User guide

DVD-ROM -ADVDwithlesinadditiontothoseincludedonastandardDVD-Videodisc.Theselescanbe
accessed when the disc is played on a computer.
Elements - The parts of a DVD project, such as menus, tracks, stories, and slideshows. Authoring a project
involves creating the elements and connecting them together.
Encoding - The process of converting audio or video to a different format. For DVD projects, this means con-
vertingthevideotoanMPEG-2le,andtheaudiotooneofseveralDVD-compliantformats.
End Jump -TheelementofaDVD(menu,track,story,etc)thatatrackormenujumpstowhenithasnished
playing.
General Purpose Register Memories (GPRMs) – DVD Players contain memory registers that are set aside for
use by DVDs while they play. Used by scripts.
First Play-TherstelementaviewerseeswhentheyinserttheDVD.Youcanassignanyofyourproject’sele-
ments as the First Play.
Format–TheprocessofwritingbuildlestoaDVD.
Layered Menu-Amulti-layeredmenucreatedinPhotoshopthatdenesthenormal,activated,andselected
states of buttons.
Letterbox -Amethodofdisplaying16:9videoona4:3monitor.Theentireframeisvisible,withblackbars
llingthetopandbottomofthescreen.
Menu - An element in a project that provides buttons for the purpose of connecting to other elements in your
project, such as tracks and slideshows. A menu can have a still or full motion background, and can include au-
dio.
Motion Button - Button shapes that can display a thumbnail image of an assigned asset. The asset can be a still
image or a video clip.
Motion Menu - A menu that contains moving video content, either as the background, a motion button, or a
drop zone.
MPEG - Acronym for Moving Pictures Encoding Group. All DVDs require encoding vdeo and audio to the
MPEG-2 format.
Multiplexing - The process of combining multiple streams, such as video streams, audio streams, and subtitle
streams, into one, single stream. This occurs when you build your DVD and create DVD-compatible streams.
See also Build.
Overlay - A still graphic that provides the highlight information for buttons when creating menus or buttons
over video. Overlays can be simple, using a single color on a white background, or advanced, using up to four
predenedcolors.Youusecolormappingtoassignhighlghtcolorstothoseusedintheoverlay,settingdifferent
colors for each button state (normal, selected, and activated).
Pan-Scan -Amethodfordisplaying16:9videoona4:3monitor.Contentiscroppedateachendso
thattheframecompletelyllsthe4:3viewingarea.
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