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1. Demux video & audio

If your source video is MPEG, you can use the MPEG DeMultiplexer tool to decompose an MPEG Systems stream into a set of elementary streams (video-only and audio-only streams).

Run Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD, the screenshot is as below.

Click on the "Tools" button on the Toolbar, select "MPEG DeMultiplexer" from the drop down menu. In the Demux window that will appear, click on the "Input" button(1) to select the video file to be demuxed, then click "Save"(2) to start separating the MPEG file into video-only and audio-only files.

2. Mute the audio of video clip

You can also mute the audio of a video file. To do this, drag the video file onto video track (the first track of the timeline), right click on the video file and select "Audio" -> "Mute" from the context menu to silence the audio. Next click the red dot button on the timeline to export a video-only file.

3. Replace audio in a video file

You can also remove unwanted audio from a video clip, add new audio to the video clip, and then save the file back to a new video file.

a. Replace the whole audio track in this video clip

First drag the video file onto video track (the first track of the timeline), right click on the video file and select "Audio" -> "Mute" from the context menu to silence the audio. Next drag the new audio onto the audio track(the third track of the timeline) and align it properly. Finally click the red dot button to export a new video file.

b. Replace part of the audio track in a video clip

First drag the video file onto video track (the first track of the timeline), and preview the video in the Output window. When you find the beginning of the unwanted audio, pause the playback and click the "Split" button on the Timeline Toolbox(Splitting a clip will break the clip into two clips at the splitting point.). Then locate the end of the unwanted audio in the same way and split again. Now right click the separate video clip which contains the unwanted audio, select "Audio" -> "Mute" from the context menu to silence the unwanted audio. Next drag the new audio onto the audio track(the third track of the timeline) and align it properly. Finally click the red dot button to export a new video file.

1. After loading your first video file into ConvertXtoDVD, right click on the titleset and select "merge more files to this titleset".

2. In the Titleset content editor that will appear, you will see the first video file in the queue list as #1. Now click on the merge button in the very right column to select a video file to be added/joined or drag and drop the video file to the corresponding place.

The added video file will now appear in the queue list as #2, right next to the first file #1, in the chronological order in which they will play. If you have additional audio tracks and/or subtitle files you can add them below the corresponding video file in this window.

Click OK (right bottom) once you're done, this window closes, and the added file(s) will appear under Source file(s) info in your project.

Note: Every merged file adds automatically an start chapter point in the titleset(all merged files make a chapter at merge point) and the maximum number of files that can be merged is 99. 

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First you need to transfer your DVD into your hard drive and insert a blank DVD disc into the DVD writer. If your DVD is encrypted, you will need to rip your DVD movie from the disc into your computer hard disk with a DVD ripper, since Womble MPEG Video Wizard DVD is only designed to work with non-encrypted commercial DVDs and home-made DVDs.

Now let's begin:

Step 1. Add DVD movie

Run MPEG Video Wizard DVD, the screenshot is as below. You can adjust the window layout as you want.

Click the "Tools" button on the Toolbar and select "DVD Reader Tool" from the drop down menu.

In the DVD Reader window, click the "Input" button to load your DVD movie into DVD reader(1), then you will see all the titles and chapters in DVD Reader window. Notice that the first title has the longest time in duration and this is the main movie we will edit here. Now select the main movie and click "Add to Timeline" button to add it onto timeline(2).

Then title 1 will be added onto the video track of the timeline as a new video clip, keeping the original chapter structure. You can see the 3 chapter markers which are displayed as red-colored marks along the top edge of the timeline.

Step 2. Edit DVD movie

Now you can edit the DVD movie as you like. You can:

a. Add other videos or images onto timeline to combine them with the existing video and make a new DVD.

To do this, right click on the video track and select "Input" from the context menu to add new videos or images.

b. Remove unwanted scenes from DVD movie

Drag the edit line to navigate through the video on the timeline and preview it in the Output window. When you find the beginning of the unwanted scenes, click the "Split" button on the Timeline Toolbox. Then locate the end of the unwanted scenes in the same way and split again(You can zoom in and use mouse wheel / arrow keys to step through the video frame by frame to find exact spot). Then click on the unwanted segment – now a separate clip – and press Shift+Delete key combination to delete it. Repeat the steps to remove all other unwanted scenes.

c. Apply special effects to your DVD(filters and/or transitions)

To add a filter to a video clip, select the "Filter" page under the "Effect" page in the Project Manager, and select a filter you want to use, then drag the selected filter to the video track and drop it onto a video clip. Once a filter is added onto a video clip, there will be an additional filter label displayed near the lower right corner of the clip. To add a transition between two clips, select the "2D/3D" page under the "Effect" page in the Project Manager and select a transition you want to use, then drag it to the video track and drop it between the two clips.

d. Add text or image watermark to DVD movie

Click "Title Editor" button on the Toolbar to launch the Title Editor, which helps you create text and graphics to add to your video. To create a text title clip, select the "Text" page of the toolbox. To add graphics to your title clip, select the "Graphics" page of the toolbox. When finishing title creation, you can add the title clip directly from the Title Editor to the Timeline. To do so, simply click on the "Drag" button, hold down your left mouse button and drag it to the title track(the 2nd track of the timeline).

e. Create and edit chapter markers

A chapter is an invisible mark in the video that helps you navigate through the film as you are watching it. Instead of fast-forwarding to a specific point you can jump at intervals, these intervals are chapter markers that you can determine here.

You can edit the existing chapter markers or add new chapter marker to the DVD movie. To add a new chapter marker to the DVD movie, drag the edit line to navigate through the movie and preview it in the Output window. When you find the frame with which you want to start a chapter, click the "set/clear marker" button or press "M" key on the keyboard to set a chapter marker. To remove a chapter marker, find the chapter marker you want to delete with the help of the "Next marker" and the "Previous marker" buttons, then click the  "set/clear marker" button or press "M" key on the keyboard to delete the chapter marker.

f. Substitute audio; add narration or voice over, and more…
 

Step 3. Add DVD menus

Click the "DVD" button on the right timeline toolbox, the whole project will be loaded into the DVD editor window. In the DVD editor window, we will add menus to the DVD. If you don't need DVD menu, you can move to Step 5 now.

To create the menu, you can use one of the built-in menu templates, and then customize menu by changing background image/music/video, editing text and so on. Now right click on the "Menu" icon, and select "Template…", then a window opens with a list of available menu templates. Select one preferred template, then click "OK" to apply the template.

MPEG Video Wizard DVD provides the maximum flexibility for us to customize the menu, you can edit all the items on the menu page where you can change the background to a personal photo, add an opening video before the menu displays, reset the menu button style and so on. I am not going to get into details here, but you can fool around on your own with the advanced settings. Just remember most of settings can only be accessed by righting clicking on that item.

Step 4. Preview

When you're done with the menu, click "Preview" at the top buttons. The Preview window lets you do a final check on the menu design before starting an export job. If you don't like what you see, you can go back to the "DVD" window to make changes, and then come back to check it again.

Step 5. Output DVD folder

Now we are back to "DVD" window and select a Output size. Output size is either a single layer or a dual layer disc – this option is useful when you want to reduce the size of the DVD movie to fit a DVD Disc. Please note MPEG Video Wizard DVD will either re-encode your video/audio to reduce the file size or it will do a "stream copy" which means the quality stays the same. You cannot "increase" quality by choosing the 7.92 GB option for a single layer project.

Now click on the "Export" button. In the Export window select a Output folder where you want your output DVD folder to be present – the "Video_TS" folder will be created under the path you specify here. If you check the box "Start DVD burning after export" here, the burning process will automatically start when finishing the exporting process.

Step 6. Burn DVD folder to DVD disc

In case you didn't check the box "Start DVD burning after export" in last step, you can use the DVD Burning Tool included in MPEG Video Wizard DVD to burn the exported "Video_TS" folder to a DVD disc.

To open the DVD Burning tool, click the "Tools" button on the Toolbar and select "DVD Burning Tool" from the menu.

In the Burn window, change the folder path to where you outputted your DVD files (should be selected automatically for you), and then choose your DVD burner(You may also choose to output to an ISO file for later burning) and then click on the "Burn" button to start burning your DVD video to a DVD disc.

Done.

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The layout is the way component windows are arranged and displayed on your computer screen. According to the nature of the editing work, you can adjust the layout as you want.

To select a pre-defined layout, click the "Layout" button on "Toolbar" and select from the drop down menu which lists a set of pre-defined, most commonly used layout.

You can also set your own layout. To do so, select "Unbind Windows" from the layout menu then you can resize / move / close any one of the component windows. To re-open a closed component window, just click the corresponding button on the toolbar.

Now insert a blank DVD disc into the DVD writer and run MPEG Video Wizard DVD.

Step 1. Add video files

Run MPEG Video Wizard DVD, the screenshot is as below.

To add one or more video file(s), simply drag the video file(s) from Windows Explorer and drop it(them) onto the video track(the first track of the timeline). You can add your video files one by one to keep their order on the video track, or you can drag all your video files onto video track at one time, then click and drag clips around within the video track to adjust their order.

Step 2. Add chapter markers

If needed here you can do some editing to your video clips such as applying filters, adding special effects, editing out some footage, etc..

Now we will add chapter markers to the videos. Chapter markers, also known as chapter points, are reference points used to index a DVD movie as you are watching it. Instead of fast-forwarding to a specific point you can jump at intervals, these intervals are chapter markers that you can determine here.

To add Marker for all video clips, press the 'N' key on the keyboard, the editor will add a marker at the beginning of each clip for all clips on the video track. The chapter markers are displayed as red-colored marks along the top edge of the timeline.

You can also manually add chapter markers here. Drag the edit line to navigate through al the video clips and preview video in the Output window. When you find the frame with which you want to start a chapter, click the "set/clear marker" button or press "M" key on the keyboard to set a chapter point. Repeat to add more chapter markers.

Step 3. Add DVD menus

Click the "DVD" button on the right timeline toolbox, the whole project will be loaded into the DVD editor window. In the DVD editor window, we will add menus to the DVD. If you don't need DVD menu, you can move to Step 5 now.

To create the menu, you can use one of the built-in menu templates, and then customize menu by changing background image/music/video, editing text and so on. Now right click on the "Menu" icon, and select "Template…", then a window opens with a list of available menu templates. Select one preferred template, then click "OK" to apply the template.

MPEG Video Wizard DVD provides the maximum flexibility for us to customize the menu, you can edit all the items on the menu page where you can change the background to a personal photo, add an opening video before the menu displays, reset the menu button style and so on. I am not going to get into details here, but you can fool around on your own with the advanced settings. Just remember most of settings can only be accessed by righting clicking on that item.

Step 4. Preview

When you're done with the menu, click "Preview" at the top buttons. The Preview window lets you do a final check on the menu design before starting an export job. If you don't like what you see, you can go back to the "DVD" window to make changes, and then come back to check it again.

 
Step 5. Output DVD folder

Now we are back to "DVD" window and select a Output size. Output size is either a single layer or a dual layer disc – this option is useful when you want to reduce the size of the DVD movie to fit a DVD Disc. Please note MPEG Video Wizard DVD will either re-encode your video/audio to reduce the file size or it will do a "stream copy" which means the quality stays the same. You cannot "increase" quality by choosing the 7.92 GB option for a single layer project.

Before starting the export job, you may want to check the encoder settings by pressing the encoder button near the lower right corner of the DVD editor window. Here you can check and set the encoder settings for each of the video title.

Once all that's done, click on the "Export" button. In the Export window select a Output folder where you want your output DVD folder to be present – the "Video_TS" folder will be created under the path you specify here. If you check the box "Start DVD burning after export" here, the burning process will automatically start when finishing the exporting process.

Step 6. Burn DVD folder to DVD disc

In case you didn't check the box "Start DVD burning after export" in last step, you can use the DVD Burning Tool included in MPEG Video Wizard DVD to burn the exported "Video_TS" folder to a DVD disc.

To open the DVD Burning tool, click the "Tools" button on the Toolbar and select "DVD Burning Tool" from the menu.

In the Burn window, change the folder path to where you outputted your DVD files (should be selected automatically for you), and then choose your DVD burner(You may also choose to output to an ISO file for later burning) and then click on the "Burn" button to start burning your DVD video to a DVD disc.

Done.

A: After you have added your video files, click the plus sign beside "DVD Options" to reveal all the options. Top option should be "Template Now Used". Double click "Template Now Used" option, a select box will appear. Click the box and select the "No menu" option in the drop down list of menu choices.

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By default Womble EasyDVD will automatically create a chapter point at start of each video clip(s) if you add a Movie(Title) with one or more video clip(s). For example, I have added a Title with three video clips, select the Title(Movie 1) and your will notice there are three chapter points which are displayed as yellow-colored marks along the top edge of the video preview window's timeline.

There are two ways to create chapters in Womble EasyDVD.

1. Add equal length chapters

Select the Movie you want to add chapters, right click it and select "Add equal length chapters" from the context menu.

In the dialog window, select a number (or length), and press the OK button. Then Womble EasyDVD will automatically add the specified number of chapters to the selected Movie.

Note: this operation will replace all the previously set chapters.

2. Add chapters manually

Select the Movie you want to add chapters, the movie will appear in the right video preview window. You will notice the video preview window is in the Movie mode. (Due to the difference between an EasyDVD Movie and a video clip, the video preview window will switch between the Movie mode and the Clip mode, depending on whether the current selection of the Source is a Movie item or a video clip item. A quick identification for the two modes is the play button color: Movie: blue; Clip: yellow. )

Drag the slider to navigate through the movie and preview it in the video preview window. When you find the frame with which you want to start a chapter, click the "add/remove chapter" button or press "M" key on the keyboard to set a chapter point.

2.3. To remove a chapter, find the chapter marker you want to delete with the help of the "next chapter" and the "previous chapter" buttons or press the Page Up and Page Down keys on the keyboard, then click the "add/remove chapter" button or press "M" key on the keyboard.

More guides regarding Womble EasyDVD:

• How to create a basic DVD with Womble EasyDVD?
• How to remove unwanted scenes from DVD movie without re-encoding?
• How to put(combine, merge) multiple DVDs on a single DVD?
• How to add an intro video to DVD before the main menu shows up?
  

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There are two ways to add chapters to your DVD in ConvertXtoDVD.

1. Automatically add equal length chapters

After loading your video files into ConvertXtoDVD, click "Settings" and select "Chapters" in the drop-down menu.

In the Chapters window, you will notice the two options: "Create Chapter every" and "For titleset longer than". Default value is 5 minutes for titlesets longer than 15 minutes.

"Create Chapter every" allow you to automatically insert a chapter every X minutes or seconds.  M = minutes, S = seconds. If unchecked, no chapters will be added automatically. Always a chapter point will be created at start of a Title. You can not delete this first one!

"For titleset longer than" will insert a chapter at the value indicated above only if the video is longer than the specified duration (default set value is 15 minutes). Always a chapter point will be created at start of a Title. You can not delete this first one! For example this means that no additional chapters will be added if you would add a video that is only 10 minutes long, e.g. suitable for music video clips.

Here you can change the value to what you want and click OK. Then there will be a pop up window saying "Do you want to apply the new setting to the current project? This may override manually modified values", click Yes, then ConvertXtoDVD will automatically insert a chapter point every X minutes or seconds as you have set. Note this operation will replace all the previously set chapters and will apply to all Titlesets in this project.

If you uncheck both settings and use the Add function to make 1 or more Titleset(s), you will end up with a DVD with one or more Title(s) and only a chapter point at start of each Title.

2. Manually add chapter point

a. First method to add chapters

After loading your video files into ConvertXtoDVD, select the Titleset you want to add chapters(1), the video will appear in the preview window. Drag the slider to navigate through the video and preview it in the video preview window. When you find the frame with which you want to start a chapter, right click on the cursor and select "Add chapter at cursor position"(2). The individual chapters are displayed as little pins () on the timeline.

To remove a chapter, select the chapter to remove on the timeline, right-click and select "Remove chapter at cursor position". To move a chapter, hold down the left mouse button on the chapter pin and drag it to move it along the timeline.

Note: The first pin (blank) can not be moved or deleted and a maximum of 99 chapter points can be created.

b. Second method to add chapters

After loading your video files into ConvertXtoDVD, select the Titleset you want to add chapters, click the + beside this Titleset(1), right click on "Chapters" and select "Add Chapter"(2).

Then enter the start time of the chapter, the new chapter will added at its appropriate place.

To remove a chapter, select the chapter to remove, right-click and select "Remove Chapter".

Note: The first chapter can never be removed and a maximum of 99 chapter points can be created.

More guides regarding ConvertXtoDVD:

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How to add subtitles to your DVD with ConvertXtoDVD?