It is not. Some of the default templates produce rather stunning menus with
multple video loops but I find it all completely useless because you can't
even add text to the sub-menus. In some cases, I have chapters that start
out the same so the video clips in the menu end up looking the same. I know
the inf format allows you to specify the start and end frame of each clip
but DVD Maker is targeted to the "one DVD per year" crowd and contains
almost no settings in the entire app. (I'm part of the "five DVDs per year"
crowd and would like to have more control.)
So, do you know of any programs that can do what you said?
"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:15:44 -0700, "Evan Barr" <X@Y.com> wrote:
>
>>To define chapters in DVD Maker, you need to make each chapter a separate
>>project in Movie Maker. You can then add all the projects to DVD Maker
>>and
>>it will treat each as a different chapter.
>>
>>Unfortunately, you cannot add a title to each chapter in the menu
>>without making it part of the video. This is an incredibly lame omission
>>on
>>the part of Microsoft.
>
> And then some. Crude doesn't even come close.
>
> My opinion, at minimum any DVD Authoring application should be able to
> generate unlimited chapters up to the spec max,(forget what that is)
> and allow you to design the menu system if desired by hand, from
> scratch using third part graphic applications if you so desire without
> restricted to using some included cheesy templates to avoid the cookie
> cutter look.
>
> Also chapter thumbnails should have the option of being any linked
> image or text, or any frame of the linked video and if desired by user
> to be animated and loop a range of frames on the main or sub menu
> page. You should also have full control of the end action when
> embedded links are clicked.
>
> Since Microsoft didn't see fit to include DVD Maker in Vista Business
> I can't tell if DVD Maker is capable of any of this basic stuff. Is
> it?
>