When using MPEG-2/DVD video files it might be useful to create DVD menu for your video. To do that click the Create DVD Menu button of the Main Panes. The program will change view:

You can also Change background or even Customize your DVD menu using the respective buttons.

In the right part of the program window the DVD Chapters area is placed. It lets you select the episodes that will be used as chapters in your movie:

To add chapters, please click with the mouse cursor within the Timeline area in the place, where you want the chapter to begin. After that use the Add button to create a chapter. The same way all the other chapters are created.

There is also a possibility to add chapters automatically based on some parameters. To do that you should use the down arrow on the Add button and select one of the options from the list:

• Add Chapters from Source - use this option to add the chapters in the same succession as they were on the source - e.g. on the source DVD. It can be useful if you just cut several scenes from your home video DVD, for instance, and would like to retain its structure and chapters list.
• Add Chapters from Scenes List - use this option to add chapters based on the scenes list that has been created (in case you have created some). The beginning of the chapters will coincide with the beginning of the scenes in the video that has been detected or added manually.
• Add Chapter at Interval - use this option to add chapters at a fixed interval of 20, 15, 10, 5, 2 or every one minute.

You can delete the unwanted chapters using the Remove button or all the chapters using the Clear button.

Note:

• when using MPEG-2/DVD video files the DVD Chapters area is available in Preview Video mode. Use the Show/Hide Chapters List button to show or hide the DVD Chapters area.

• to be able to create a DVD menu, the video files need to meet the following criteria:

  1. The video files added to the file list must be coded with the MPEG-2 video codec only. That is the codec that the DVD video files are coded with;

  2. The video files added to the file list must have the parameters meeting NTSC or PAL standards that allow to create a DVD menu. These parameters restrictions include:

     Picture resolution:

     • 720x480 or 352x240 for a DVD recorded in NTSC standard
       and
     • 720x576 or 352x288 for a DVD recorded in PAL standard

     Frame Rate:

     • 29.97 frames per second for a DVD recorded in NTSC standard
       and
     • 25 frames per second for a DVD recorded in PAL standard

If you would like to create the DVD menu for your video files and it cannot be done using AVS Video ReMaker, you can use the AVS Video Converter instead. Using AVS Video Converter you can reconvert your video files with the proper parameters for NTSC or PAL standard, create a DVD menu and also add various video and audio effects.