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DVD Architect – Creating DVD Menus

I’ve mentioned in previous posts how I prefer Sony Vegas Movie Studio for editing my videos and DVDs. If you pick up the Platinum edition you also get DVD Architect which helps you create nice looking DVD menus.

The one problem with DVD Architect doesn’t really come with very good instrcutions. It is a very simple process to create basic DVD menu, but you get confused by all the options.

Below are two videos to help you create your own DVD menus. The first one shows adding markers in Sony Vegas Movie Studio first (if you add the markers before you go the Architect it will be much easier). The second one shows working in DVD Architect to create a basic menu for your DVD.

Adding Markers in Sony Vegas Movie Studio:

Creating Your DVD Menu in DVD Architect:

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7 Responses to “DVD Architect – Creating DVD Menus”

  1. Internet Business With Purpose on April 16th, 2009 10:13 am

    Great Videos Terry!

    I’ve always wondered how markers and menus are placed on a DVD …

    Now I know

    Thanks,
    Greg

  2. Michael on April 16th, 2009 11:28 am

    Thanks a lot for this post Terry, I just read about this in your monthly newsletter,
    and plan to start using Kunaki to make up some DVD’s.

    It’s nice to have videos to compliment the written reports.

  3. semmy @ minisite Design Service on April 16th, 2009 6:17 pm

    Hello Terry Thanks for your information, by the way what is the difrfrent between camtasia and sony vegas? I usually used camtasia, which one is better to edit the video?

    thanks for your help.

  4. Terry on April 17th, 2009 6:21 am

    Hi Semmy:

    Camtasia is for screen recordings. Vegas is for all video editing. If you are only do screen recordings (no video with a live camcorder) and you just want to post online, it can all be done in Camtasia Studio. You can edit your Camtasia videos in Camtasia itself and output for any online site. There would be no need for Vegas in that case. I would only get Vegas if you have some video from a camcorder OR you plan to turn it into a DVD.

    Terry

  5. Rob on April 23rd, 2009 10:39 am

    Terry, thanks for the walk through of creating a DVD with Architect and
    the value of setting up makers in Vegas Movie Studio.

    When you publish with Kunaki, have you within Architect selected Make DVD>
    Burn so you’d be able to test your own burned copy for errors and then
    taken the path in Architect of Make DVD>Prepare the currect project to a
    specified folder with this folder containing the prepared project that you would
    then upload for publishing to Kunaki?

    Or when you Make DVD>Burn does Architect not only burn the DVD but
    create a prepared DVD project for uploading as well?

    Any tips on getting the finished DVD project correctly to Kunaki would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks for trying to bring DVD publishing to common person.

  6. Terry on April 23rd, 2009 10:53 am

    Hi Rob:

    I burn a full DVD copy out of Architect (so make dvd and then burn).

    I do this so I can go check it on a real DVD player.

    Then when uploading to kunaki, I put that DVD (the one that I tested to work) in one of my DVD drives on my computer and Kunaki’s software uses that to create their file which it uploads (again through their software).

    Terry

  7. Rob on April 24th, 2009 12:20 pm

    Thanks for the uploading DVD to Kunaki information.

    In DVD Architect, after placing the media with the scene/chapter markers
    into the Project Overview window and right clicking and selecting “Insert
    Scene Selection Menu” I get two playback options. I get a button that
    plays the entire media file and a button that links to the submenu that
    will play all the conveniently named scenes/chapters.

    On the submenu with all the scenes listed, do you know how to launch
    scene without the rest of the entire media playing, but rather
    at the conclusion of the selected scene, going back to the submenu with
    the other scenes?

    Here a link for accomplishing this task but I’d be curious to know how you
    get back to a scene playlist submenu or do you just let the selected
    scene play through the rest of the media with the viewer using the
    remote menu button to navigate to the scene playlist…again, here’s
    that link:

    http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/news/article.asp?articleid=50&keycode=3511

    Here’ s a link for a tutorial on getting Camtasia files onto a DVD you might find useful:

    http://www.johnrofrano.com/tutorials/camtasia2dvd.htm

    Thanks for sharing Terry.

    Rob

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