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Is there a way to convert video shows that I recorded to my Tivo desktop software and burn as data dvd's which can be viewed on my pc's> I want to convert these data dvd's to a normal format I can watch on my home dvd player for viewing on my h-d tv?. My guess is I may need a plugin of some sort that will work with this software. If any of you out there in cyberspace know just what plugins I need please answer my question. All replies of a knowledgeable nature are welcome.
How do you view these data dvd's on your pc? Do you have to use Tivo software to view it? It will all depend on what format the video is in. You can try using MediaInfo to seee what format the video stream is.
Hope you guys can help. I have two projects saved, they seem to act differently. When playing a track, and the track ends, it goes back to the menu... but the track it just played is highlighted. Great, this is how I want it...
However, another project I am working on seemingly has the same settings, but when a track finishes playing, it goes back to the menu and the first track is highlighted.
I don't have TAW4 currently installed, but I think there is a setting in the Global Menu Settings for what is highlighted when you return to the menu, so check there.
Do you mean you want the menu background to be a video and it loops? Or do you mean the chapter thumbnails are videos and they loop? Or do you mean there's just a video on the menu screen separate from the chapters that loops?
When the disk loads the menu page I would like a short video that I have that has a roll in effect for the title. I have made the video already, and am trying to understand how to display it as the background for the menu.. I would remove the "Title" label and the "Return" label that Authoring Works 5 normally inserts, only having the "Play" text available on top of the background.
Go to the Global Menu settings in the Menu stage and activate motion backgrounds in the Motion Menu tab. You should also set the duration of the motion menu as the same duration of your video and make sure the loop setting is checked.
Back in the main Menu stage window, select the menu you want to edit and double-click the background. This opens the background editor and you can now set a video as the background image.
I’ve done as you stated and in the Menu Item Edit the preview playback works perfectly; however, when I return to the main menu and use the Simulation tab I only receive the audio portion of the clip – no video. What am I missing?
PROBLEM SOLVED!! Actually I had done it right all along. What I didn't see in the Help section was that for the Simulation to show the actual background video playing is that you have to click on the "Motion" tab in the control panel. Sorry for the bother.. Now I have a back ground that "unrolls" across the screen revealing the label as it unrolls, complete with the audio accentuating the effect. Looks great (of course I'm biased)..
The TV station I am submitting my content to said my video & audio levels are out of their acceptable range. I need to make my video level under 100 IRE and my audio level between -12 db & -24 db.
1. How do I check the video & audio level on my file?
2. How do I modify the video/audio level if it is out of range?
I am doing this as volunteer work for a small non-profit that doesn't have the budget to buy any additional software, so I need to use other software can you please suggest any freeware available online that I can use to view/modify the levels if Video Mastering Works 5 can't do it?
I have bought both Mastering Works 5 and Authoring Works 5.
My question first is regarding chapters in Authoring Works, I deal in authoring DVDs and blu-rays with lots of shows on each disc. I am a bit fed up with having to select each show and add chapters on each one individually. Sometimes I have 40+ shows per disc and when making a lot of them it soon adds up to a lot of time. In Ulead Movie Factory that allows you to add chapters on everything automatically at one click, you just select the duration gap between each chapter. Can you do this in Authoring Works ? I can make it automatic when I have clicked the chapter button, but I still have to do this on every video file, instead of all of them at once. Am I just missing the batch option somewhere for this ?
Secondly, I can't seem to encode xDVDs in AW and nor can I crop or use any filters/cropping. So to author a proper DVD I have to first encode and filter it in Mastering Works and then import in AW which is a 2 step process. Given Pegasys own both software, surely they could integrate this in Authoring Works too at an extra cost ? Or perhaps give extra features for those of us who have purchased both, like a plug-in or add on. Will this come on a future edition ?
It would be nice to have a simple timer when Live capturing from DV/HDV device, in order to avoid filling the hard disk unnecessarily when capturing long programs in unattended mode....
I understand this becomes a low-priority request as IEEE1394 capture quickly becomes obsolete.....but:
It would be nice to have a preview window when (live) capturing from a DV/HDV device. This is a.o. useful to position the pleadhead of a screenless DV/HDV device at the correct (start) position, and to monitor the picture/sound during capture.
In my case, I have a DVB-C decoder/recorder connected to my computer via an analog to DV transcoding device. Whenever I want to transfer video from the DVB-C unit, I have to connect it to an external monitor in order to seek the start point of my capture and see the DVB-C device on-screen controls.
It would be nice to be able to do all this right on the computer, from the TVMW5 capture session.
Did I understand correctly that TAW5 only imports .srt .subtitle and .xsubtitle files ?
I am on a project where a large volume of subtitles needs to be added from scratch (i.e. a translator is going to write the text, no existing OCR or .srt files). I need to give recommendations to the writer in order to minimize his work (and mine).
Is there a better method to input these subtitles into TAW5 than copy & paste line-by-line, from a simple text file ? Writing directly in .srt format is not easy for the person in charge of the translation ?
Sadly, no. There is nothing you can do. Have them write into .srt with substation alpha if must, but this program SUCKS for it's subtitle support. You be better off trying multiavchd. Freeware program with a heck of a lot better subtitle support. Pegasys has left us out to dry here with their complete lack of understanding in regards to how important subtitle support is. Or it could be the MPAA breathing down their neck as proper subtitle support would make bootleg blurays extremely easy to make.
You are correct about TAW5 lacking in subtitle support. However, it shouldn't be hard to convert most formats to .srt using the excellent, free Subtitle Edit and then import it over to ΤΑW5.
I am trying to create a slideshow with well over 200 photos (the limit for a slideshow). The problem isn't that it is over 200 photos the problem is that every 200 photos it the program creates a new "clip" within the track. Now I ended up with about 25 clips (some were very short) and I would like to add seamless music to the slideshow that consists of all 25 clips.
Are there ways to do this? Can I add an Audio Stream to a Track as I would for a clip? Is there a way to combine all 25 clips into one singular clip so I can add the Audio Stream to that?
Unfortunately, there's no way to apply audio to span multiple clips. You'd have to output the file to get a single video track and then import that track back into the project, then you'd be able to add your audio. So it is possible with a bit of work.
Hello, I hope that here I solve this headache. I created a DVD with a first track and two track play menu. In the first track menu, I have only one episode of 30 minutes which when returned directly to the track just menu. The problem as I have in the second track menu, which termed as "extras" I have three videos (chapters) with a duration independent each other. My question is this:
After completing each chapter, you can return to the menu of the track both?, Because in my case if I press the first chapter, begins immediately after finishing second, and that's not what I want. What I want is that after finishing the chapter returns to the main menu which contains the 3 chapters.
Unfortunately, you can't return to the menu after a chapter ends with TAW4.
However, they added a setting in TAW5 that allows you to return to the menu after a certain chapter.
I'm trying to connect the first play and the main menu,but in the final dvd big difference,switch from first play to main menu get bad,video is stretched to main menu and it turns out the big difference between the first play in main menu.both the video is made from a single shared file. why?? if you can tell me how can i solve this problem?