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I discovered VCD Menu Lite 2.00 as the result of trying to help a newbie here.
The documentation included with VCD Menu Lite 2.00 says that it creates JPG's that can be converted into MPEG stills using DVDAuthorGUI. DVDAuthorGUI could then use the MPEG stills for creating DVD menus.
However, when I played around with VCD Menu Lite, I discovered that I could not make a JPG for a menu background that DVD AuthorGUI would accept as is. They always have to be resized first, to either 720x480 (for NTSC) or 720x576 (for PAL).
Initially, I had used a 704x480 screencap from my DVD recorder as the menu background, so I was not surprised when I found I had to resize the JPG from VCD Menu Lite. Then, I tried a 720x480 bitmap, and it again created a 704x480 JPG. The same thing also happened when I tried a 720x576 bitmap.
GUI for dvdauthor will accept the JPG's from VCD Menu Lite as they are, and stretch them to the correct size. ...But in spite of the fact that DVDAuthorGUI frequently crashed on my PC, I would still recommend it to a beginner over GUI for dvdauthor, by virtue of its relative simplicity.
It is OK but could be better. If VCD Menu Lite was modified to allow users the opportunity to select a video format, and the size of the JPG it makes was determined that way instead of being fixed at 704x480, it would be a more useful program, especially for beginners. If one could save a project file so that it would be possible to correct mistakes rather than start over each time, thatwould be great too. |
