The objective of this guide is to author menus with motion video background. The DVD specifications support the placement of menu buttons on a video clip or a still image with audio accompaniment. The DVD virtual machine command set has a number of specific instructions which support the playback of motion video with or without audio background in a seamless looping fashion. These features demonstrate the power and flexibility only a professional DVD-compliant high-end authoring package like Sonic Solutions Scenarist can offer to a DVD author regardless of cost.

We are going to create a DVD title which features a title menu which acts as a slide show. A slide show consists of one or more still images displayed for a specified duration with audio accompaniment. We also create a Hollywood-quality root menu which offers chapter selection. The root menu shows the chapters as small animated thumbnail video clips. The highlighting of the chapter selection is designed as menu buttons overlaid on these video clips. The viewer can highlight a desired chapter while the video clips are being displayed with no noticeable discontinuity. This guide helps you achieve the following advanced expertise:

Learn how to author title menu and VTS menus with motion video background and audio accompaniment.
Advanced usage of the DVD virtual machine commands to support the seamless playback of motion video background with audio accompaniment (SetGPRM, JumpVTS_PTT, LinkPTT, LinkCN, and Rsm).
Learn how to design route-through PGCs to access any part of a DVD.

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