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Title:	Archive: Nero Vision 4 DVD Authoring Guide
Description:	A guide on how to use Nero Vision 4 to create your own DVD, complete with menus
Author/Publisher:	DVDGuy
Ease of use:	Intermediate
Software Used:	IfoEdit, Nero Vision
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Page 5 of 7: Preview

Step 4: Preview

The "Preview" screen allows you to preview your created DVD just like if it was a real one, including audio, video, interactivity, animations ...

A virtual remote control is also available to test out the standard DVD navigational functions.

Make sure you playback the video and ensure the aspect ratio is correct (the video is not to "tall" or too "short"). The aspect ratio can be tricky for widescreen video, especially when some of these are recorded as 4:3 content (recorded anamorphically - the image appears very tall) - they may appear too tall or too short. You can press the "More" button and access the "Video Options" screen, go to the "DVD-Video" tab and change the "Aspect ratio" option to see if it helps. For widescreen content recorded as 4:3 (anamorphic), Nero Vision does not allow you to set the 16:9 flag which tells DVD players that the recorded content is anamorphic and the player will correct the aspect ratio for you. You will need to proceed to the optional Step 6 to use IfoEdit to correct this problem.

If you have animation in your menus, the "Preview Menu Animation" button allows you to preview the animation - Nero Vision will render the animated frames for you and play it back (it might take a while if you have a long animation).

When you are satisfied with your project, press "Next" to continue to the "Burn Options" screen.

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Article Navigation:

Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Starting and setting up a new project
Page 3: Load the input files, editing and chapter creation
Page 4: Menu Creation
Page 5: Preview <--
Page 6: Rendering the project
Page 7: Optional: IfoEdit 16:9 Flag Processing

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When I get to the menu page, it only has the main menu, even after I've created chapters. It will not allow me to make 2 menus. I go to menus to use and select title and chapter menus, then artificial, then select blue light. I have 11 chapters on the movie. But under select a menu, it only has the main menu, it doesn't give me a secondary for the chapters. (Such as where yours says Full Match under Main Menu, mine instead only has main menu and no way to add a secondary. )

five-kids: By default, if you only have one video file, Nero Vision will only create 1 menu, which is the chapters menu. It will only create a main menu, and then chapter menus if you have more than 1 video file/title. It seems to be a limitation of the Nero Vision software. You can get around it by adding another video file (perhaps a trailer or something), and Nero will then make the main and chapter menus.

Nero VisionExpress is a very bad program when it comes about DVD menu creation. It is difficult, time comsuming and has many limitations. If you want to create menu for your DVD, first transcode it with Nero, then import the files into DVDlab Pro, demux them, and create any menu you want: scene selection, audio and/or subtitle setup, movie selection (if you have more videos on one dvd), and so on. And the biggest problem about Nero: it can not handle multiple audio streams in one video.

I have *Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced* and I can't make DVD using Nero Vision 4. It doesn't show *Make DVD...* on *What would you like to do?* Why is this happening? Do I need to get another software upgrade this version or what? Please help.

Vietsandwich: You might need to talk to Nero tech support, since I'm not sure which version you have (some versions, eg. OEM versions of "essential" versions, do not have the MPEG-2/DVD-Video plugin)

I don't even what version i got LOL. But m guessing is that there is two kind of Nero 7. One is the Ultra Edition and the other one is Ultra Edition Enhanced. I don't know if this is true or not and I'm trying my best to go through this. Please help DVDGuy, if it is possible to help, Thank you. I dont want to waste my money if i cant Make DVD.

hey DVDGuy, what kind of plug-in do i need so i can *Make DVD*? Please help and thank you

Vietsandwich: The best thing to do is to contact Nero tech support, they should sort you out (you could try to reinstall the Nero package right now).

well, i already contact them and reinstall once. But still have the same problem. I'm guessing i need to buy DVD-VIdeo Plug-In, because i read the guide book for Nero 7 Ultra Edition Enhanced and found out that it don't have DVD-Video Plug-In. But I'm not sure this version work with it. I'm still confuse with my choices.

Vietsandwich: I wouldn't go out and buy it unless Nero tech support has told you to. Let's continue discussions on this thread: http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=82561

hey DVDGuy, why can't i burn my movies on Nero vision 4 after i finished making my video. I try to burn it but it dont let me it said i can only burn to Image Recorder

Nero promises to be a good programme. Well a promise is nothing if it cant be kept. Bug ridden. I have given up on Nerovision 4 for menus and fades. Attempt anything like this, it crashes. At the moment it can manage without having to deal with menus etc. Upgrades available, as suggested by tech support that have fixed bugs-but we have to pay to repair a programme that cost us in the first place and never worked. Bit like buying a second hand car-very exciting, it may or may not work and you have to pay through the nose for a repair that may be dodgy as well. MAny thanks Ahead, you may be going ahead with our money, but we are all going backwards with your dodgy software

Does anyone know about how to make a movie by adding your own video files (let's say that you captured with your digital camera)? I am trying to do that but instead of recognizing my files as .avi it adds them as picture files thus in the preview the file isn't moving (it is still as a picture). Does anyone know how can i fix this? Thanks in advance!

Is anyone else having problems uploading images and sound clips for the menus? Every time I go to upload something new, the program crashes and closes itself and goes back to the Nero SmartStart screen. Any advice on what to do from here?

If I play my completed dvd on the PC...it plays 16:9. If I play it on my TV...it is full screen. I chose the 16:9 option in Nero Vision. (from Nero Ultra 7) This dvd has menus and chapters. The info for the video as Vision sees it reads: "Target video options: 720 x 480 (CCIR-601 D1) -- 16:9" The video is already a .vob...so i'm not converting an avi. Any ideas on this? I thought that perhaps if I eliminated the menus and chapters...that it would work...but i'd hate to lose all my chapters. Perhaps I can at least take the finished product from Vision and import it into another program that will properly tag the dvd as 16:9...and I won't have to make all the chapters again? Thanks in advance. :)

Perhaps this info is also helpful. Again...the aspect ratio is set to 16:9...not 'auto'. Maybe my TV/DVD player is the problem? ================================= Book Type setting: 'Automatic' Audio format: Automatic Sample format: Automatic Encoding mode: High Quality (2-Pass VBR) Nero SmartEncoding: Automatic Number of titles: 2 1. VTS_01.0001 (Video Title, 2h 07m 33s, 28 chapters) - Audio SmartEncoding ratio: 100.0 % - Video SmartEncoding ratio: 98.4 % 2. VTS_02.0001 (Video Title, 0h 56m 13s, 22 chapters) - Audio SmartEncoding ratio: 100.0 % - Video SmartEncoding ratio: 97.3 % Number of menus: 3 - Main menu (1 page) - Menu for VTS_01.0001 (7 pages) - Menu for VTS_02.0001 (6 pages)

Hmmm...forgot to add that I use Vision to burn it to my hdd. Then I use Slysoft AnyDVD to burn that to a double-layer DVD. But I can see in AnyDVD that it too recognizes the file as 16:9. So I don't think AnyDVD is the problem. Thanks again.

For some reason when I create my own menu, not using the smart 3D option, the burn process stops almost right after I click the burn button. I've made a DVD with the Smart 3D menu, but when I use my own picture and backround options, it will not burn my DVD. Any idea why this is?