Creating a movie DVD from scratch - Club CDFreaks

dennismv · 25-06-2004

I'm somewhat lost in the DVD world about making movies.
I have Mini-DV tapes, from which I can make AVI files.
This is the starting point.

The ending point I want to get to is a DVD that I can insert into a standard DVD player and play it.

I have the footage on tapes, I have DVDs to burn.
The questions I have are:
I will want to create some DVD menus and chapters, not just "dump footage" on DVDs.
What is the process ? Is there just one program that takes care of the complete process, or are there several that I will need ?
i.e I have Nero and TMPGEnc.. but I don't know if I need them or what to do with them in what order -- I'm not sure how they fit into the whole picture.

I couldn't find a tutorial or a How to on cdfreaks, but I'm not sure I've looked everywhere.

can you help ?

**ChickenMan** · 28-06-2004

You need to convert the AVI to dvd mpeg2 streams to start with. See the DIVX/AVI to DVDR Tutorial for that, then author in DVDLab or TMPGEnc DVD Author, these can add menus, chapter points, load mutiple movies, then compiles (authors) to a set of VOB files ready to burn.

RoughRob · 29-06-2004

Or you can use NeroVision Express,pretty easy,and it came with Nero 6

25-06-2004	#1 (permalink)
dennismv New on Forum Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 18	Creating a movie DVD from scratch <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I'm somewhat lost in the DVD world about making movies. I have Mini-DV tapes, from which I can make AVI files. This is the starting point. The ending point I want to get to is a DVD that I can insert into a standard DVD player and play it. I have the footage on tapes, I have DVDs to burn. The questions I have are: I will want to create some DVD menus and chapters, not just "dump footage" on DVDs. What is the process ? Is there just one program that takes care of the complete process, or are there several that I will need ? i.e I have Nero and TMPGEnc.. but I don't know if I need them or what to do with them in what order -- I'm not sure how they fit into the whole picture. I couldn't find a tutorial or a How to on cdfreaks, but I'm not sure I've looked everywhere. can you help ?

28-06-2004	#2 (permalink)
ChickenMan Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oz Posts: 2,645	Re: Creating a movie DVD from scratch You need to convert the AVI to dvd mpeg2 streams to start with. See the DIVX/AVI to DVDR Tutorial for that, then author in DVDLab or TMPGEnc DVD Author, these can add menus, chapter points, load mutiple movies, then compiles (authors) to a set of VOB files ready to burn. __________________ Cheers, CM Please don't PM me with technical questions, use the Forum, that's what it's here for.

29-06-2004	#3 (permalink)
RoughRob CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: WorldWide Posts: 77	Re: Creating a movie DVD from scratch Or you can use NeroVision Express,pretty easy,and it came with Nero 6 __________________ Ruffrob Entertainment,R/B for the Digital Age

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