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• About the Marker Types (p. 399)
• Setting Marker Properties (p. 401)
• Introduction to Stories (p. 403)
• Creating a Story for a Track (p. 404)
• Using the Story Editor (p. 404)
• Setting Story Properties (p. 405)
• Setting Story Entry Properties (p. 407)
• Simulating a Story (p. 407)
• Adding Alternate Video Streams (p. 408)
• Using Still Clip Transitions (p. 410)
• Viewing a Track (p. 413)
About Track Limits in a DVD
A DVD can have a combination of up to 99 tracks, stories, and slideshows. Each track can
contain up to:
• 9 video streams, used as angles or alternate video
• 8 audio streams for different soundtracks
• 32 subtitle streams for alternate text, alternate languages, or buttons over video
• 99 chapter markers used primarily to define points in the track that can be jumped to
• 255 cell markers used for a variety of purposes, such as button highlights and
DVD@CCESS (this includes chapter markers, which are also cell markers)
• 98 stories (assuming there are no other tracks or slideshows), each defining an alternate
track playback by treating each chapter marker as a clip that can be moved or skipped
as needed
Working with a Track’s Assets
You can add multiple video or audio assets to each stream in a track. You can even trim
each asset’s start and end points to choose the parts of it you want to use. While this
allows for a lot of flexibility when creating your tracks, it is not a substitute for using a
video editing application, such as Final Cut Pro, to edit the clips into an asset to add to
your project.
370 Chapter 17 Creating and Editing Tracks