Aug 24
2007

New free Tutorial!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Scripting BasicsNew TutorialsNew on the Site

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I've posted  new tutorial tonight explaining about SPRMs, the handy little registers that track every DVD player's operations, and can b eof invaluable assistance during Scripting.

This tutorial is FREE for all site visitors -  these is not an accompanying project for this tutorial. But we DO use these SPEMs in many of the Scripting Projects available in the Store, or as

Aug 22
2007

Download vs DVD?

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Downloading vs DVD

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A while back, as an experiment in fun, I created a table called "Downloading vs DVD" in order to answer the question: "Is it more effective to download a movie, or buy the DVD"?

(Click read more to see)


Aug 21
2007

Buttons Over Video Breakthrough!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Buttons Over Video

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Sorry to have been quiet for a few days, but I have been deep into solving a gnarly problem of utilizing Buttons Over Video as Menus on Tracks.

This one kept my head scratching for a few days,  but I wore it down until it dropped like an exhausted wildeebeast!

 I will create a tutorial about this solution, but it will be for MEMBERS ONLY. Yet another reason you should

Aug 16
2007

Affiliate Program almost ready

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Site NewsAffiliate Program News

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I've been working on getting our Affiliate PRogram set up, and it's almost ready to deploy probably the week of the 21st...

Our Affiliate program allows you to refer new customers for consulting, Pro-Packs, downloads, or DVD Pro Club Membership practically from the first moment you are a member of the site. It pas out a nice dividend, and it's all done automatically through PayPal

Aug 15
2007

New Subtitle Project!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in SubtitlesScripting ProjectsNew in StoreDownloadables

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Today I built a very complex Subtitle Scripting Project that emulates how Hollywood Features manage their subtitle selections.

This project (PP-35a) is called "Scripting 'Sticky' Subtitles" and that's exactly what it does - the Scripted solution manipulates the value of a GPRM used as a Subtitle Pointer. The value stored in the GPRM by the user's menu selection

Aug 14
2007

A New Look!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Video TrainingNew on the Site

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Well, everyone, I certainly hope you like the new look and revised organization of the Recipe4DVD.com site...

I've spent a fair amount of time trying to coordinate the functions of the menu, but if you feel something belongs under a different parent menu, please tell me so.

I also spent

Aug 13
2007

Secret Menu Editor Tricks!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Power ToolsNew on the SiteMenu EditingHelpersGraphical View

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Want to kick butt in the Menu Editor and finish your DVDs faster?
Use the "Power Editors" secret weapon - QuicKeys

Apple sadly made it difficult to use keyboard shortcuts while in the Menu Editor, but adding QuicKeys to your Mac can make a WORLD of difference in how fast you can edit and move menu buttons and align elements in the Graphical View!

Here are my most-used "Secret" Menu Editor QuickKeys:

Aug 12
2007

16-way Playlist Script!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Scripting Projects New In the StorePlaylistsNew Tutorials

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Hi again

This weekend I finally had the chance to create a Script I have been wanting to do since DSP4 came out. Once I saw GPRM partitioning, I KNEW it was finally time to do the 16-element playlist script that I had been itching to do!

GPRM Partitioning gives DSP4 the ability to treat 16-bit GPRMs as if they were 2x8-bit, 4x4-bit. 8x2-bit or, most importantly 16 one-bit registers

Aug 11
2007

New Scripting projects now available in the Download Store!

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in Scripting ProjectsNEw in the Store

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Hello again - it's been a VERY busy week here at Recipe4DVD;  I just completed updating and uploading  two dozen Scripting Projects and they are all now available thru the Download Store. (Premium Club Members get access to these as part of their annual membership) 

Each new project is fully self-contained, and designed to be downloaded to your desktop, unzipped

Aug 10
2007

A DVD Studio Pro Warning that can be ignored

Posted by Bruce Nazarian, 'the DVD Guy' in DVD burning DSP warningsDSP error messagesDLTBuild Log

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Have you seen these warnings from DVD Studio Pro when you go to burn a DVD or write a DLT :

"Warning: The file ‘MyProject.layout’ found in the VIDEO_TS or
HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in the final disc."

...and:
"Warning: The file ‘VOB_DATA.LAY’ found in the VIDEO_TS or HVDVD_TS folder will not be included in




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