Joe Bowden
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If the video does not end in black, there shouldn’t be any on the DVD.
Where are you testing this- in Encore preview or a DVD player? If not a DVD player, check it there (burn to DVD RW to save yourself a coaster) to see if there is black between the video and menu.
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It’s now Roxio eDVD.
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It’s automatic in Encore, too…up to a point.
The first menu you import will be set to Title menu. If you later delete this menu, you no longer have a title menu, unless you set it yourself (and if it’s not set, you should receive a warning when you use Check Project). You can set Title menu in Disc Properties.
Similar situation in Encore regarding timelines. If you create a timeline by dropping a video asset onto a button, the timeline Menu Remote property is set to the menu automatically. If you create a timeline manually, you’ll have to set the timeline Menu Remote property by hand. Again, if it’s not set it should be called out in Check Project.
If you’re not using Check Project, I recommend you do so.
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Don’t confuse the subpicture layer number (=1, 2, & 3) with the highlight groups- they two are different things.
Each highlight group can have differerent subpicture layer numbers (unique =1, 2, & 3 values). You set the highlight group in Button properties (select the button, then go to the Properties panel).
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Drag the button from the Library into an open menu.
Convert it to a button.
With the button selected, go to Properties, click in the Links field and link it to the menu you want.
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Normally, this kind of operation is done at the beginning, before the movie plays- so that would probably cover the most common user case. When it’s changed on the fly during movie playback, it’s usually done using the Audio button on the remote control, which would cover the next most common user case.
You could set the audio button link to change the audio track but remain in the menu, then set playback from a different menu (and provide a link to this menu). Or add a resume button to either the audio track selection menu or the menu that is for initiating playback.
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I think you posted to the wrong forum…
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You can’t easily do it: Encore doesn’t offer any project consolidation tools.
To delete a video file, delete it from the Encore project, and then delete it from your system.
BTW, if you are working with a version of Encore earlier than 2.0, I recommend that you only delete transcoded files when you have completed the project. Encore 2.0 is a bit less fussy about missing transcodes than version 1.x.
Finally, if you don’t need to re-author the project using the same assets, then just build a DVD image of your project. This will allow you to delete everything else about the project and still be able to burn a DVD from the image.
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Sorry dax, I made a critical error in my calculation- I forgot to convert my bits and bytes. I thought it seemed wrong as I typed. I can only claim a marked lack of coffee before replying in my defense. 🙂
An easier calculation would be 4,700,000,000 bytes converted to bits is 37,600,000,000 bits divided by the desired audio bit rate (192,000) = 195,833 seconds/60 = 3263 minutes/60 = 54.4 hrs on a DVD-5.
So your 24 30 minute audio tracks combine to 43,200 seconds. At 192 kbps, that will take 8,294,400,000 bits or 1,036,800,000 bytes. About a quarter of the disc for the audio.
Regarding the still, Encore exports each as an MPEG I-frame with duration. It will be markedly smaller than video of the same duration.
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Encore writes UDF 1.02 DVD discs and images. Try a search online for UDF verifiers and see if you can find a utility that will verify the UDF format.