Creating Menus

David Bottel · Post by **David Bottel** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:28 pm

Hello,
How do you create a menu in DVD Workshop 2 with an aspect ratio of 16x9.

Regards David[/b]

Chris0709 · Post by **Chris0709** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 6:57 pm

Create menu like normal, the 16x9 will look scrunched in the 4:3 preview. Burn DVD folders to your hard drive. Then use a free program called ifoEdit to alter the menu flags to 16x9, then burn to disc. DVD Workshop 2.0 does not allow for the creation of 16x9 menus within the software. A little misleading cause the selling points claim full 16x9 support, but they mean for 16x9 video files.

David Bottel · Post by **David Bottel** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:13 pm

Chris,
Thank you for your reply.
Where can I get the free software infoEDIT.

Kind Regards, David

Chris0709 · Post by **Chris0709** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 9:51 pm

Try doing a search at this website http://www.videohelp.com

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:45 am

David Bottel wrote:Chris,
Thank you for your reply.
Where can I get the free software infoEDIT.

Kind Regards, David

You get it here:
http://www.ifoedit.com/

David Bottel · Post by **David Bottel** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 3:21 pm

I'm still unable to create a menu with an aspect ratio of 16:9.
This is what I am doing:
I create a project in DVDWS2 using video captured in widescreen on a Sony HC40 digital camcorder, a menu is then added using DVDWS2 preset templates. The project is then saved and burned to DVD FOLDERS.
ifoEDIT is then used to open DVD FOLDERS and the file VTS-01-0.ifo is launched.
Under Menu Attributes I double click on the line that shows (4:3) and select 16:9 and click OK. Save is then clicked and the file is saved in the same foler as the original.
A DVD disc is burned from DVD FOLDERS but when this is played on a widescreen TV, the menu is still displayed in 4:3 aspect ratio.

Regards, David