I know this is a bit off topic, but I have not found much searching the forums for vcd/svcd. I am Using Video Studio 9, and have come across areas that I have not found info on, and was wondering if people here have done this. I know I am asking for a lot of help, but I have not been able to find much info besides using like 20 different apps to create this.
1) is it possible to have a trailer teaser before you hit the vcd menu? And have a link in the menu to go back to the teaser?
2) how can I add a subtitle track to the vcd's videos? Do I have to use a seperate application (I am using video studio to encode my QT movies)
3) Is there an Autoplay function i can include(or is that dependant on the player) Also can I have it go full screen automatically?
4) I have not seen anything to create sub-menus is this possible? i.e. on the main menu page have a link click that then go to another page and have another set of links?
Thanks and sorry for being a complete n00b.
complex svcd
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1. In the burning module, you will see a little box down in the bottom left hand about a quarter the way up from the corner of screen saying 'Use first clip as introductory video'. I think you could use that as the teaser. But I am afraid that I don't think that clip can then appear in the menu. This is not just because it is a VCD -- it does the same with a DVD. I would be happy to be proved wrong on this, though. 
2. If you are talking about true subtitles, then again VS 9 does not do them for VCDs or DVDs. You need a program like Ulead's DVD Workshop. But you can of course use the Title function to add pseudo-subtitles at the bottom of screen. You will need to make sure you use a very legible font, however, particularly if the 'subtitle' is to be on screen for only a very short time. Given that VCDS are of relatively low quality, their titles suffer accordingly.
3. Again, no auto-play function that I am aware of. If you are talking about playing it on a computer, if the latter uses XP and possibly other operating systems, once you insert the disc, you should be presented with a little screen asking what you want to do with the disc, including playing it on a software player. Ditto for going full screen -- that is within the software player. But if you are talking about a stand-alone player, then a VCD is treated the same as a DVD by the machine (but will saying 'Loading VCD' instead), as long, that is, as the player will in fact play VCDs or SVCDs. Quite a lot, especially at the top end of the market, will not or will play them erratically. Even those that say on the label that they do, sometimes mean they will only play commercially-produced VCDs, not home-made ones. In the first of the two icons at the bottom of the burning screen, click Preferences, and the top box says something like 'VCD player compliant'. Tick that.
4. You can create chapters which will appear as a sub-menu. Otherwise, the second page you mention might be there if you have several clips on the VCD which exceed the number of spaces on the first page of the template option you have selected.
Be aware that your stand-alone DVD player's remote control may not use the same buttons on a VCD as it would on a DVD. But this varies between players.
2. If you are talking about true subtitles, then again VS 9 does not do them for VCDs or DVDs. You need a program like Ulead's DVD Workshop. But you can of course use the Title function to add pseudo-subtitles at the bottom of screen. You will need to make sure you use a very legible font, however, particularly if the 'subtitle' is to be on screen for only a very short time. Given that VCDS are of relatively low quality, their titles suffer accordingly.
3. Again, no auto-play function that I am aware of. If you are talking about playing it on a computer, if the latter uses XP and possibly other operating systems, once you insert the disc, you should be presented with a little screen asking what you want to do with the disc, including playing it on a software player. Ditto for going full screen -- that is within the software player. But if you are talking about a stand-alone player, then a VCD is treated the same as a DVD by the machine (but will saying 'Loading VCD' instead), as long, that is, as the player will in fact play VCDs or SVCDs. Quite a lot, especially at the top end of the market, will not or will play them erratically. Even those that say on the label that they do, sometimes mean they will only play commercially-produced VCDs, not home-made ones. In the first of the two icons at the bottom of the burning screen, click Preferences, and the top box says something like 'VCD player compliant'. Tick that.
4. You can create chapters which will appear as a sub-menu. Otherwise, the second page you mention might be there if you have several clips on the VCD which exceed the number of spaces on the first page of the template option you have selected.
Be aware that your stand-alone DVD player's remote control may not use the same buttons on a VCD as it would on a DVD. But this varies between players.
Ken Berry