Does MM2.1 do Chapters?

[Guest]

I want to transfer my home movies, both analog and digital, to DVD.

I have MediaCreator 7 and can do chapters with it, but can't customise the
menus. Does MM have a way of editing the title menu, and then makeing a
submenu or chapters menu and editing the layout of it?

Thanks
Bryan

 

[Wojo]

No
WMM has no chapter or DVD type capabilities at all.
You have to use your DVD Authoring software to do this.

 

[Guest]

I'm using WMM 2.1.4026, and there's an option for save to DVD, click on it
and it converts my clips to a DVD playable movie. I just see no way of making
a title menu, and of course chapters. Is my copy different? I have MCE 2005
if this makes a difference.

 

[PapaJohn \(MVP\)]

Yes, your version is different... it's the only one that can burn a DVD....
I'd be interested in knowing what features your version provides in making
DVDs. I have an MCE machine but Toshiba doesn't offer the upgrade to MCE
2005 so I can't check it out.
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org
..

 

[Guest]

Since I don't have an older version to compare to, this is MS's page:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/whatsnew.mspx

All I want to do is convert my home movies, some 2hrs long, onto a DVD,
plain and simple. I'd like a title Menu, and chapters. I have WMM2.1, the
Dell came with Sonic MyDVD 5 LE, I also have Media Creator 7.

Suggestions?

Bryan

 

[Rehan]

... I also have Media Creator 7....

The Roxio site says Media Creator 7 can do all sorts of menus and chapters:

"Produce professional-quality DVDs with animated menus, buttons,
chapters and background themes"

http://www.roxio.com/en/products/emc75/features_dvd.jhtml

Why doo you say you cannot do it with your version?

 

[Guest]

Roxio by far is the closest to what I want to do. While it does let you
customise the Main menu pretty well, I has virtually no cutomization in the
Chapter Menu. You can change the overall theme and the names of the chapters,
but your stuck with it's layout, thumnail sizes etc.

It also seems difficult to get 2hrs onto a DVD. My standalone DVD recorder
makes 2hrs look good, just no way to customise a DVD recorded this way. I
should be able to easily fit 2hrs of decent quality video on 1 DVD.

 

[Wojo]

I have tried quite a few different DVD Authoring programs and none that I've
tried can truly create a good custom menu unfortunately. As far as burning
2hrs of video onto a standard DVD the only way I have been able to do that
is to use the authoring program to create my DVD and then save it to my HDD
instead of a DVD. Then I use DVDShrink to burn the DVD. It usually works and
creates quality video depending on what I started with of course.
I have used Roxio but I like MovieFactory better as far as customization and
ease of use goes.

 

[Bryan]

Well after messing with Roxio Media Creator 7 for the last few weeks, and
not being able to make a DVD player compatible disc I came back to WMM.
Split the movie at my "chapter" points, burned it. It said my 2hr 3min move
was to big for disc, do you want to continue? I said yes, a couple hours
later I have 2hr 3min video on a DVD RW, and it plays in my set top Player!
Can't edit the menu, or see the chapter points, but the splits in the video
became chapter points to skip through!

Bryan

BTW I think you have to have MCE 2005 to burn a DVD with WMM.

 

[Wojo]

But that's no fun :-(
Ya gotta have a real menu with chapter points you can actually see to make
it fun.
Seriously though I use this type of technique when making a DVD containing a
few shorter clips.
I import them separately into my authoring program (I use Movie Factory,
don't really care for Roxio's CD/DVD Creator too much) and create my DVD
with menu. But when working with one larger clip I use the authoring program
to create the clips for me all the time with Movie Factory. I have never
used Media Creator only CD/DVD creator and with that program you can't split
your clip into chapter points. You have to import each clip separately as
your saying you did.
My money is still on Movie Factory.