Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual
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WAVELAB
The Audio Montage 19 – 549
For the various CD track markers, for example, the codes to use are the
following:
• You must use Nuendo 2.0 or later if you want to create specially named
markers that will be interpreted as WaveLab markers.
• In Nuendo, a marker track has to be created for the specially named markers.
• When importing AES-31 projects containing specially named markers, the
marker codes (e.g. [t-end]) will not be displayed in WaveLab.
XML Export/Import of Audio Montages
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WAVELAB
The Audio Montage 19 – 549
For the various CD track markers, for example, the codes to use are the
following:
• You must use Nuendo 2.0 or later if you want to create specially named
markers that will be interpreted as WaveLab markers.
• In Nuendo, a marker track has to be created for the specially named markers.
• When importing AES-31 projects containing specially named markers, the
marker codes (e.g. [t-end]) will not be displayed in WaveLab.
XML Export/Import of Audio Montages
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WAVELAB 20 – 552 DVD-Audio projects 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 New, and from the submenu that appears, select “DVD-Audio project”. You will get a blank window that you can fill with entries, see “Using Add Audio Montage” on page 553. •To open an already existing DVD-Audio project, select Open from the File menu, and “DVD-Audio project” from the submenu that appears. Alterna- tively, open it from the “Recent DVD-Audio projects” submenu at the bot- tom of the File menu. When you open an existing DVD-Audio project, the references to the Montages are auto- matically updated. However, the Montages are not opened. To open a Montage, double- click the name of the Montage in the File column. If some files that are part of a Montage can't be found, a warning message appears. •You can also create a new DVD-Audio project from a Montage (DVD-A tab : Functions menu). This differs from creating a new project in that it will open the DVD-Audio Creation dialog at the same time as the DVD-Audio project – see “Rendering the DVD-Audio project” on page 569.
WAVELAB DVD-Audio projects 20 – 553 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 contain up to 9 Montages (groups). 3.Click OK. The Montages are now listed in the window. By dragging between DVD-Audio projects If you have several DVD-Audio projects open, you can drag and drop Montage/group items between them. 1.Point at a Montage in the list. 2.Press the mouse button and drag and drop the Montage into another DVD-Audio project.
WAVELAB 20 – 554 DVD-Audio projects 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 will be shown in the DVD menu display (see “Generating DVD menus” on page 558). File The File column shows the name of the Montage. If you double-click on the Montage name in the File column, the correspond- ing Montage will open. Tracks The Tracks column shows the number of tracks in the Montage. Time This shows the total time of all tracks. Bits The bit-depth of the samples in the Montage (as stored on the final DVD). Rate The sample rate of the Montage. Channels The number of audio channels used in the Montage. Size The total size of the Montage.
WAVELAB DVD-Audio projects 20 – 555 •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 at the same time. •The DVD-Audio project is merely a reference list of the Montage contents. Any changes you make to a Montage will automatically be reflected in the DVD-Audio project as well. If you notice a “*” after the name of the DVD-Audio project (which indicates that unsaved changes have been made), this usually means that the reference list needs to be updated to reflect changes made in a Montage. When you render the project without saving it, it doesn’t matter as the list is for reference purposes only. Setting the order of the Montages/groups Once you have added all the Montages you need in the DVD-Audio project, you might want to set the order in which they will appear on the DVD (as groups). The order of the Montages is from the top down, i.e. the Montage at the top of the list corresponds to group item 1 and so on, just like tracks for an audio CD. 1.Position the mouse pointer over the Montage you want to move to another position. 2.Drag and drop it somewhere else in the list. Deleting Montages from DVD-Audio projects To remove a group/Montage from the list, select it and select “Remove selected Audio Montage” from the Functions menu.
WAVELAB 20 – 556 DVD-Audio projects 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 volumes, and ID each DVD as 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Side A / B If you intend to include two albums using a double sided DVD, you can set on which side of the DVD the current album is to be. Album name Here you can type in the name of the album, the top level in the visual menu/DVD structure. Provider information Here you can type in information about the DVD-A provider. Generate menus If this is activated, a menu displaying the basic album/group/track structure will be automatically generated. The look of the menu can be edited in the Menu generation dialog, see “Generating DVD menus” on page 558.
WAVELAB DVD-Audio projects 20 – 557 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 only one group! Also note that the use of bonus groups may not be supported by all DVD-A players. TV system •If you intend to use still pictures you also need to specify whether the DVD- A disc should conform to the NTSC or PAL/SECAM video standard, by clicking the corresponding radio button. This is important since the NTSC (used in North America and Asia) and PAL/SECAM (used in Western Europe and Australia/France and Eastern Europe) video standards adopt differ- ent resolutions. Include still picture tracksIf this is activated, any pictures placed on a DVD-A picture track will be displayed in a compatible DVD player – see “Using DVD-A pic- ture and text tracks” on page 546. Include static text If this is checked, static text included on the DVD-A will be displayed in a compatible DVD player. Include real time text If this is activated, any text placed on a DVD-A text track will be dis- played in a compatible DVD player – see “Using DVD-A picture and text tracks” on page 546. Auto play If this is activated the DVD will automatically play when inserted into a compatible DVD player. Item Description
WAVELAB 20 – 558 DVD-Audio projects 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 default effect transitions between pictures. The picture you specify as default will be displayed from the beginning of the Montage. Note however that each Montage in a DVD-A project can also have its own specific settings for which pictures should be displayed and which effect transitions between pictures should be used. In other words, you can make default settings in this dialog which will then be used unless you specify other settings in a Montage, which will then override the de- fault settings (see “Still picture properties dialog” on page 546 for infor- mation about making settings for pictures in a Montage picture track). This means that it’s not possible to use both a default still picture and pic- tures in a Montage picture track. • Note that a Montage in a DVD-Audio project does not need to contain a pic- ture track if you want to use a default picture. So even if a Montage doesn’t contain a picture track, you can still specify a default picture for it which will be displayed when the DVD-A is played back. Generating DVD menus DVD-A discs can optionally contain what is referred to as a “visual menu” of their contents. Many DVD-A players are able to make use of such a menu, either in an integrated display in the player itself, or in a connected external display. WaveLab lets you create a visual menu that can contain information about the album title and the album tracks, allowing the user to navigate the contents of the disc and perform track selection for playback.
WAVELAB DVD-Audio projects 20 – 559 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. 2.Click the Settings icon in the toolbar, or select “Settings…” from the Functions menu. The Main settings dialog opens. 3.In the Main settings dialog, make sure the option “Generate menus” to the top right is activated. If this is not activated it won’t be possible to open the Menu generation dialog. See “The Main settings dialog” on page 556 for descriptions of the re- maining settings in this dialog, some of which are of relevance for the cre- ation of visual menus. Click here to open the “Main settings” dialog.Click here to open the “Menu generation” dialog.
WAVELAB 20 – 560 DVD-Audio projects 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 settings you make in the dialog, the display will show the album title, the group names and the track names. The parameters, settings and controls in the dialog are as follows: Menu type This drop-down menu to the top left lets you select which menu to edit. The possible options are the group menu and the tracks menu of each group. Note that if you only have one group in the DVD-Audio project, there will be no group menu – just the track menu of the one group. Note also that you can choose whether to include a group menu or not with the option “Add menu for groups” (see below).