User Guide

4 Preparing Assets
Before they can be used in Scenarist, video and audio assets must be encoded using DVD-
compliant parameters, and still image assets must be saved in the proper file formats.
This chapter documents the encoding and file requirements for video, audio, and still image
assets. It includes the following topics:
• “Preparing Video Assets” on page 42
• “Preparing Audio Assets” on page 44
• “Preparing Still Image Assets” on page 46
• “Preparing Subpicture Assets” on page 48
• “Preparing Subtitle Assets” on page 49
• “The Bit Budget” on page 53