Just letting everyone know that I am working on a guide for making DVDs. It will include: Encoding video to mpeg-2 Encoding Dolby Digital 5.1EX from a stereo source Authoring with DVDLab Pro 1.53 (sorry did not install version 2 yet) Authoring with DVD Maestro Authoring with Sonic Scenarist Authoring with Muxman + PGCEdit Authoring with IFOEdit + PGCEdit Creating Still Menus with Adobe Photoshop (or any other image editor) Creating Motion Menus with Sony Vegas (or any other video editor) I am not finished with the guide yet, but if there are any suggestions, I will take them into consideration. I will only offer this for download. I would have posted the guide online as I make it, but I am at 67 pages right now and I have quite a bit more to cover. That would have been one loooong post... I am limited in software that I can use since I do not own everything, but suggestions are welcome. I am trying to make this guide newbie friendly, but it is an advanced guide. Currently I would say I am about 25% finished, but contentwise, about 60% or so.
Just a quick update... I am over 100 pages right now and finished the Sonic Scenarist section. I also added a small seciton on .OGM files. I also added a section on Motion menus with Still Foregrounds. I did not got too in depth here because if one doesn't know how to use an image editor, it should not be learned from an authoring guide. I should be finished writing up the guide soon then I have to convert it to PDF and draw flow charts and such. It seems like this is becoming more of a book than a guide... There is still time for adding sections, so suggestions are still welcome.
Here is an incomplete version of the guide. I have been posting it in other threads, but forgot to post it here... This version has added True Dolby Digital 5.1EX from a 5.1 source (I call it 6.1 to distinguish from the stereo to 5.1). I also added other things, but do not remember off hand. approx 120 pages [10MB PDF]: http://rapidshare.de/files/35551314/completeguide.pdf.html After the upload, I added a 20 or so page in depth guide for DVDLab Pro where I made an episodic DVD in 1 VTS. If anyone requests this version, I can upload it in word format only (.doc) because it takes a long time to convert the now over 140 page guide to PDF. I am also planning on adding a stereo to stereo AC3 section in the audio encoding. Hopefully, I can also add a freeware 5.1 section because not everyone has Sony Vegas or any other commercial Dolby 5.1 Encoder. I have not gotten to the freeware authoring section because I have yet to figure out how to create DVD Menus without using an authoring program.
