How to build Professioanal DVD's

[techreactor]

Okay,

What are the steps to build a professional DVD's just like when you buy off the shelf from a Video Store. I need :

1) An Initial Video to be played for eg a Dolby Digital trailor
2) Then I want a disclaimer
3) Then I want the menu to come up for selection to play the DVD

I have main video files in .avi /mpg format, Dolby trailor can be downloaded from their website (its in .vob format), I need to create a menu and a disclaimer and arrange them as defined above, before burning onto a DVD.

How do i go about doing it and can this be done using GNU license software or would I need to buy them !!!!!.

thanks,

[reboot]

You could try it with GUIforDVDAuthor, or DVDAuthorGUI (both free), but it would be much better, and easier to use something like DVDLab Pro.

[techreactor]

Okay One hour spent on DVDlab Studio and there I was a clear winner, I just made a DVD for three movies with Menus and Chapters using DVDlab.

But i have to say thanks to "reboot" and his guide without which I would have taken ages, thanks Jim aka reboot.

www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/

[jcvmf214]

Toshiba RSTX-60 DVD Formats and editing/authoring

Okay One hour spent on DVDlab Studio and there I was a clear winner, I just made a DVD for three movies with Menus and Chapters using DVDlab.

But i have to say thanks to "reboot" and his guide without which I would have taken ages, thanks Jim aka reboot.

www.mediachance.com/dvdlab/

Hi techreactor. Looks like a comprehensive program. I have currently a Toshiba RSTX-60 that has no editing capabilty. I need to make a dvd on the burner that it comes with and have the pc recognize it then be able to play the new editied dvd on the same player.

Can I do this?

What format of DVD disks Will I need.
Please help I am new to dvd formats.
-JOhn C

[techreactor]

Yes, you can burn a DVD and then play it on your DVD (check your DVD manual for the writable DVD's it supports , -+R, -+RW). The only issue with DVDlab is that it takes only MPEG2 files as inputs (although you can use a plug-in to convert, avaolable on its site) or you can even use TMPEGEnc free for 30 days (as with DVDlab).

But if you are a Novice, download some guides on how to do the conversion and navigate the software and perform them step by step.

Remember.......you will need a lot of patience.