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Super Simple VCD Title

Wanna make a quick VCD title with VCD 2.0 Toolkit, with just looping MPEG assets? Don't want any sequences, menus, etc? Here's how:
  1. Start a new project.

  2. The PC version will prompt you for a project name.
  3. On the Mac only, hit the New Volume button volume.gif at the top of the Volume Map window.

  4. Save the project. The name of the project, plus an _1, should automatically show up as the volume name.

  5. Open the Assets Manager and import the desired MPEG clips.

  6. Open the Tracks Manager and drag the imported MPEG clips from the Assets Manager to the Tracks window, in the desired play order.

  7. Save the project again.

  8. Build the title!

Notes:
  • The Volume Map window, except for the Volume Name itself, will be empty. In essence, there is no logical structure in the title except that necessary for the MPEG tracks.
  • The tracks will play in the order listed in the Tracks window, & then play will loop back to the first track.
  • While you can use the Next button to skip to the next track, the Previous button will be inoperative.
  • Repeatedly hitting Next on through the last track will take you back to first track.
  • On VCD Players you can also access the tracks directly by track number.
  • This technique produces a multitrack disc image. Recording to CDR disc in Windows 95 or NT 4.0 requires using the correct procedure.

    • Alternately, if only one MPEG clip is used, there is this technique:

    Single clip looping title:

    1. Create a new project, give it a name, and save it as in steps 1-3 above.

    2. Make a menu whose associated video asset (in the "Video", , box ) is the MPEG you want to loop. If the asset is a multiplexed stream, the audio part of the stream will play too. Add branching to Previous, Next, etc only if desired.

    3. Set the Loop count for the menu to "0". This creates an infinite loop.

    4. Drag the Menu to the Volume Entry field in the Volume Manager.

    5. Save it, Build it.
    The advantage of this technique is that a single-track disc image can be built, simplifying the recording process on PC's.

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