Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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Creating and opening a DVD-Audio project
How to make preparations in the Montage for DVD-Audio is described in 
the Audio Montage chapter.
The DVD-Audio project is where you assemble the Montages you want to 
appear on the DVD before finally rendering the contents to the AUDIO_TS 
folder. It is also from here you can reach the “Main settings” dialog, where 
you make general settings for the final DVD.
•To create a new DVD-Audio project, pull down the File menu, select...

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Adding Montages to a DVD-Audio project
A DVD-Audio project consists of one or several (up to 9) Audio Montage(s). 
Each Montage corresponds to a group (which can be named) in the DVD-
Audio project.
Using Add Audio Montage
This item is used to add Audio Montages to the DVD-Audio project.
1.Select “Add Audio Montage” on the Functions menu, or click the green 
“+” icon.
2.In the File dialog that appears, select one or several Montage files.
A DVD-Audio project can...

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The DVD-Audio project window
Montages in the DVD-Audio project window
The DVD-Audio project window contains 8 columns that show information 
about Montages in the project. Apart from the entries in the Group Name 
column, you cannot edit any of the information shown in this window:
Column Description
Group Name  If you double-click on the name you can enter a new name for the group (by 
default the group name will be taken from the name of the Montage). The 
group name...

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•If the tracks in a given Montage contain DVD start and end markers, these 
are used to define the number of tracks, the length and the size in the list.
If the tracks in a given Montage do not contain any markers, the Tracks, Time and Size col-
umns will display a zero value.
•In the top right corner of the window the total number of tracks and the 
length and size of all Montages in the DVD-Audio project are shown.
•You can have several DVD-Audio project windows open...

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The Main settings dialog
The Main settings dialog is opened either by clicking the Settings icon or 
by selecting “Settings…” from the Functions menu. In this dialog you can 
make various settings relating to what is to be included on the final DVD.
The dialog contains the following items:
Item Description
Volume ID/Number
of volumesThese items allow you to specify disk information. E.g., if you have a 
project that will end up on 3 DVD discs, you can specify 3...

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There are several additional options in this dialog:
About the “Create bonus group” option
A bonus group is a “hidden” group on a DVD-A disc that is usually only ac-
cessible to users who know the specified code or “key number” with which 
to unlock it. If you activate this option, the last group on the DVD-A disc will 
become the bonus group, and you can also specify a four digit code.
Please note that it is not possible to create a bonus group if the DVD-A con-
tains...

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Default still picture and picture effects
As described in the section “Using DVD-A picture and text tracks” on 
page 546, an Audio Montage can contain picture tracks. Still pictures 
placed on such a track will be burnt onto a DVD-A disc and displayed 
when the DVD-A is played back in a player that is able to read and show 
still pictures in a connected video display.
Here you can specify whether the DVD-A project should use a default still 
picture or not and also the...

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You design and generate visual menus with the help of two dialogs avail-
able in the DVD-Audio project window: The “Main settings” dialog and 
the “Menu generation” dialog. These are accessed either from the Func-
tions menu, or by clicking the corresponding icon in the toolbar.
To create a DVD-A visual menu, proceed as follows:
1.Add one or more Montages to the DVD-Audio project, as described in the 
section “Adding Montages to a DVD-Audio project” on page 553....

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4.Next, click the Edit menus icon in the toolbar, or select “Edit menus…” 
from the Functions menu.
This opens the Menu generation dialog.
This dialog lets you design every aspect of the visual menu and also test 
it, with or without audio playback. It is dominated by a display of what the 
menu will look like. It is possible to navigate in the display, just as you 
would with a remote control when the DVD-A disc is used in a DVD-A 
compatible player. Depending on the...