How can I create a
screen shot from a movie to be used in GfD?
Internally GfD has two associated programs for this purpose:
GFDDSView and ChapEditGFD.
GFDDSView is started by a double click on
the video in the source list. ChapEditGFD is started from the 'Video
and Audio Files' dialog. GFDDSView may be 'replaced' by another player
in the permanent
default settings (Viewer for Video Preview / AVS
Preview).
GFDDSView crashes when I click on 'screen shot'
Either use ChapEditGFD
or set up another player (which can save
screen shots) in the permanent
default settings (Viewer for Video
Preview / AVS Preview) like Media Player Classic
When/why use MuxMan or dvdauthor
I don't have a final answer... The general differences are described
here:
MuxMan vs. dvdauthor
How can I 'navigate' within the project?
You can use the project
explorer, or choose 'Go to' from the menu, or
double click on a button and select 'Load menu: …' from the
context menu (of cause this only works if the button points to a menu)
How can I add additional menus and buttons?
Activate the 'Advanced mode' in the general project settings
How can I delete a submenu?
Titlesetmenus are automatically deleted if the associated movie is
deleted. Free added menus can only be deleted within the project
explorer: Open the node 'Submenus' in the parent menu of the
submenu to
delete. Mark the submenu and press 'del' (or right click on the entry).
Only the last added submenu of the correspondent parent menu can be
deleted.
Intro doesn't work/ authoring process crashed
- Avoid special characters like (ä,ö,ü)
within the filename
- The intro must be dvdauthor compatible (contain navigation packs,
continuous correct timecode…) See also: Using
Intro
Authoring process crashed with ERROR: [???] MUX STATUS: Frame
data under-runs detected!
Sometimes mplex fails for 'unknown reasons' (or at least I don't
understand why) with this error. You can try to multiplex the video +
audio files with the ImagoMPEG-Muxer
and use the resulting mpg file in GfD. Most times this helps. If the
video is 100% DVD compliant you can also try to use MuxMan as
'authoring engine'.
The menus are not shown/appear black on the DVD
There seems to be some kind of 'minimum frames' for a still menu (see
also permanent settings,
last point). Some DVD players do not show the
menu if it consists of one single video frame. PowerDVD has problems
with 2 to ~ 8 frames. Some DVD recorders seem to need about 12 to 15
frames (one GOP probably). For still menus with background music it
gets even worse (more unpredictable how the player reacts). This
problem should be solved with the new
(0.6.13-GfD-1) version of
dvdauthor, but if it still occurs, I have these suggestions:
- For maximum compatibility using still menus without background audio: Use 15
frames
- For maximum compatibility using menus with sound: Create
animated menus
For MuxMan the only possibility is using animated menus, as there is no
possibility to 'influence' this parameter. But this problem has not yet
occurred with MuxMan as authoring engine, therefore using MuxMan is
also
a good way to circumvent such problems.
Known Errors:
- Dvdauthor crashed (SCR moves backwards...) when subtitles are used
with 'special colors' (i.e. for NTSC streams).
Solution: Use spumux standard colors (don't use an own palette, nor edit the colors) or MuxMan
- Dvdauthor creates 'stuttering' (video or audio) for still
menus with sound if 'Full length' encoding was used
Solution: Create an animated menu or use MuxMan
- Dvdauthor creates 'stuttering' (video or audio) at cut positions if cuttermaran was used with frame accurate cutting
Solution: Use MuxMan if possible
- Video and audio are not in sync with MuxMan as authoring engine: No solution
yet.
- Foreign characters are displayed wrong on menus even if they appear correct in the text edit window
(see: http://forum.videohelp.com) No solution
yet.