Re: OT: Need some DVD advice
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67388
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texte = I just learned that each item in a DVD Stodio project, menu, video track, etc. can be exported and imported as an XML file. The XML file defines the source materials and the relationship to other files, menus, etc. I could program the system to generate all the XML using WebCat. Orders would simply have to be imported into DVD Studio Pro and burned. I think. Fingers crossed, Pat On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Steve Craig wrote: > I may be wrong but I understood that most of the Apple video apps > used variations on XML files to create everything. Final Cut > certainly does, not sure about DSP or iDVD never tried. > > Try interrogating the project files to see if you can emulate it. > > Not sure if that helps. > > Cheers > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > > > On 2 Jun 2006, at 14:49, Pat McCormick wrote: > >> I can do either one. The source stuff is on Mac, but there aren't >> too many scriptable options. DVD Studio Pro is not Apple- >> Scriptable. iDVD is, but it can't import m2v/ac3 files. Instead, >> it imports QuickTime, which it then has to re-compress to m2v/ >> ac3. That means that all video on every order will have to go >> through the same, stupid recompression. >> >> Toast Titanium offers basic scripting which doesn't allow >> customizing of menus and will only so a dingle level menu structure. >> >> Might be better options on Windoze or Linux >> >> Pat >> >> >> On Jun 2, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Steve Craig wrote: >> >>> Are you on Mac or PC? >>> ======================================== >>> Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd >>> Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 >>> ======================================== >>> http://www.asylumweb.com >>> Email: steve@asylumweb.com >>> Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig >>> ======================================== >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2 Jun 2006, at 14:08, Pat McCormick wrote: >>> >>>> I have a bunch of training video clips ranging from 30 sec to >>>> about 8 minutes, compressed to m2v for video and ac3 for audio, >>>> which makes them ready for burning on DVDs. >>>> >>>> I have a website that tests users. Each time a user fails a >>>> test, the site records the training video they should watch. At >>>> the end of testing the site emails an order containing a user's >>>> ID and the videos that user needs to watch. >>>> >>>> I need to automate the process of assembling the videos needed >>>> onto a DVD, and make the DVD menus. Menus include a main menu >>>> and a varying number of sub menus, depending on the training the >>>> user is getting. >>>> >>>> I'm hitting a wall finding a way to automate the DVD burning >>>> process. Anyone have any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Pat >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list
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I just learned that each item in a DVD Stodio project, menu, video track, etc. can be exported and imported as an XML file. The XML file defines the source materials and the relationship to other files, menus, etc. I could program the system to generate all the XML using WebCat. Orders would simply have to be imported into DVD Studio Pro and burned. I think. Fingers crossed, Pat On Jun 2, 2006, at 9:36 AM, Steve Craig wrote: > I may be wrong but I understood that most of the Apple video apps > used variations on XML files to create everything. Final Cut > certainly does, not sure about DSP or iDVD never tried. > > Try interrogating the project files to see if you can emulate it. > > Not sure if that helps. > > Cheers > ======================================== > Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd > Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 > ======================================== > http://www.asylumweb.com > Email: steve@asylumweb.com > Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig > ======================================== > > > > On 2 Jun 2006, at 14:49, Pat McCormick wrote: > >> I can do either one. The source stuff is on Mac, but there aren't >> too many scriptable options. DVD Studio Pro is not Apple- >> Scriptable. iDVD is, but it can't import m2v/ac3 files. Instead, >> it imports QuickTime, which it then has to re-compress to m2v/ >> ac3. That means that all video on every order will have to go >> through the same, stupid recompression. >> >> Toast Titanium offers basic scripting which doesn't allow >> customizing of menus and will only so a dingle level menu structure. >> >> Might be better options on Windoze or Linux >> >> Pat >> >> >> On Jun 2, 2006, at 8:32 AM, Steve Craig wrote: >> >>> Are you on Mac or PC? >>> ======================================== >>> Steve Craig - Asylum Interactive Ltd >>> Tel +44 1330 860550 Fax +44 1330 860880 >>> ======================================== >>> http://www.asylumweb.com >>> Email: steve@asylumweb.com >>> Skype: s.craig - iChat: steve.craig >>> ======================================== >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2 Jun 2006, at 14:08, Pat McCormick wrote: >>> >>>> I have a bunch of training video clips ranging from 30 sec to >>>> about 8 minutes, compressed to m2v for video and ac3 for audio, >>>> which makes them ready for burning on DVDs. >>>> >>>> I have a website that tests users. Each time a user fails a >>>> test, the site records the training video they should watch. At >>>> the end of testing the site emails an order containing a user's >>>> ID and the videos that user needs to watch. >>>> >>>> I need to automate the process of assembling the videos needed >>>> onto a DVD, and make the DVD menus. Menus include a main menu >>>> and a varying number of sub menus, depending on the training the >>>> user is getting. >>>> >>>> I'm hitting a wall finding a way to automate the DVD burning >>>> process. Anyone have any suggestions? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Pat >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>>> the mailing list . >>>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >>>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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