How to add an intro video before the menu shows

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  • Author Selina He
  • Published August 27, 2009
  • Word count 580

This short guide will help you create a disc that will contain multiple movies and multiple titles each of which may contain multiple movies.

Tool: womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD

The following is an example of building a DVD project with 2 titles and a text menu.

Add titles

You can add as much titles as you wish, here we only add two titles, and each title have multiple movies.

Step1: Add first title

Click "Add video..." button in the window to bring up an open file dialog, check the box for "single title", and select the first title which consists of two movies to add.

Step2: Add the second title

Right mouse click on the video tree icon, and select "Add title..." in the context menu. In the open file dialog, check the box for "single title", and select the second title which consists of four movies to add.

The DVD project now contains two video titles, each of which have several chapters(different movies).

Add a menu

You can add a menu for you DVD. The quickest way to add a DVD menu is to use the menu template.

Step1: Choose a menu template

Click on the menu icon, and click "Add Menu..." in the window to bring up a menu template list window, then select a menu template, and press OK. For this sample project, we will use the first menu template.

Step2: Design your menu style

You could add more to the menu with background video, background picture and background music, as well as motion video buttons, and so on. But for this sample project, we will use the first menu template.

We now have created a DVD menu with three menu pages: one main menu page, and two chapter menu pages for the two video titles, respectively.

Add a short introductory video

Step1: Add the introductory video as a new title

Here we add the introductory video as the third title.

Step2: Set "First Play"

Right mouse click the third title and select "First Play".

Step3: Set "End Action"

Right mouse click the third title and select "End Action". We specify that it returns to Main Menu when the intro playback ends.

Export DVD Video

Step1: Check and set the encoder settings

Before proceeding to start the export job, you should check the encoder settings. Press the "Encoder" button near the lower right corner of the DVD editor window. This brings up the encoder setting window. By selecting different video title in the list on the upper left of the encoder settings window, you can check and set the encoder settings for each of the video title.

Step2: Preview

Preview to check the content of what you have created so far. It allows you to see how your menus will work. It also lets you see how your videos play (play order, motion menus, etc.).

Step3: Export

Press "Export". After specifying an output folder, press "Start" to export your DVD Video as a VIDEO_TS file folder.

Depending on the total size of the DVD project and the amount of video re-encoding, the export job may take from a few minutes to several hours.

Step4: Burn to Disc

After finishing the export process, click tools button on the toolbar, and select DVD Burning Tool. Click browse to select the VIDEO_TS file folder as the input data, then burn the disc.

Click http://www.womble.com/dvd/download.php to download womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD.

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