Understanding timelines


    Most DVDs consist of several features. You arrange the necessary assets of each feature--video clips, still images, audio clips, and subtitles--in timelines, graphic representations of a feature over time. You link to a timeline from menus. The timeline shows you the duration of each asset and its placement in time relative to the other assets. You can mark specific locations in the feature by using chapter points and position subtitles to match the video or still images.

    Each feature within a project requires its own timeline, even if the feature is a single video clip with no additional audio or subtitles. Depending upon its complexity, your project may consist of a single timeline or several timelines. Each timeline contains tracks for the assets of a feature. Video, audio, and subtitles all appear on separate tracks.

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