What is DVD authoring?
DVD Authoring is the process of creating or adding interactive content and graphics to an audiovisual DVD, which can then be played in a DVD player. DVD authoring is usually done on audiovisual DVDs as opposed to music discs and it is accomplished with the help of DVD authoring software. In the following paragraphs, we’ll see the licensing requirements for DVD authoring softwares in general and the advantages of DVD authoring in the practical world other than entertainment.
DVD authoring is the process of combining video, audio, and sometimes subpicture information together into a format that a standalone DVD player can read. This does not include encoding video to MPEG. Those questions should be posted to our MPEG encoding forum (http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/40). Technically audio encoding isn’t part of authoring either, but since no other Afterdawn forum is really intended for this, and it’s commonly done in authoring software, it’s fine to post those questions here. You may also want to try the Audio forum (http://forums.afterdawn.com/forum_view.cfm/37) for audio help.
DVD authoring describes the process of collecting audio, video, menus, subtitles, etc into an interactive branching structure that will eventually be played on a DVD player. A DVD authoring software must be used to perform this task. Encoding What is MPEG-2? MPEG-2 is the de-facto standard compression technology used for DVD video. This adaptive, variable bit-rate process is able to allocate more bits for complex scenes involving a lot of motion, while minimizing the bits in static scenes. What is bit rate? Bit rate measures the amount of compression needed to fit the complete video on a disc. Video must be highly compressed so programs can fit on one disc. Higher compression results in poorer video quality. Higher bit rates are not necessarily better, because certain DVD players cannot handle bit rates that are too high. A good rule of thumb is to keep it below 7 mbps (million bits per second) What is CBR video encoding? CBR (constant bit rate) video encoding would apply to a DVD titl
