There are several easy steps to creating a professional-looking DVD menu system for your disc.
Note: it is important to understand that the term 'Menu' in this section of the VideoWave online help refers to the DVD menu that is created for your DVD. This menu will appear on your TV or monitor screen whenever the finished DVD is inserted into your DVD player or DVD-ROM drive.
The steps include:
Assigning Chapters to a Video Title
To create a new DVD or Video CD project:
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You can have a plain colored background instead of an image. To do so, you must first ensure there is no background image present in the Viewscreen.
Right-click over the Viewscreen, and select Delete Background.
On the Mode selector, click the background button.
Click the Color button below the Viewscreen, and select a color from the list.
Note: to load additional images to the Background Library, you must click the Return to Storyline button on the Mode selector.
The video titles added in this step can be of any format supported by MGI VideoWave 5, such as AVI, MPEG-2 or MPEG-1. During the disc burning process, VideoWave 5 converts all files to MPEG-2 for DVD and DVD on CD, and to MPEG-1 for Video CD.
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Normally the first frame in the video represent the title in the menu. To show a different frame, highlight the title and move the Frame slider to advance to a more appropriate frame.
Within each title, you can assign chapters. When the DVD title is playing, chapters can be accessed by pressing the >>| (Next Chapter) or |<< (Previous Chapter) buttons, found on most DVD player's remote control units or within the software player's interface.
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Each item on your DVD menu (including video titles and additional menus) must have a frame or button assigned to it from the Buttons Library. Using a border will allow the item to show through, while a button will cover the item.
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To change the border or button style, drag a different sample from the Library to the item.
To edit the text under a title:
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To change the text style, drag the style from the Text Library to the text on the Viewscreen.
Informative or ornamental text can be added to the menu background. Drag a text placeholder from the Library to an unoccupied part of the Viewscreen, then edit as desired.
Sound can be assigned to each menu, to run as background audio.
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The first menu created is the 'main' menu, which appears when ever the disc is inserted into the player, and whenever a title is finished playing. Sometimes it is appropriate to have a link in your menu to another menu. The main menu can list the major titles on the DVD, while a sub-menu can list material that may be accessed less frequently, such as a behind-the-scenes video on the making of your movie.
To create an additional menu:
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If desired, assign a different button style to the new menu link from the Buttons Library. Edit the link text by double-clicking the text.
Note: to view or edit items on any menu, double-click the menu on the Disc Contents strip.
To have the menu items snap into alignment as you move them with the mouse, click the Grid button
Click the Shadow button to assign a shadow effect to the menu item
To burn your movie to disk, see the Write movie to DVD or CD topic.