Blu-ray Tutorial 6: Basic Blu-ray Authoring in Scenarist HDMV
I decided to record a tutorial on how to author menus in Scenarist HDMV. I’m not really a great author, but this tutorial goes over importing video/audio/menus, menu navigation, creating clips, creating streams, muxing, and emulating.
Hopefully this will give you a good enough idea of how Blu-ray disc authoring works and maybe give you a jump start on making your own discs.Â
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June 2nd, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Very good article. Thanks for the good information!.
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:59 am
Nice article to understand the basics!
Is it possible to build in some kind of “user-input” scan? What is want to do is the following. A video stands in a continue loop, but when the user pushes #1 button on his remote, the blu-ray has to jump to, lets say, title1, or chapter1…
June 5th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Hi,
Could you tell me what’s the software you are using to emulate winXp on your macbook?
thanks
June 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am
Eric,
Sorry, I’m not sure if I can help you. I saw you posted the same question at bdjforum.com and got some responses, so if anyone is interested check there.
Jé,
I’m using Parallels, but VMWare also makes a product that works well. You can also use Apple’s BootCamp which actually dual boots the computer. I’m thinking of switching to that.
June 30th, 2008 at 3:58 am
Hi
thanks for this tutorial. A question, but which version of the Scenarist BDA are you using? 4.3 or 4.5?
I have the 4.3 Version but the buffer pixel calculator in the IG editor tab, as seen in this video there isn’t.
If you use the 4.5 version because you MUI generator, sonic says (about 4.5 version) it’s not necessary.
Can I make a suggestion. Can I help you to create other tutorial video (as for example: a tutorial video to create a menu without the use of the .scenarist.designer file, because it doesn’t work)
June 30th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I’m using 4.5.1 and 2.5 for Designer.
Where does Sonic say you don’t have to use the MUI generator? Everything I’ve seen says you have to use it.
If you would like to make a tutorial on how to make a menu without Designer, feel free and I’ll post it. I’m not going to make one because I wouldn’t know even where to start, and I have no interest in working that way as Designer works perfect for me.
What doesn’t work for you with the designer file? It works for me without any problems, and I know others have been successful with it.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I’m sorry for mistake.
Excuse me but I have red wrong about “no use” of the MUI GENERATOR on the version 4.5.
However about the video tutorial I’ll do it soon.
Thanks administrator about the information of the version that you’re using.
Thanks.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Hi Rey
In this tutorial you duplicate play item to loop a menu. What about settings a streams Playback Count? Shouldn’t this be the way to loop a menu or is there a bug in Scenarist?
E
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Sonic told us to do that initially because of the pause that happens when it loops the menu, and because we had trouble getting it to stay on whichever page/button we had selected. In their knowledge base they suggest adding it in the clip 4 or 5 times set at seamless, then at the end have this command:
PlayPL TopMenuVideoBackground[ID 1]
JumpTitle TopMenu[ID 0}
As far as the Playback Count, I asked our authors about that and they said it doesn’t do what you think it would. I don’t really know what it does then. Is that how it works in Blu-print?
Again, I’m not really an author, I just do menu design and other theories, so I’m not completely sure what our solution ended up being. I think we used a LOOP label or something and sent it back to the label, or something like that.
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:40 am
Yeah. In Blu Print you can set the Play Back count up to 998 (just like adding 998 Play lists). I’m doing what you did in the first paragraph and it works fine. Sure wish I knew what that play count option does?
July 5th, 2008 at 1:51 am
Hi Rey
I did the video tutorial aboout the creation of a IG without the use of the “.scenarist.designer” file.
How Can I share it with you?
I realize this ttutorial with camtasia Studio. I hope that it’s OK.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:58 am
Hello, thank you for the usefull tuto.
But I’ve a little question how to do a return to a page of a menu after playing a video??
I’ve find hox to link to the Menu after the play, but not a page in the menu?
Thank you.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:48 am
Is it possible to get the Tutorial footage?
August 26th, 2008 at 9:54 am
How would you like it? Just in MOV? It’s possible to download it from the site if you “View Source” and search for the MOV files. Then copy and paste them into the address bar.
For example, this one is: http://blog.reykroona.com/videos/BlurayTutorial_5.mov
If that’s too complicated, I’m trying to get the download button in the player to work, but I haven’t figured out an easy way yet.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
hi
whats difference between HD&SD?
May 30th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Hi Rey, thanks for your helpful site, i am having a problem with Designer
getting this message (non-bog group/layer in page.path :IG main button…)
all the namings are correct and the BG is in the P.
i emailed you a PSD file that i am training on ,please tell me what i did wrong
and i thank u very much for your time and helpful maners.
mbastami,
June 9th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Hi Rey how are u, i have a question please if u have a menu with 3 buttons
play movie and subtitle on and off, after activating the on or off i need the HL to jump to the play movie button on the same page what are the comd for that and what after adding a couple of playlist items to loop the menu at the end of the last one it will freeze, is there a comd to tell her to play the movie after tha last playlist…thank u
June 29th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Very good Tutorial. Thanks for the good information!.
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:43 am
Hi Rey, First of all i wanna thank you for the great tuts u have made for us. Keep it up.
I have a small question. I can’t get the menu to work as an popup menu. Can you please help me with this? I have tried to drag and drop it everywhere but I cant get it to work.
Thx in advance!