AUDIT TRAIL OF DVD-AUT=
HORING
SPLITTING LONGEST CLIPS RE-TITLE, TRIM TITLES AND BURN
AuditTrailOfDVD-Author= ingSplittingLongestClipsRe-TitleTrimTitlesAndBurn
This “Audit Trai= l Of DVD-Authoring Splitting Longest Clips Re-Title& Trim Titles” can = be recorded by spy-ware program that record all the users’ key strokes, screen capture, and adds explanations from a dictionary of activities. = ; Or alternatively, can also be done manually using other tools.
Find the Longest Title= , Split It in Half, Re-Title the 2nd Half, and Trim Titles
Find the longest title= , split it in half, re-title the 2nd half, and Trim Titles. Let’s start by finding the longest title. Scan the length of the titles, in the right-most column (Total time), in the DVDAuthor1.bmp screen shot. Title#24 highlighted, is the longest with about 16 minutes of video. Place the cursor on the title name of the longest title, and t= he cursor should highlight the longest title name in yellow. The longest clip on this DVD (longest chapter) has a total time of 16 minutes, about.
Screen Capture 1:
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Drag the timer circle = (looks like a button, with 4 tiny holes in its center) to the middle of the clip (= 16 minutes/ 2 =3D 8 minutes approximately). Play the 2nd half= of the clip til you find a good splitting point. Then pause the Playback function, and right mouse click the] [Divide button at the screen bottom ri= ght hand side, command panel.
And the system will: &= #8230; display a dialog confirmation box, with a question mark, and a [Yes] [No], answer button
Screen Capture 2:
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DVD-Movie Album = will ask you to confirm that you want to “divide the clip title into 2 in the current play position?” Confirm that you do.
Click the [ok] button = on the dialog box.
Right Mouse Click the = 2nd half of the title, at the cursors’ position.
And the system … DVD-MovieAlbum will popup a dialog box popup menu
Select the Property it= em, the last item on the popup menu
Screen Capture 3:
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DVD-MovieAlbum will po= pup the “Title information” dialog box, with the title number 25, title name, etc.
Notice that, DVD-Movie= Album has split the clip in about half appending its titles with a subscript of a value of 1 for the first half, and a value of 2 for the 2nd half= .
Insert a unique title = into the 2nd half; at least the first 16 characters have to be unique to = each title. You may keep some of the 1st title letters past character 16.
Then trim the title of= the 2nd half, removing the suffix subscript of “_2” from the end of the title, so it reads like the following “Input Box in Visual Basic Edit= or in Excel.”
And the system should = display the …dialog box with the “Title name” input box including= you revised title. Your new title should have at least 16 unique characte= rs for its prefix.
Screen Capture 4:
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And the system… DVD-MovieAlbum should display the revised title, highlighting the revised 2= nd title in yellow. Go back to the 1st title, and trim the “_1” subscript suffix, restoring it to its original title, prio= r to the title split.
Screen Capture 5:
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After trimming the suf= fix of “_1” from the 1st half of the title, the system shou= ld display the …
1st half wi= th the original title, without the suffix, as it was before splitting the longest = title in about half.
Instructions:
Continue this splittin= g until the time that you have raised the number of title to the maximum allowed of= 99 chapters per DVD, or 99 video clips. At such a point you are done with this DVD. Register another DVD for editing and repeat the same proces= s.