RocketDVD is a DVD Production Engine that has been optimised to increase
your DVD Authoring workflow while reducing the manhours required to
author DVD titles. We've included many advanced features and benefits
that greatly simplify and enhance DVD Creation and Production.
Using RocketDVD virtually takes the human element out of the physical
DVD production process. Using the intuitive user interface, users can
setup and
launch a DVD authoring and production project in a matter of minutes.
The interface has been designed with the look and feel of a standard
video deck including deck like intuitive controls such as; Start, Stop
and Pause. In addition, all other controls are clearly marked and tied
to a comprehensive context sensitive help file so that you're never more
than a simple button click away from application help. The benefit is
that users will be able to master the
use of RocketDVD Professional in a matter of minutes.
Fully Automated DVD Creation & Production
Using RocketDVD virtually takes the human element out of the physical
DVD production process. Using our intuitive user interface, your users
can setup and launch a DVD authoring and production project in a matter
of minutes. Once the project is launched RocketDVD performs all the
necessary tasks to create the DVD including; Capturing and Encoding your
video, creating a comprehensive menu (from your custom menu theme
selection), creating an optional custom disc label, prints an optional
custom DVD case wrap, and prints your DVD insert for chapter selections.
All of this is done without any further human intervention. In
addition, you can direct the RocketDVD system to create a physical DVD
on a local DVD writer or send the DVD project to a variety of
Professional Automated DVD Duplicators for final production. We
currently support Duplicators from the following manufactureres: MF
Digital, MediaTechnics, Microtech, Rimage and R-Quest.
Point
& Click User Interface
We have designed our user
interface with the look and feel of a standard video deck including deck
like intuitive controls such as; Start, Stop and Pause. In addition,
all other controls are clearly marked and tied to a comprehensive
context sensitive help file so that you're never more than a simple
button click away from application help. The benefit is that your users
will be able to master the use of RocketDVD Professional in a matter of
minutes.
DVD Authoring Selections
You can
choose to make a DVD with menu, Once play DVD or a Continuous or Looped
DVD format. If you choose DVD with menu you are presented with an
opportunity to call your custom pre-defined menu theme and the theme is
displayed at the bottom of the selection window for review.
Custom
Chapter Selections
With any one of the DVD type choices
selected you have the ability to apply a variety of comprehensive
chapter methods to your DVD including: Arbitrary number of chapters,
Arbitrary chapter length (in seconds), Smart Chapter selection (this
uses our proprietary Algorithm to find actual scene changes on the DVD
and adds additional chapter points in between scenes for enhanced
navigation. This is particularly beneficial for home movies and low
action video such as corporate presentations.), Scene change only,
Custom Chapters (this feature allows you to enter in time codes, bitmaps
and custom text for each chapter on the DVD) and one chapter per
segment.
Variable Text Insertion
Part of the
DVD project indentification includes entering optional Tile, Subtitle
and Date range information. This information can be automatically
transferred and inserted into the DVD disc label, DVD Casewrap, DVD
insert and rendered into your DVD menu page assets. You get full control
over the font, color and size for this text on each separate asset.
This enables you to create generic menu theme and print assets but still
create a DVD that looks custom. Whether you’re making one or many DVDs.
Custom
Variable Text Insertion
This feature allows you to create an
unlumited number of custom variable fields with substitution values.
These variables can be used on any menu or print asset contained in your
DVD project. All you do is place the variable marker anywhere you want
the substitution text to appear.
Multi-function
Processing
RocketDVD Professional has been optomized to
increase your overall workflow for DVD authoring by allowing
mutlitple DVD Production processes to run simultaneously. We break the
DVD Production process into three basic steps: Video
Capture/Encoding, DVD Authoring/Muxing and DVD Output. Our advanced
processing engine allows you to perform each one of these processes on
seperate DVD titles simultaneously. What that means is that you can be
Capturing the video for one project while Authoring a second project and
outputting a DVD for a third project all at the same time.
Data
Files
This feature allows you to create a "Hybrid" DVD by
placing DVD-ROM files in the root of the DVD title. Now you can include
any DVD-ROM information such as catalogs, powerpoint presentations or
website information on the DVD along with your Video content.
First
Play
This feature lets you include a "First Play" video on
the DVD. First Play videos are often used for FBI warnings or to
promote additional video titles or services offered by the DVD
producer. We've also included User Operation Enable/Disable feature
so you can choose to force the viewing of the First Play video if
necessary.
Real-time MPEG-2 Encoders
You
can configure RocketDVD Professional with a variety of real-time video
encoders that support industry standard inputs like; Composite, S-Video,
Component and SDI video with audio inputs including un-balance line in,
Balanced XLR, AES, and embedded SDI. The benefit is that you can
automate your videotape to DVD conversions or you can use the system for
live capture from a camera or video switch.
Direct DV
Capture
Capture your video directly from any DV Camera or VTR
Deck. All you need is an available Firewire port on your PC. We've
also included full deck control via Firewire and we've added segment
capture with complete markin/markout capabilities so you can actually
perform a linear edit on your DV tape while creating the DVD project in
realtime!
Dolby AC3 Audio Encoding
From the Encoding menu you can select either Stereo AC3 or MPEG Audio
for the audio encoding format. Dolby AC3 is the most widely accepted
audio format for the U.S. market and insures compatibility with all
commercially available DVD players manufactured today. MPEG Audio is the
most common format used in the European market however all players must
support AC3 as a minimum to comply with the DVD Video specification.
Segment
Encoding
This feature gives you have the ability to pause
and restart the video capture as necessary. Each time you do the system
will automatically place a chapter marker a the beginning of the next
video segment and this marker will show up as a scene selection on your
DVD menu (if you're making a DVD with a menu) or as a chapter point if
your using chapters without a menu. This is useful for compiling
multiple tapes on to one DVD, as a rough editing method or to force a
chapter point on the DVD while you’re encoding. The resulting Video and
Audio segment files will be saved in the work directory and when the DVD
is created they will be concatenated into one contiguous Video file for
playback on the DVD.
Automatic project Archival
Once
a project is run RocketDVD saves all of the raw files used to
create the DVD in a "work" folder using the projectid entered with the
project as the folder name and saves to project creation file in a
"project" folder. This enables you to easily recall a project by
hitting
the "Load project" button and re-make the DVD including all of the
print assets without having to recapture the video and audio. This is
also useful as a method of creating project templates that have specific
encoding and DVD creation parameters saved in them.
Features:
- Fully Automated DVD Creation & Production
- Intuitive interface - master the
use of RocketDVD in a matter of minutes
- Various DVD Authoring options
