be made available so that you can
select its image and parameters. A text option here, including the ability to paste from the clipboard, would be good.

A "Rollover" layer that can replace the current "Highlight" layer over Text
items, would be teriffic. You could have a text of the title and when you mouse-over it the "Rollover" layer image or clip would appear.

All the elements seem to be there we just need TDA setup to allow us to use them.

Luck;
Ken

I am using a *.m2v file as the video source and a *.wav file as the audio source , but when I finish output to a DVD, I found that AUDIO_TS folder is empty, aslo, as for sure, I couldn't hear any sound after I burn to disc.
can anyone tell me why? thanks!

The AUDIO_TS folder is always empty---it's supposed to be. It may be used for DVD-Audio discs, but on a normal video DVD, the folder is empty.

Was your .WAV file a proper 16-bit, 48Khz PCM Audio file?

It seems that "DVD Lab" is the only tool with which SVCD-DVDs are creatable. What I want to do: making a SVCD on a DVD medium with a easy automatically created DVD menu.

FIRST: I miss an option in "Pegasys DVD Author" for creating a SVCD-DVD to put several SVCD-standard video-steams (480x...) on a DVDR. This can save very much space on the discs and as well reduce the number of needed DVDR/SVCD discs in the DVD-shelf.

SECOND: It would be nice, if the menu creating step would give the possibility to use the file-name of a video-clip as chapter-name. This is not possible.

The aim was: Creating a music video-clip-collection in SVCD-resolution on DVDR. Much work, if you have to correct 100 video-clip-chapter-names!!!

I hope, the programmer can make things true in the next version of the program. "DVD Lab" as alternative is very hard to handle (making connections between all the videos, rename all the so called movies, manually menu creation...). I like the easy and fast handling of "Pegasys DVD Author" much and hope, the need of the two new features will be heared.

...forgotten...

As well: "DVD Source Creator" should give an option to "leave file-names as they are originally" in the output-step after "create for every video a seperatly file":

[X] Do NOT rename output file names, use the originally file-names.

How can I change the combined DVD sound and vision) bitrate so that it will work on a DVD?

Here's what I have....
1 set of .ifo, .VRO and .BUP files from a set-top Sony DVDR.

I have downloaded a trial of TMPG Enc. and want to convert this to DVD-R.
When I try to complete the TMPG steps then at the final stage I get a warning saying that the combined bitrate is too high.
How can I reduce this and keep decent sound & picture quality?

Peter

Heya, Ive got TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.6 and when creating dvd menus, the only way that i seem to be able to get a picture for the menus (of the paticular title) is what the start frame is. As in if it starts with black, the thumbnail is black etc. Can anyone please tell me how to add my own pictures for thumbnails for menus?

Just click on the Picture and use the Slider to choose an other Pic...

I've come across several "tricks" to make just about any menu
you can dream up, in TDA.

First off you will need a graphics editor that can make ".psd" files,
Photoshop, or the free GIMP 2. (for the first two ideas)

The latest is the "kk_oop Thumbnail Speck" trick
("kk_oop" provided it on the "rec.video.desktop" Newsgroup)

When you make your own Thumbnail Frames, you create a .psd
file with three layers. The bottom layer gets labeled "Frame" and
normally is shaped as a frame. On top of that is a solid black
layer that normally fills in the an area "inside" the frame, this is
labeled "Thumbnail". Lastly, a copy of the thumbnail layer is on
top, it's visibility is set "off" and it's labeled "Highlight".

"kk_oop" came up with this trick so that he could have fancy "layer"
effects on his text menu buttons. TDA's text lets you use most fonts
but only with solid colors, no gradients or such. He posted:

" I made my frame layer the fancy text. I made the thumbnail layer
have a very tiny rectangle. Note that if I made the rectangle too small,
TDA would not let me import it. So I just had to make it the size of a
spec. I made my highlight layer have a rectangle cover the frame
layer, and made the highlight layer invisible, as normal.

This worked great. Since the Thumbnail rectangle is so small, you
really can't see it on the TV (though it is big enough that TDA will
accept it). And the" Frame "can be any graphic you want. The trick
is that you set the highlight size for the frame instead of the "spec"
thumbnail. Like I mentioned, if TDA chokes when you pull it in, it
probably means you made your spec too small."

I've used the "kk_oop Thumbnail Spec" trick to finally make the
TiVo episode description into a "track"/title selection button. I
leave the "Thumbnail" layer transparent and set it at 10x3 pixels.

"Roll-over Text" trick:

Another thing you can do when making your own "Thumbnail
Frame" based graphic "Button" is to use a fancy font text layer
as your "Highlight" labeled layer. You can now adjust the color
and transparency of the highlight effect, so set it to opaque and
when you mouse-over your "frame" the text will appear.

With the above approaches you can make objects that you can
manipulate within TDA.

My older method won't allow as much manipulation within TDA
but is very versatile otherwise;

I have a trick that I use, that allows me to define any
square or rectangular area, of the background, as the button.
Basically I use blank text characters and a dot, asterisk or
something from the "Wingdings" font for the mouse over highlight.
You incorporate whatever you want to be your "Button" into the
background image. Then, in TDA, you position the blank text area
over your "button" area. The text "button" area's width and height
can be adjusted within TDA.

I've made some with a still background using Gimp-2,
but anything that can make any of the formats the
background selection dialog allows will work. Motion
menus could also be produced -externally from
TDA- and brought in as background clips. As long as
the button area(s) remain in the same spot/area it should
work. (actually, as long as the item you select on's
movements keep it in an area on the screen that doesn't
overlap the area of another selection item, you will be ok.)

Hope this can be of some use.

Luck;
Ken

Thanks for this - could be very helpful. However, I'm having a problem designating the SIZE of my buttons. I made them 120x60 in Photoshop, but they're being displayed as squards, all distorted.

I want to be able to use text as buttons, and have yet to figure that out...

Also trying to figure out how to just type text on the menu screens... or remove buttons I don't want, etc. I wish this great program would give us more power over layout and displayed options...

JG

hello.

I am using DVD Author and it works great. However, I've run into a problem with some new DVD+R 4x media that I am using. The media is very high grade, but the TMPGEnc burner software is only recognizing the media as 2x. I've used other 4x media with no problem, so I'm not sure what to make of it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Faceman