Import a BMP for the Replace with still menu

[Spideray]

I have recently had problems changing still menus using DVDremake pro. There is an excellent save frame as a BMP so you can export it and edit the bitmap in photoshop however there is no reciprocation to import an edited BMP. I can only import a VOB, the question is how do I convert the BMP to a VOB without using another software application. Could you insert the option to import replace with still that includes the option to insert a BMP file. As well as the default IFO and VOB options:D The only way I am able to do this is to use DVDsanta http://www.dvdsanta.com convert BMP to VOB option to create a 3 second VOB and then LOAD this the SELECT FRAME(PAL) window. This is not ideal as it is a bit of a grind. I believe adding this functionality this would make DVD Remake Pro the perfect DVD package if Santa can do it maybe this could be implemented into a menu option on REPLACE WITH STILL by Xmas 2005. Spideray P.S. Not knocking this excellent program just a comment to give it another string to its very large stringed bow...

[toaddub]

Yes, this would be a great addition. Note that when you export a frame, it is in 32-bit BMP. When you edit in Photoshop, remember to save it as 24-bit BMP before converting to VOB.

[DimadSoft]

Yes, one day we will do it. There is also another way to make VOB out of BMP: Muxman 1. Download Muxman ver.14g (the "free" one) from the great MPUcoder site or elsewhere. 2. Start Muxman. 3. Click on the ... box in the Video window at top of Muxman screen. 4. Locate and Select your edited background bitmap. 5. Select Close on the Import file list panel. 6. Select your dummy DVD Destination folder at bottom of Muxman screen. 7. Press Start to create your dummy DVD.

[Spideray]

Even if I save it as a 24bit BMP muxman rejects it any ideas why? It appears to be only for NTSC vob creation is this true....

[robiom]

I noticed in another post sonewhere that the bmp should be saved in OS2 mode and not Windows mode. Just a thought.

[Zinjo]

Yes this function is far overdue.

Often importing new static or edited menu backgrounds from other existing VOB files results in a loss or corruption of existing button commands.

[manfy]

hi zinjo,

i think main reason for corruption is that DRM does not have a full-blown mux-engine (or if yes, DRM uses it very sparingly to speed up processing). instead, DRM adjusts all flags and pointers on the upper DVD structure layer according to your re-authoring steps.
good point of this process: no lengthy remuxing steps during re-authoring
downside: occasional hickups in final result, caused by gray areas in dvd-specs and its implementation by different players and software.

regarding corruption on background import:
* i never had any button problems, since you need to export before and re-import after background loading anyways!
* static background: no trouble here
* edited motion menu: YES, i lost some serious sleep over it!
but eventually this did the trick:
- demux the menu cell you want to edit with vobedit by 'cell id' (results in vob-file X)
- demux the video stream from vob X
- edit the video stream
- load vob X into vobedit and select edit > remux m2v to remux edited video into vob-file Y
- in DRM replace menu block with vob Y

voila!
this way you retain all menu buttons, colors, button sets of original menu cell and you should not have any corruption problem.
(contrary to my initial attempts where i demuxed all individual cell streams and remuxed them after editing. no matter what video encoder or muxer i used, i always got some hang problems at edited menu)

BTW: above procedure assumes that you are only editing video content! if you change the length of video, i imagine you might run into remux problems or something ???!

rgds.m

[Whitespliff]

Check out this little proggie I wrote: http://www.cdr-zone.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6965

If you have your edited bmp's you can create all VOB's by clicking 1 button, then use the "import still" function RM has.

[CDR-Zone.COM]