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Creating Video DVDs with Windows DVD Maker (part 3) - Setting the DVD Burning and Playback Options & Customizing the DVD Menu

3/28/2011 9:01:40 AM

3. Setting the DVD Burning and Playback Options

Windows DVD Maker allows you to add a DVD menu to your videos, to encode your videos using an aspect ratio for widescreen or standard screen, and to format your videos using either NTSC or PAL video format. In Windows DVD Maker, you can set these and other options by completing the following steps:

  1. On the “Add pictures and video to the DVD” page, the “DVD burner” list shows which drive will be used for burning the DVD. If your computer has multiple DVD burners, select the disc you want to use.

  2. Use the “DVD title” text box to set the working title for the DVD.

  3. The Options link is in the lower-right corner. Click this link to display the Options dialog box shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9. Setting the DVD options


  1. Under “Choose DVD playback settings,” choose how you want the DVD to play by selecting one of the following options:

    • If you want the DVD menu to display when the disc is inserted in a DVD player, click Start with DVD Menu.

    • If you want the video to play immediately when the disc is inserted in a DVD player and show the menu at the end, click “Play video and end with DVD menu.”

  2. If you want the video to play automatically and loop continuously, click “Play video in a continuous loop.” With this setting, you will see the menu only if you choose the Menu option using the remote control for your DVD player.

  3. Under “DVD aspect ratio,” choose the DVD aspect ratio. The aspect ratio is expressed as the relation of the video width to the video height. For widescreen, choose 16:9 as the aspect ratio. For standard (full) screen, choose 4:3 as the aspect ratio.

NOTE

When deciding which aspect ratio to choose, consider who will be playing your video and the type of screen she has. Although all monitors and TVs can play videos recorded in either aspect ratio, your video will look best when using the native format supported by the monitor or TV. A widescreen video will look best on a widescreen monitor or TV. A standard video will look best on a standard monitor or TV.

  1. Under “Video format,” select either NTSC or PAL. If you are unsure of which format to use, don’t change the default format, because this is set based on the Regional and Language Options in the Control Panel. You will need to change the format only when you plan to share your video DVD with a friend who lives in another country or region.

NOTE

Video signals are broadcast using a standard format. NTSC is the standard format in North America and Japan. PAL is the standard format for most of Europe. Though there are other broadcast standards, such as SECAM used in France and variations of PAL used in some European countries, NTSC and PAL are the standard formats in widest use.

  1. The “DVD burner speed” list is set by default to Fastest, allowing you to encode the DVD at the fastest speed your DVD burner supports. The rated speed of the DVDs you are using will largely determine your success when burning at faster speeds. If you experience problems when burning DVDs at the fastest speed supported, try using a slower setting or discs rated for a higher burn speed. On some DVDs, the top-rated burn speed is imprinted clearly as part of the label. On other DVDs, you may have to look closely at the packaging or the small-print lettering on the DVD itself.

  2. By default, Windows DVD Maker creates a working version of the DVD in a temporary folder within your profile. Because your profile is stored on the system drive, which is typically the C: drive, this drive must have at least 5 GB of available disk space when you are creating a single-sided single-layered DVD, and 10 GB of available disk space when you are creating a single-sided double-layered DVD. If you want to choose a folder on another drive for the temporary files, click Browse and then use the Browse for Folder dialog box to select the new folder to use.

  3. Click OK to save your settings.

4. Customizing the DVD Menu

Video DVDs can include a menu that is displayed either at the start of the video or at the end of the video. The primary options on this menu are as follows:


Play

Plays the video from the start.


Scenes

Displays a scenes selection page, allowing you to navigate to a particular part of the video.


Notes

Displays a notes page if you’ve added notes to the video.

You can customize the menu and the related menu pages on the “Ready to burn DVD” page. From the “Add pictures and video to the DVD” page, you can display the “Ready to burn disc” page, which is shown in Figure 10, by clicking Next.

Figure 10. Choosing the menu style


On the “Ready to burn disc” page, you can use the options on the Menu Styles list to choose a menu style, such as Highlights or Video Wall. When you select a style, Windows DVD Maker displays a large preview of that style in the main work area.

After you’ve selected a menu style, you can customize the menu text by completing the following steps:

Figure 11. Customizing the DVD menu text


  1. Click the “Menu text” button on the toolbar. This displays the “Change the DVD menu text” page, shown in Figure 11.

  2. Each menu style has default font settings. If you want to change the font used for menu text, click the Font list and select the font you want to use.

  3. To change the font color, click the Font Color button (it shows the letter A), choose a color in the Color dialog box, and then click OK.

  4. Most menu text is displayed in bold but not italic by default. To toggle bold and italic on and off, click the related buttons.

  5. If you didn’t already set the disc title, type in the text box provided.

  6. By default, the text for the Play, Scenes, and Notes buttons says Play, Scenes, and Notes, respectively. If you want to make this text more descriptive, enter the text you’d like to use in the fields provided. For example, you may want to use Play Video, View Scenes, and Display Notes instead of the default text.

  7. The Notes button is displayed only when you type notes for the DVD. If you want to add notes to the DVD, enter the notes in the text box provided. As shown in the example, you may want to preface your notes with a heading, such as the one shown, leave a blank space, and then type the main text of your note.

  8. When you are finished customizing the menu text, click Change Text to save your changes and return to the “Ready to burn” page.

After you’ve customized the menu text, you can customize the menu style by completing the following steps:

Figure 12. Customizing the DVD menu style


  1. Click the “Customize menu” button on the toolbar. This displays the “Customize the disc menu style” page, shown in Figure 12.

  2. The Font options on this page are the same as those on the “Change the DVD menu text” page. If you’ve already set the font options, you don’t need to again.

  3. Each menu style has two key characteristics: a background and one or more cut frames in the foreground. With some menu styles, you can specify a picture or video to display in the background and a picture or video to display in the cut frames. Click the Browse button to the right of the “Background video” text box to set the background video. Click the Browse button to the right of the “Foreground video” text box to set the foreground video for the cut frames.

  4. To play an audio file whenever the DVD menu is accessed, click the Browse button to the right of the “Menu audio” text box. Use the “Add audio to the menu” dialog box to select the audio file to play, and then click Add. When choosing an audio file, keep in mind that only a 5- to 10-second clip of the selected audio file is played, and this clip comes from the beginning of the audio file.

  5. On the scenes page in the finished DVD, scene buttons show a preview of scenes to which you can navigate in the video. Each menu style has a default button style, but you can choose your own button style using the options on the “Scenes button styles” list. If you’d like to save your menu style as a custom style you can use in another project, click “Save as a new style.”

  6. When you are finished customizing the menu style, click Change Style to save your changes and return to the “Ready to burn” page.

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