Burning small video clips with menu to DVD/CD

JesseJames_2

Friend of mine wants to create a DVD or CD that can view video clips that he makes (~2 minute maths tutorials, etc).
He also wants to be able to create a menu of these clips so that a single clip can be chosen and watched on a DVD player.

What software, preferably free to inexpensive, can he use to do this?

doverswot

I;ve previously used dvdflick, www dvdflick net (can't post links yet), which is free and should meet the requirement you described.

KingL

'DVD authoring' is what you are taking about. Many tools out there including freeware. Look here

JesseJames_2

Thanks for your help.

I've given him the links for him to try.

Basically he uses a Wacomm Bamboo? tablet with Screencorder to create his small tutorials, I believe they are either avi or flash flv/swf files, although I think he has the option of what type of video output.

He wants to be able to have a menu, preferably hierarchial, to select a single video and when it finishes, it comes back to the menu.

EDIT: So would it be better authored with a menu to DVD structure as I've implied above, or would a disc with a menu with the original SWF/AVI files still intact be better?
Considering the end user may use a PC or DVD Player.

KillerWatt

JesseJames wrote: »

EDIT: So would it be better authored with a menu to DVD structure as I've implied above, or would a disc with a menu with the original SWF/AVI files still intact be better?
Considering the end user may use a PC or DVD Player.

Save the tuts as AVI's (preferably at 720x576 or above), then bung them in to the authoring/mastering program to burn as DVD-Video (once you have created your menu's and whatever).

That way it is a standard movie DVD that can be played by anybody who has a DVD player/PC/Console no matter what.

JesseJames_2

Thanks for that info KW
Will advise to use the AVIs and author to DVD.