Menu for disc c. Creating a DVD video disc in DVD Lab Pro

Any branded DVD contains a menu with which you can start playing a video, select a movie episode, or access settings. Such a menu can be made for a disc created at home. If it is assumed that an amateur film will be watched on a TV screen using a household DVD player, then such a menu is simply necessary. It’s much easier to spend time creating episodes and buttons to quickly jump to them once than to rewind to the desired moment every time you watch. Programs for working with DVD menus may also be needed if you want to make changes to an existing disc, say, remove additional materials from it and, accordingly, edit the menu.

At the first stage, you can compose a DVD from several video files. For each video added to the project, detailed information is displayed, and the file itself can be viewed in the preview window. In addition, you can add subtitles. The bar at the bottom of the screen clearly shows how much space is left on the drive. It is important that Super DVD Creator supports not only regular DVD-5 discs, but also dual-layer (DVD-9) discs.

Once the disk layout is complete, you can proceed to creating a menu. There are several background images to choose from, but you can load any background image from your hard drive, as well as add music.

By default, a preview icon is created for each video file based on the first frame. As a rule, this is not very convenient, since the first frame is rarely indicative. To change the frame in which the video file will be presented in the menu, simply click on the icon and find the desired location using the control buttons and the preview window.

If the video files you'll be burning to DVD are longer than 10 minutes, it may make sense to create clips not only for each clip, but also to quickly jump to the middle of each clip. To have the program automatically create chapters every 10, 15, or 20 minutes, you must select the Setup Chapter Property command. The frequency with which fragments will be created can be set manually. Then all that remains is to burn the DVD, which can be done directly in the program. Developer: Protectedsoft
Distribution size: 10 MB
Distribution: shareware As a rule, DVD authoring programs have a fairly large distribution size. If this is not the case, then this means that the program does not have ready-made templates. This, of course, can be regarded as a drawback, but, on the other hand, the menu can be created based on any images available on the hard drive. Video DVD Maker Pro is one of those programs that doesn't offer a variety of templates. There are only five background images in the library that comes with Video DVD Maker Pro, so you'll likely have to worry about finding a suitable image. Like many programs of a similar nature, Video DVD Maker Pro is built in the form of a wizard. First you need to select a background image for the menu and specify the type of project. Since the program interface is Russified, there should be no problems with this: you can capture from a video camera, make a selection of ready-made video files or photos, etc.

For each video file that is added to the project, a separate chapter will be created on the DVD. Sections play a very important role for DVDs, since it is the links to them that are included in the menu. In other words, partitions need to be created for easy navigation of the future disk. If the video files that are burned to DVD are large enough, you can add additional sections to quickly move not only to the beginning of the clip, but also to other sections. The next step after creating sections is adding a menu. Since so many users often dream of a “magic button” that would do all the work for them, the creators of Video DVD Maker Pro added a button that they called Magic Button. When you click on it, the program analyzes the project and creates a menu with links to the main sections. You can then manually select the position of each menu item, set transparency, and even add a depth effect, that is, make the menu items three-dimensional. By selecting menu items, in the Layer Properties group you can see which disk fragments they refer to. It is also possible to add additional menu items. The Add Audio button is used to add background music that will accompany the loading of the menu. Finally, it is worth mentioning that you can select some settings for the background image, in particular, select the scale.

You can also burn a disc in Video DVD Maker Pro. The creators of the program did not forget about the need to create a cover for the disc. It is very convenient that the cover is generated automatically and contains the name of the disc and the background image selected for the menu. You can add text, images, and various vector graphics elements (ellipse, rectangle, line) to the cover. Developer: MediaChance
Distribution size: 33 MB
Distribution: shareware All programs for creating DVD menus can be divided into two types. For most users, all-in-one solutions are suitable, where you can compose a disc, create a menu, and burn a DVD. However, those who create menus professionally use programs that are designed exclusively for this purpose. Most of these applications are very expensive and difficult to learn, but they provide almost unlimited menu creation options. In particular, you can create multi-level menus and establish connections between each element. Such programs usually do not have ready-made templates, but they support importing Adobe Photoshop files, including those that use layers. DVD-lab Pro stands in the middle between simple DVD authoring programs and professional solutions. The developers of the utility focused not on ready-made menu templates (although there are also quite a few of them), but on individual elements and effects. Therefore, even if you decide to use a ready-made button for navigation, but add the effect of fire or metallic shine to it, it will become original. In addition, the same button can be made using any element from the program’s extensive library as a basis, for example, a smiley face or an exclamation mark. The program also has ample opportunities for creating animation effects. For example, it is not difficult to create the effect of buttons moving to their assigned places from different corners of the screen when loading a disk. Using DVD-lab PRO you can create a slide show from photos. The program allows you to add entire folders of photos at once, determine the orientation of pictures (horizontal or vertical), and add background music. In addition, you can choose the frequency of frame changes, add a shadow-casting effect and sign each photo. DVD-lab PRO even takes into account such little things as the location of menu items in the so-called safe zone. This is important if you plan to watch the disc on a TV screen. On a TV screen, unlike a computer monitor, a small portion of the image may be cut off at the edge. When creating menus in DVD-lab PRO, you can observe the safe zone and refrain from placing menu items in it. One of the features that brings DVD-lab PRO closer to professional editors for creating DVD menus is viewing connections between menu elements. When switching to this mode, the disk structure is displayed in the form of a diagram, on which each element is represented as a separate icon and labeled. Elements can be moved from place to place, and the connections between them can be changed. In addition, for each of them you can set your own command, for example, turn on the DVD player’s disc reading mode in karaoke format. To create commands, the built-in script editor is used, which can be worked in text and graphic modes.

A special tool for catching errors will help you check the functionality of the DVD. It analyzes all connections, scripts, menu commands and indicates possible errors. The finished project can be saved as a video file, PSD file, or as a template for subsequent projects.

With DvdReMake Pro you can not only remove unwanted content, but also edit the disc menu. This is no more difficult than working with a visual HTML editor: you can move and delete buttons, edit connections between menu elements. This function can be useful, for example, to place a link to your favorite movie episode on the first page of the menu.

Conclusion

Watching your favorite films in a pleasant company is always an interesting pastime. And although many of us are accustomed to enjoying the latest movies on the Internet or on the big screen, the most convenient way to watch them is on a DVD player. To do this, you just need to burn the desired movie to disk. A visual DVD creation program such as VideoMASTER will help with this.

"VideoMASTER" is incredibly simple and at the same time universal, allowing you to work with any video files. With its help, you can convert video recordings into various formats, as well as work with them in the built-in editor (cut and merge videos, add effects, etc.). The program easily converts both popular video extensions and more rare ones, for example, MKV, FLV, etc. .d.

Supports any video formats

One of the most useful features of the utility is the function of downloading videos from YouTube and VKontakte. And if the downloaded video for some reason is not played by your player, then it can be easily converted to another format, including audio. It is also possible to upload films and clips to the Internet directly through the editor, because VideoMASTER generates FLV and SWF videos with a ready-made player. Media player settings are set in advance.

Video editing

The program for creating DVD discs is equipped with a built-in video clip editor. This will allow you to make various changes to a particular video file. The editor contains a huge selection of filters for processing. Thus, with one click of the mouse, you can crop a video, add unusual special effects, improve image quality, extract sound, etc. At the same time, you can add an unlimited number of files, and even entire folders with videos.

Convenient DVD recording

Now let's talk about using the VideoMASTER program. To get started, you need to insert a blank DVD media into the computer drive. Next, you will be prompted to add video files of interest to the user - be they films, clips or something else. After this, you can begin to create an interactive menu that will be displayed on the TV screen. A special module contains a collection of ready-made design templates that can be edited. Here you can change the background, choose a title, add pictures, etc.

"VideoMASTER" is not only a convenient program for creating DVDs, but also a high-quality video converter for different devices. With it, you can download any video to your iPhone, iPod or other device at hand. The utility has over 350 video profiles for smartphones, players and game consoles, and the list of models is constantly updated.

Conclusion

To summarize what has been said, we note that VideoMASTER is a very good choice for home use, since this program is simple and comfortable to use. Thanks to an impressive number of features and a clear interface in Russian, the converter will help you convert and process video in the shortest possible time, as well as burn a DVD with an interactive menu.

This is why there are programs for creating DVD videos, or, in other words, DVD authoring. Currently, there are a huge number of such programs on the shelves (the law-abiding citizen himself will choose the desired counter) and on the Internet, but in this article we will talk about only one of these products called DVD LAB Pro. Canadian made considerable efforts in creating this program, as a result of which this product, to some extent, can be classified as professional solutions. In this article, we will be able, using both the built-in techniques implemented in the program and using our imagination and creative fervor, to create a full-fledged DVD video disc. So let's begin.

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1. Launching the program and creating a new project

Launching the DVD-lab PRO shortcut will open a program window with a choice of parameters for our future DVD.

In the first line you need to select the project color system (PAL or NTSC). In Russia, as you know, PAL is used (set by default). Now you need to select your project type. To create a regular DVD video, just check the box Normal. How is it different? Advanced from Normal, what's happened VTS And VMG and why we considered the type sufficient Normal? Each DVD disc consists of a set of films (clips) and a menu, this is VTS, that is, a kind of container in which clips and menus are stored. In DVD LAB, each VTS can contain 99 movies (clips) and 250 menus. However, all menus and all films (clips) in one VTS must have the same settings, and if you set, say, the proportions to 4:3, then in the entire project all clips and menus will have the same proportions, however, if you want to watch the same film also in a wide format, for example, 16:9, then you need to create an additional VTS with 16:9 parameters. But in order for the DVD player to understand that your disc includes two VTS (4:3 and 16:9), it requires creating VMG- Video Manager menu. From the above, it can be assumed that the average user is unlikely to create a DVD with a film about how he had fun in Turkey in two or even three formats, so in this lesson only the project type is used Normal, which is quite enough to create an amateur DVD video disc.

The next item of project properties that needs to be considered is Simple. Selecting this item will create a project with space only for a video fragment ( Movie).

You can add the remaining items yourself, but more on that later. Paragraph Template creates an empty project, but the meaning of the phrase Open project(Open project) is understandable to everyone without exception. 2. Import video, sound fragments, pictures

So, in stock - an empty project for now. Pay attention to the bottom of the open program window.

It's called Assets window(the window in which our “property” will accumulate). Here, namely in the tab Video & Audio, all video fragments, pictures and sounds needed for work are imported. The remaining tabs represent various objects built in by default: Backgrounds(background pictures), Objects(objects), Plug-ins(plugins), Clips(clips), Music(musical fragments), Images(pictures). Import is done in several ways, the first way is the simplest: just drag the selected file from Windows Explorer into this window. Second way: press the button Import Files and select the desired file.

The third way is to open File Browser using DVD Lab by clicking the appropriate button.

The file browser will launch, from which you can simply drag it into the window Assets Window you can import files.

However, you may notice that the file import button is present not only in the tab Audio & Video, but also in other tabs, respectively, import will be carried out in the tab that is currently open. The difference is that in the tab Assets Window there is a link to video and audio fragments and pictures located in any folder you created, and when importing, say, into a tab Images, the image file is copied to the Images folder, located in the directory where the program is installed. Therefore, when loading a new project, the window Assets Window will be empty, and in the tab Images You will find pictures that are there by default, as well as pictures that were imported earlier (if they were imported).

Unfortunately, DVD LAB Pro can only work with certain file types, in particular, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpa, .wav, .m2v (see), and to convert your video to these formats you need to use third-party programs (for example, TMpgenc, Canopus ProCoder). Importing files is done by simple transfer. In our case, these are files with the extension .m2v and .mpa. If the parameters of the files that you try to import for some reason do not correspond to the supported ones, a window will appear with a list of errors or warnings. If you try to import one video file containing video and audio (.mpg) into the program, a window will appear containing two items: Demultiplex to Elementary Streams(Demultiplex) and Quick mode without Demultiplexing(Quick insert).

Let's talk briefly about demultiplexing. To put it simply, this is an ordinary splitting of a .mpg file into its component parts, video and sound. The demultiplexing process makes two files from one .mpg file, a video file and an audio file, which are then imported into the project. It is recommended to select demultiplexing (otherwise the program will do this for you when compiling the project), after which in the Window Assets window you will also receive 2 files, video and audio.

Let's continue working on the project. Go to the window Movie by double-clicking on the shortcut Movie in the window Project.

By simply dragging files from the Assets window to the Movie window, add audio and video files.

Now in this window you have a movie track and an audio track. 3. Creating chapters of the future film.

There are two ways to create chapters. The first is automatic chapter detection using DVD LAB Pro. Why do you need to select the menu item Movie>AutoChapters...

A dialog box will appear Add Chapters by Scene Detection.

In this window you can set the sensitivity to scene changes - Scene Detection Options. The higher the value in a point Sensitivity(Sensitivity) the more chapters you get. In the field Chapters Distribution Type(Chapter Allocation Type) there are two options. By selecting Add X Chapters in whole movie, you will indicate the number of chapters into which the film will be divided, and selecting the option Find all possible chapters provides for the minimum length of one chapter in minutes. Thus, if in this field you specify the chapter duration of one minute and set the maximum sensitivity to scene changes (255), then the number of chapters will be equal to the length of the film in minutes.

The second way is to distribute chapters manually. For this you will need a window Preview(View).

The buttons at the top of the window mean (from left to right): playing the movie in normal mode, in accelerated mode, stop, frame left, frame right, add a chapter, open the automatic chapter splitting mode and show or hide the timecode display. Therefore, having selected the desired frame in this window, click on the add chapter icon and it appears in your film.

What if you installed the chapter in the wrong place and want to remove or move it? To do this, select the chapter by clicking on the green diamond or red arrow (the arrow or diamond means, respectively, whether the frames of the clip are indexed or not. Indexing is used to more accurately distribute chapters).

In the square under the diamond the sign will change from plus to minus; by clicking on it, you can delete the chapter. You can also use the Eraser tool in the toolbar, just click on the unnecessary chapter and it will be deleted. To move a chapter, activate the move tool, point at the chapter and move it to the desired location. 4. Creating the Main Menu

To create a main menu (or root menu), you need to open the menu itself. Double-click on the corresponding shortcut in the project window.

The Movie window will change to a blank black background. First of all, add a background image to your menu. To do this, you need to import the image you are interested in in advance into the Assets Window tab and add a background by simply dragging and dropping. You can also use the available pictures in the tab Backgrounds Assets Window.

The background is ready. Now let’s create the menu itself, let it consist of four items: Start watching, Scene selection, Setting the sound, Installing subtitles. To create inscriptions, click on the button Ahh and click where you would like the text to appear.

A window for entering text, as well as its formatting (changing the font, location, etc.) will appear.

By repeating the operation four times (since you have 4 menu items) you will get the following:

The text can be moved. Click and hold it with the mouse, positioning it however you like, it all depends on your imagination. Or place the lines one below the other, select them and click on the selection with the left mouse button. A menu will appear containing additional tools for arranging your text in the window. In this case, align the lines to the left using the command Align Left.

Next, using the knowledge you’ve already acquired, decorate the menu a little with pictures. In our example, pictures were cut from movie frames and imported into the tab Images Assets Window so that you can later use these images in other projects. The pictures were imported in .psd format and created in Adobe Photoshop - DVD LAB Pro allows you to work with layers. You can change the direction of the picture using the toolbar to the right of the window Menu, in the same place where the text creation button is located.

As a result, you can get something like this:

Now create links for the lines of text. For now, you can only link to the first menu item “Start watching”, since the film already exists and you can find it as follows: right-click on the text, select Link>Movie1>Chapter 1(Movie Start). It's simple.

Now create three more empty menus, in which we will have the chapter menu, and the settings for sounds and subtitles. Right-click in the project window and select Add Menu, or use hotkeys Alt+N.

Let's say that you have not four menus, but a hundred. Of course, it's hard to remember which material is where, so you need to assign names to each object. To do this, select the desired menu in the project window with the left mouse button and click F2. You can now rename your menus. These names are displayed only in the program itself and nowhere else.

After all the links are installed, numbers will appear next to the lines, indicating that this line has a link with a certain serial number. If you select a line, you will see below it where the link is installed. For example, number 1 “Start watching” will start showing the movie, and link number 2 “Select Scenes” will take you to the scene selection menu.

5. Menu testing and improvement.

Test your menu to see how all this beauty will work and look. To do this, select the command Menu>Simulate.

A menu simulator with a nice control panel will start. Move your mouse over the links, press a button on your keyboard or remote control.

Please note that when you select a menu item, the color of the line changes. Exit menu test mode and notice the window Properties(Properties) to the right of the menu window.

This properties window provides a wide range of options for controlling colors, textures, connections, etc. Open the tab Map.

In this tab you can see the fields Button Hi-Lite group And Color Map. In the first field, check the box Antialised(Smoothing), and go to the second field, which has the option set by default Selected. Click the arrows located to the left and right of the option name. It is easy to guess that this function is responsible for the state of the menu buttons at a certain point in time. So, Normal- normal button state, Selected- the state of the button when this menu item is selected, and Activated- the state of the button clicked on the link. For each position, you can select your own color parameters - use the slider for this. If the slider is moved all the way to the left, then there will be no color. Remember that these three modes do not apply to each button individually, but to the entire menu, and you need to configure them once for each menu. Now complicate your menu. Make sure that when you hover over the desired menu item, it is underlined, no matter what or from what side. To do this, draw a line under one link (for example) using the menu toolbar. Select the rectangle icon.

Copy it and paste it under each menu item (use hotkeys Ctrl+C And Ctrl+V) . Then in the properties window, in the tab Color(Color) Change the color of each line.

Please note that in the screenshot the dash under the “Start viewing” menu item is highlighted with an orange dotted line. This means that the dash is not normally visible. This is set again in the properties window, but in the tab Link(in the picture on the right). In addition to setting the visibility of the buttons in this window, you can also set links as you did by right-clicking on the dash or text and selecting the link. Click on the button visibility selection item.

In principle, everything is quite simple: Visible the button is always visible, regardless of whether it is selected or not; Invisible Normal the button is not visible in the normal state, but when selected ( Selected) it becomes visible; Invisible Selected reverse Invisible Normal, the button is visible when not selected; Invisible All the button is not visible in all cases. Set the mode for all created lines Invisible Normal and test your menu. There are no lines, but hover over the line where it should be and it will appear. However, you won’t look for this dash before watching, and you never know where it might be located - below, on the right, on the left, on top, or maybe it’s not a dash at all. It’s easier to click on the visible text and start viewing. Go back to the toolbar and select a tool Group HotSpot.

In the work area of ​​your menu, circle the line "Start viewing" and your dash.

This way you have grouped both objects - text and line. Do the same for the other four items, test the menu. At the same time, enjoy the resulting beauty. The main menu is ready. 6. Create a chapter menu.

First of all, go to edit the "Scene Selection" menu. Give the menu any background and create 12 text links for each chapter.

The second option is to create a beautiful menu with windows in which video clips of the beginning of your chapters will be played. In DVD LAB Pro, for this you need to use the function Motion Menu. Import the background and take a look at the toolbar in the menu editor.

Click the button Insert Chapter Still(Insert first frame of chapter). You will receive a list of the movies in your project and a list of all the chapters in the movie. Just select the desired chapter and click on it with the mouse, for example, Chapter 2. A video fragment will appear in the center of your future menu, the frame of which will coincide with the frame of the beginning of the second chapter. Arrange its window to your liking, using the parameter Change Size(Resize), which can be found by right-clicking on the frame itself.

In the window that appears, arrange the objects on the menu screen as you wish. So, after importing 6 fragments, you will get the following menu, and each picture will have a link to each chapter, starting from the second:

And here is the first drawback: we do not see which menu item the cursor is currently on. We'll fix it now. In the case of text links, we used underlining, but here it would be more appropriate to use frames, that is, appearing frames. To do this, you first need to remove all links from your fragments. Then find the shortcut in the toolbar Frame and, having selected it, draw a frame of any size.

Then use the window resizing and positioning options again. Enter the same values ​​as the first clip in our menu with a link to Chapter 2. You will get something like this:

Next, each frame must be assigned a link according to the frames, and in the properties window, select the parameter for each frame Invisible Normal, as in the main menu. Test the menu; if everything is done correctly, then when you select the desired item, it should be highlighted with a frame of the color specified in the tab Map menu properties windows. You need to remember that in the same tab the color value for the button in the mode Normal must be at zero, otherwise all frames will be highlighted as usual. Now proceed to creating not static pictures, but a moving menu, for which select the item Menu>Render Motion.

The window for creating a moving menu will open.

What do we see in this window? The first is a picture of your menu, the second Motion Objects, that is, those objects to which movement extends. Next to each name there is a checkbox, unchecking which will disable the creation of a moving menu (in this case, a red cross will appear opposite the name instead of a checkbox). Next after Motion Objects field for setting dynamic effects ( Dynamic-FX Objects)? responsible for setting up special effects used as an addition to Motion Menu. The bottom part of the window shows the frame from which the menu should begin playing. Click the mouse in the window Motion Objects by name, and you will see that the starting frame also changes in this window. To the right of the menu window there is a slider, by moving which you can select a different starting frame. This can be useful when you don't want the first frame of the chapters to match what will be shown on screen. Well, the last part is Global Settings and Outputs, that is, general settings together with output parameter settings.

In the window Motion Menu nothing more than a video file is created that plays while viewing the menu on the screen. After reviewing everything carefully, decide on the settings for the duration of clip playback Total Clip time(set it to 10 seconds), Intro Effect this is the effect of frames appearing when you go to your menu, leave it blank. Check the box next to the option Cross-fade the End for looping in 50 frames. This will mean that when the clip ends, it will start playing again, and to avoid mismatch between the beginning and end frames, we created a smooth transition within 50 frames from the end of the clip to the beginning. Now click Render and wait for the rendering process to complete, having first specified the name of the file that will be contained in motion menu. Notice that after rendering you now have another clip in Assets Window, and 2 tracks appeared at the bottom of the menu window, audio and video. The video track contains your video file as you just created it. But to Audio you can add any audio track that will be played while viewing the menu.

So, the menu you created contains frames with links to scenes from the film. If desired, each frame can be provided with a short text comment. But, since this example contains 12 chapters, all of them are unlikely to fit into one menu, so you will need to create a second menu of chapters, not forgetting to provide all menus with buttons Next And

Today I’ll tell you about a couple of programs with which you can quickly create any DVD menu without any special knowledge. If you thought it was difficult, then I can only say that you are deeply mistaken. The programs described below will make the process of creating a DVD menu easy and interesting! Now you can make your own collections of your favorite movies with easy navigation through fragments, which is very important when watching DVDs on a regular DVD player.

The developers of Super DVD Creator have built three utilities into the program:

1. Converter video files to VOB format to create movie fragments. I would like to emphasize that you can convert existing VOB files - useful if you want to reduce the size of the movie or trim it.
2. Creating a DVD menu, followed by burning to DVD and, of course, creating an auto launch for the menu
3. Burn movies to DVD. I think no comments are required.

So, let's launch the converter. There are a minimum of buttons and all sorts of bells and whistles, everything is clear - this is already good, but I would like to point out a drawback - you cannot adjust the pixel resolution for video, which would be useful for laptops or just home computers.

The beginning and end of the fragment, the quality and format of the screen - that’s all that Super DVD Creator offers to choose in its converter - it’s not rich, but we need to create a menu and therefore we go to the next stage and see how the program works there.

Click on the “DVD compiler” button. It’s even easier here; the developers of Super DVD Creator fit the entire process of creating a DVD menu in one window.

On the right, select a background screensaver for the menu (you can create your own), add movie fragments at the bottom and specify the screen format (16:9 or 4:3). Next, you should pay attention to the function of adding text to the menu and background music, this completes the process of creating a menu, all that remains is to burn the resulting DVD, which can be done both in the program itself and using any other DVD burner, for example Nero, but this It's up to you now.

Specifications:

Weight: 10.2 mb

Interface: English Systems: Windows 95/98/ME/xp Vista

Main disadvantages:

• There are few possibilities, you can only make a simple menu, nothing more. For home viewing you don’t need any more ;)
  

A more powerful solution for those who want to make a professional DVD menu. In DVD-lab Pro, the developers paid special attention to fine-tuning effects and unique menu elements. The program has the ability to create beautiful animation effects, such as the movement of buttons when selected. You can make a slideshow of images, for example for a presentation or your favorite photos for easy viewing on TV. DVD-lab Pro can also create a DVD reading mode in karaoke format. I will not describe the capabilities of this program in more depth, if you are confident in your capabilities, download, I am always available for help, write in the comments what is not clear. I'll help.

Specifications:

Weight: 27.3 MB

Interface: English Systems: Windows 95/98/ME/xp

Main disadvantages:

• Quite a complex interface. In general, everything you might need is available in the program.
  

Update from 03/26/2012! The review is complemented by the excellent DVDStyler program.

DVDStyler (added 03/26/2012)

DVDStyler is a free application from the developer “DVDStyler Team” that allows you to perform DVD authoring. This is the creation of DVD images that can be played in a standard DVD player. Using this program, anyone can create one DVD image with all the relevant functions from any video or series of videos.

The set of features of the DVDStyler program primarily includes the ability to create an interactive menu through which the user gains access to the contents of the disc. For ease of use, the program itself has the ability to burn with a ready-made menu.

Simplicity of work is ensured by the fact that the user immediately has several templates to choose from, from which he selects the most suitable one. With their help, you can quickly create your own menu for the disc.

The list of supported formats includes AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, MOV, OGG, as well as some other file formats that users encounter in their work. Among the supported audio formats it is worth noting MP3, MP2, MPEG2, MPEG4, AC-3, DivX, XviD. Moreover, using this program you can mount an image using several files of different formats.

The program interface is implemented based on the drag&drop principle, i.e. To use a particular file or template, simply drag it into the appropriate cell. The DVD menu is created using vector graphics, and you can also import other files to create backgrounds, etc.

The user independently chooses not only the appearance of the created menu, but also the location of elements, active buttons, and other things. He selects fonts, primary colors, button sizes, etc. at his discretion.

OS: Windows, Mac OS, Linux

To summarize, I will say that depending on the complexity, quality of the DVD - Menu it depends which program is better to choose. To quickly and easily create simple menus, help you - for others who want to do something more interesting, help or DVDStyler. By the way, DVDStyler was recently added to the review, for good reason - the application is completely free and multifunctional. I recommend!