Basically if you are one of those people who are exceptionally good at figuring out stuff with minimal instructions and playing with it then you may go far, but I am not such a person. It can make primitive menus and while in theory you can do almost anything with it, in reality the only documentation is years old and a bit out of date. Personally I don't like them, and I wouldn't call them "good", but they are more customizable than DVD flick I use GUI For DVD Author and it's not very user friendly, as poisondeathray alludes to. They are not as intuitive as encore, or have as many features. The choice of freeware is between dvd styler, gui for dvd author, dvdauthorgui.
Somewhere in between you may have have to write avisynth scripts to provide inputs to these GUIs, or just know how to alter them. Elsewhere on the web there is a whole wiki dedicated to using x264 to create HD and SD blu-ray compliant streams.
Because x264 is free, others have built GUIs around it, free and otherwise (like payware Pegasys TMPGenc). It may or may not be the one also used in your Pinnacle.
Adobe Premiere Pro (AME) and Encore use MainConcept. One of the best (and free) encoders for creating blu-ray compliant streams is x264, and there are any number of GUIs available for it just browse the videohelp tool section.ĭifferent editing and authoring programs use a variety of encoding engines. For Encore, submit ready-made compliant clips to prevent it from re-encoding (if the option do not encode is available you know that is the case). The trick is to avoid using that built-in encoder. You are like a lot of users here (me included) who have issues about Encore encoding. The one issue I always had with Encore is the encoding. I would rather ask now, then waste lots of time downloading trials, etc. Most consumer level authoring packages don't allow either of these requirements.Ĭan anyone give me suggestions on other authoring tools that will give me this level of customization, perhaps TMPGEnc Video Mastering Works 5? I also tried Magix Video Pro X5, but it did not allow the custom navigation. You'd get to the end of the sub pages then the prev buttons would be the default all the way back to the first sub page, which would then have the next button highlighted again.Īnyway, I have tried Sony DVD Architect, but the demo keeps crashing on me. This is hard to explain, but the idea is that once you select the "scenes" button from the main menu, you can navigate through all the sub menu pages by just hitting the "enter" button. This would continue until when you link to the last sub page the default selection would then be on the "prev" button, since there are no more "next" pages to go to. Then hitting enter will bring you to sub pg 2, again with the default selection on the "next" button. Scenes will link to submenu pg1 with the default selection on the "next" button. For example, on the main menu there will be two links, "Play" and "Scenes". Specifically, there are two requirements that I need.ġ) I want to be able to have multiple audio tracks.Ģ) When the main menu links to submenu pages, I must have the ability to set what button gets linked to (defaulted to) on the next submenu page. Since Adobe has stopped developing the software, I am looking for a replacement. Working files are included to allow you to learn using the same project files that the author uses in this tutorial.I have been using Adobe Encore, on a PC, to author my DVD's for many years.
By the completion of this software video training course, you will be able to complete your video projects by creating high-quality DVD and Blue-ray discs using Adobe Encore CS6. This software tutorial also covers topics such as setting up menu navigation, linking your assets to the menus, and finally, testing and exporting your project to DVD, Blue-ray disc or even a Flash project to play in a web browser. You will learn how to create and work with timelines, build and edit slideshows, make playlists, add and edit menus as well as creating custom menus and specialized menus. Each step in the workflow is covered in-depth. You will explore the workflow of Encore, how to import assets, make menus, and export your finished product. This tutorial is designed for the beginner, and no prior experience is assumed you will start your learning right from the very beginning! Starting with the basics, Jeff explains exactly what Encore CS6 is, and what it can do for you. In this training course for Adobe Encore CS6, expert author and trainer Jeff Sengstack teaches you how to create top quality DVD and Blue-ray discs using this popular software from Adobe.