User guide

DVD Authoring Terminology
Assets -Anyaudio,video,stillimageles,orLiveTypegraphicswhichareapartofyourDVDStudioProproj-
ect.BesuretomovetheselesorcopiesoftheselesintoyourDVDStudioProprojectfolderbeforeimport-
ing.
Audio_TS Folder - One of two folder required on DVD-Video discs. Reserved for used on DVD-Audio titles,
and is always created but left empty when building projects with DVDSP.
Authorize - The process of creating a DVD. DVD Studio Pro is one program that allows you to author DVDs.
Background Image - All menus and menu buttons are placed over a background image. This background im-
age can be a still picture or a motion video.
Bit Rate - The number of bits per second that makes up a digital video or audio asset. The higher the bit rate,
thebetterthequality.However,higherbitratesresultinlargerlesizes,whichmeansyoumayhavetolower
thebitrateifyouaretryingtotalotofcontentontooneDVD.It’sgoodpracticetonotexceedamaximumbit
rate of 9bps.
Build - To compile the contents of a DVD in their completed forms into the two necessary DVD folders (Vid-
eo_TS & Audio_TS) and save the folders on your hard drive.
Burn - A process that builds the project and immediately formats and writes it to a DVD-R. While this is a sim-
plermethodofcreatingthenaldisc,DVDSPwillhavetorebuildthediscwheneveryouwanttoburnitagain.
Button-EachDVDmenuhasatleast1andasmanyas36buttonsthattheviewercanactivatetoaccessareas
within the DVD. You can also place buttons over a video track. You can connect buttons to a wide variety of
project elements, including buttons on other menus, tracks, stories, and slideshows.
Chapter -Specicplacesinatrackwheretheusercandirectlyconnectto.Commonlyusedtomarkscenesina
longertrack,suchasalm.
Constant Bit Rate (CBR) Encoding - A video MPEG encoding method that uses the same bit rate for the
entirevideole.Itsprimaryadvantageisthatyoucanreliablypredicttheresultinglesize.Itsdisadvantage
is that all video scenes, whether still or with a lot of motion, are treated with the exact same bit rate (creating
largerlesizes).
Dolby Digital - Also called AC-3. Multichannel surround-sound audio encoding, used for cinemas and the
home.Supportsonetovefull-rangechannels,plusaLow-FrequencyEffects(LFE)channelforcarryinglow
basssounds.ThevechannelsareFrontLeft,FrontCenter,FrontRight,LeftSurround,andRightSurround.
Fullsurround-soundDolbyDigitalisreferredtoas“5.1,”forthesevechannelsplus“.1”forthelow-frequency
channel. DVD-Video discs for NTSC are required to provide at least one Dolby Digital or PCM audio track.
Drop Zone - An element you can add to a menu’s background. You can assign a still image or moving video as-
set to the drop zone. You can size, position, and rotate the drop zone. When you build the DVD, the drop zone is
merged with the background. Drop zones cannot be linked to other elements in the project.
DVD@ccess - A feature in DVDSP that allows you to direct the user to a website when viewing the
disc on a computer with internet access.
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