User manual SONIC SOLUTIONS DVD CREATOR

[. . . ] Sonic DVD Creator Tutorial - Sonic Part Number 800117 Rev B (3/99) This manual, as well as the software described in it, is furnished under license and may only be used or copied in accordance with the terms of such license. The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Sonic Solutions. Sonic Solutions assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book. Except as permitted by such license, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Sonic Solutions. [. . . ] The video clip you just added begins with a fade from black, so the frame that appears in the Layout window is simply black. 5 Save the Project (z+S). Playing Back the Audio and Video (Proofing) Now that you have added some material to a PGC, you can play it back to see what it looks like. CREATING A NEW PROJECT 2-9 1 In the Layout window, select the PGC, Title Set 1:1 PGC #1, and click Project. 2. Click to highlight this PGC. The proofing tool launches, and after several seconds begin playing the video and audio streams contained in the PGC. 2-1 0 CREATING A SIMPLE PROJECT 2 Use the remote control to navigate through the title. It has all of the features and functionality of a DVD player's remote control. Quit the proofing tool and return to the Layout window. Play, Pause, and Stop video playback. The Navigation State window displays the status of both System Parameters and General Parameters. System Parameters display settings and controls found within the DVD player (such as the default language), while General Parameters are author-defined variables (to be used for such things as keeping a game score, tracking user interactivity, and more complex calculations). Figure 2-2 Navigation State window. CREATING A NEW PROJECT 2-1 1 3 When you are done, click Power to closer the proofing tool. Adding and Linking PGCs Now that you understand the basics of creating a title (designing a layout and adding audio and video to a PGC), you are ready to create a more complex layout by adding more PGCs with additional audio and video tracks. 1 Click and drag from the right arrow of Title Set 1:1 PGC #1 to an empty space in the layout window to create a Next link and a new PGC, Title Set 1:1 PGC #2. Drag in this direction to create a Next link. The green line indicates a Next Link from PGC #1. 2-1 2 CREATING A SIMPLE PROJECT Typ es o f Li nks - N ext , Prev i o us , and Ret urn Linking PGCs establishes the order in which they will play back. There are three types of links: control, the PGC attached by a Previous link plays next. · Next - When a viewer presses the Next or Skip button on a DVD player remote control, the PGC attached by a Next link plays next. · Return - When a viewer presses the Return button on a DVD player remote control, the PGC attached by a Return link plays next. · Previous - When a viewer presses the Previous button on a DVD player remote 2 Click and drag the left arrow of PGC #2 to PGC #1 to create a Previous link. Drag in this direction to create a Previous link. 3 Click and drag from PGC #2's right arrow and release. A new PGC, Title Set 1:1 PGC #3, appears with a green Next Link drawn. Now you should have four PGCs with Next Links connecting them together. 4 CREATING A NEW PROJECT 2-1 3 5 Add Previous links between PGC #4 and PGC #3, and PGC #3 and PGC #2. Add Audio and Video to the New PGCs Now you will add audio and video to each of the new, linked PGCs. 1 Drag the nightmoves_8. qt, pepsi. qt and tabasco. qt files from the desktop to the Source list. Add these three files to the Source List. DVD Creator adds . ses (session) to the file names. 2-1 4 CREATING A SIMPLE PROJECT 2 Double-click the middle of PGC #2 in the Layout window to display the Presentation Editor. Drag tabasco. qt. mpeg from the Source List to the video track area and tabasco. pcm. ac3 from the Source List to the audio track area of the Presentation Editor. 3 Note: Or, you can also try dragging the . ses file directly into the track header area. This will place both the video and audio files (contained in the . ses file) into the Presentation Editor at the same time. 4 Click the box in the upper left-hand corner of the Presentation Editor to close the window and return to the Layout window. Repeat steps 2 through 4 to add the pepsi audio and video clips to PGC #3 and the nightmoves audio and video clips to PGC #4. When you are done, the Layout window should look like this: 5 6 Click the label under PGC#1, pres 3, to highlight and type LifeSavers. Press Tab to move to the next PGC label. CREATING A NEW PROJECT 2-1 5 7 Repeat Step 6 with the other three Title PGCs: · Rename PGC#4 to Tabasco · Rename PGC#5 to Pepsi · Rename PGC#6 to Nightmoves This will make it easier to keep track of the layout. 8 Save the project (z+S). 2-1 6 CREATING A SIMPLE PROJECT Adding Entry Points (Chapter Points) Entry points are markers within a PGC that allow viewers to jump to certain points within a video stream using the Next and Previous buttons on the remote control. (Entry points can also be used as Chapter Points. ) 1 Double-click the Nightmoves PGC in the Layout window to display the Presentation Editor. This creates an entry point. 2 Double-click in this area to create an entry point. CREATING A NEW PROJECT 2-1 7 3 By default, the entry point is defined as a Program and part of a title. Double-click the entry point. You can name the entry point for reference purposes (the name appears next to the entry point in the Presentation Editor). Not only do entry points provide "jump to" points in a title, but they also separate the video streams into Programs and Cells. E n t ry P oi nt s - Pro g rams v s . Cel l s Defining an entry point as a cell means that navigation to this specific location can only be achieved by using the "Link CN" command. Also, playing through this point will not increment the chapter counter on the DVD player. Defining an entry point as a program means that this point can be navigated to by using the "Link PGN" command or the "Link CN" command. [. . . ] Click and hold the Rewind and Fast Forward buttons for more options. Select the source material's timecode format (PAL, NTSC, drop-frame, or NTSC non-drop-frame. ) 4 Choose File > New. ENCODING AUDIO AND VIDEO 4-3 Ti mecode F o rmat s Vid e o F o rma ts Drop F ram e v s . N on-Drop Fr am e NTSC video is actually 29. 97002997 frames per second. In order to keep the timecode count accurate with a 24-hour clock, frames 0 and 1 are omitted (dropped) from the count at the start of every minute, except 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 minutes. Non-drop frame is 29. 97 frames per second without alteration (no frames dropped). · NTSC - The North American video standard is 29. 97 frames per second (fps). · PAL - The European video standard is 25 frames per second (fps). 5 In the Encode Setup window, select New Video Set from the Video Settings list. SelectNewVideoSet. 4-4 ENCODING VIDEO AND AUDIO 6 In the Create Video Set window, do the following: · In the Name field, type CBR_1Pass. [. . . ]