PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker
1.0INTRODUCTION
The PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker application allows a custom layout menu to be imported in to the Pioneer PRV-LX1 professional recorder. A menu layout usually consists of a background for the menu, a disc title, buttons to select/view the various clips, and Previous/Next buttons if there are multiple pages to a menu.
Before beginning to build your custom menu consider the following features; if the Disc Title and button labels will be part of the background or pulled from the PRV-LX1’s Function menu, how many buttons are needed, if your layout will have buttons on a single screen or there will be multiple pages representing a single menu thus requiring Previous/Next buttons, etc. Once you have a firm idea of what your menu will consist of, continue to the next step, building your menu.
This document describes how to create an Adobe® Photoshop® (.psd) file that can be converted in to a custom menu layout for the PRV-LX1. You must be familiar with Photoshop layer creation and manipulation to build this file. In addition, a version of Quick Time needs to be present on your computer to launch the PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker.
Each layer can be named according to your operational style but the content order must be maintained. The PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker program requires that the layers be in the following order:
Note: The Highlight Area layer is also referred to as the Subpicture layer.
The PRV-LX1 supports a single menu layout (provided on the HDD or custom built with the PRV-LX1 DVD Menu Maker) per project or disc. Because of this limitation, your design must work within the following parameters:
•Button labels placed within the background must match the number of menu buttons. For example, a six-clips project on a six-button layout could have button labels merged in to the background or entered through the PRV-LX1’s Function menu. The same six- clip project on a four-button layout requires that button labels be brought in from the LX1’s Function menu entry system. Otherwise, the two buttons shown on the next menu page would be improperly labeled with two additional labels identifying empty areas.
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