With close to 400 APIs covering all aspects of DVD-Video creation, AuthorScript Video SD's C++ libraries enable all the functionality needed at each stage of the production process:
- Authoring:
- build a project structure (i.e. Movies, Slideshows, Menus, Playlists, etc.);
- populate the structure with references to source media (video, audio, and image files);
- define navigation for buttons and PGCs;
- define the look and feel of menus, either with custom settings or predefined styles;
- define project attributes and settings (e.g. TV system, aspect ratio, language, etc.).
- File Conversion:
- convert referenced source asset streams into the elementary stream formats (e.g. MPEG-2 video) supported for playback in the target format (e.g. DVD-Video).
- Multiplexing:
- combine referenced source asset streams into the MPEG program stream format required for playback.
- Formatting:
- arrange all of the presentation content and navigation information into a file and directory structure ("disc image") readable by hardware and software DVD, VCD, or SVCD players.
- Writing:
- record a disc image to recordable or rewritable media, or to a folder or file.