DVD recorders..can I make chapter stops?

[Andre98]

I want to buy one of these things, but I cant find a salesman that will talk inteligently about them, and they won't let me see a manual.

I want to know if what's out now can make chapter stops or menus. I think they call it "authoring".

[Brightness]

I think I know what you're talking about because I had a vcr that you could set up "indexes" and you could just jump right there instead of the cueing. It was helpful when I recorded a season of sitcoms/drama.

It seems like that would be a feature offered. . .maybe try calling a repair shop and seeing if they'd know. Sometimes salesmen don't always know the "real features".

[Andre98]

The few repair shops around have old fuddys in them, cursing the existence of DVDs in general. I suspected that you cannot, because they would be crowing about it in ads. I think the authoring, the creation of the menus and chapter stops can be done on writable DVD drives. I was hoping to find a separate component

[Admin]

Dre, I'm gonna say yeah...you can make menus and chapters, but the best thing to do will be to buy one on a friday evening and out it thru the paces all weekend long..then return it if it does not meet your stabndards..
Holla

[Tettsuo]

Since it just data, very similar to any computer file, I'm sure you can alter it on the computer (with the right software of course).

[que90nek]

tett....

did you know that you can also

read light waves and process them into energy....



do you get my point?

[zuriyahe]

Sometimes, when we are in the middle of change, we want things that were common in the old technology.

For me, the index function was excellent...for my VCR.

Now in the DVD world, every DVD movie has their movie separated in sections that you can easily go to via the DVD menu. Most sections are about 10-20 minutes long. Therefore, you can go to the section that you want and it will take about the same, if not less, time to get there than if you were using your VCR. once you get to your chapter, you can fast forward to whereever you want. But it looks to me that most of the chapters are logiclly separated, so this may work out for you.

So, when you get your DVD and your movie...you can go the the menu...and select the "chapter" that you want...and then go to it.

And, when I hear "DVD Authoring"...I see DVD copying etc. And they have software for that. So Tettsuo has a good point. But from what you said, I do not think that you are looking to copy the DVD...you just want to be able to go to your favorite spot in the movie.

[Tettsuo]

Originally posted by que90nek
tett....

did you know that you can also

read light waves and process them into energy....



do you get my point?
Nope. I have no idea how your statement relates to the DVD question.

[zuriyahe]

Dang Andre...I'm sorry.

Reading is Fundamental


You ARE talking about DVD recorders.

Shoot. I was running with Brightness's 'index' comment.

There are software to do that...

[Andre98]

You see, that's what I get for trying to leave brief posts...

I videotaped two weddings back in the day, and I may even have the master copy in 3/4 tape format. What I want to do is create a DVD, but do it like the commercial enterprises. I want to create a main menu with graphics and/or a picture, chapter stops ( aka scene selections) with a picture on each, special features where I can create an audio voiceover of the bride and groom and/or relatives telling of their favorite moments of the event, a "behind the scenes", which was a picnic/rehearsal the week before, even include new footage of the kids they have had since.

I know I can't possible do all that with a component DVD recorder, and if software is available for a PC based project like this, I would still need a PC that had a DVD burner and sufficient accessories. I don't even want to know what it would cost to have a pro shop do this for me, resulting in a half dozen copies... I'll keep investigating online....no hurry.

[gammite]

Dre,

You need a program like DVD Maestro (I bet you know an oKayzee place to get this) to do this. You would also need a video capture card to get the VHS data on your hard drive and a P III computer of at leat 800 mhz. With that minium requirement it would take a while to author and encode a dvd for burning. (The actual burning would be the easy part.

Go to www.dvdrhelp.com for all the information you require and a whole lot more.

If you have simple dvd burning questions I can help you out.

gammite