Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 42)

General DVD Limitations
Following are some general limitations you may run into while authoring your DVD project
with DVD Studio Pro. Most of these limitations are due to DVD-Video specification
requirements.
Note: With the exception of the number of buttons on a menu, the same limits apply to
both SD and HD projects.
Project
Following are the limitations within a DVD Studio Pro project.
• Maximum number of tracks, stories, and slideshows in a project: 99
• Minimum number of menus in a project: 0
• Minimum number of tracks or slideshows in a project: 1
Menus
Following are the menu-related limitations.
• Maximum number of menus in a project: 10,000
• Menu aspect ratio support: 4:3 and 16:9 menus can be used in the same project.
• Maximum number of buttons on an SD-based DVD 4:3 menu: 36
• Maximum number of buttons on an SD-based DVD 16:9 menu: 18, unless Pan Scan &
Letterbox is selected, which then sets the maximum to 12
• Maximum number of buttons on an HD-based DVD 4:3 menu: 48
• Maximum number of buttons on an HD-based DVD 16:9 menu: 24, unless Pan Scan &
Letterbox is selected, which then sets the maximum to 16
Tracks
Following are the track-related limitations.
• Maximum number of video streams in a track: 9
• Minimum number of video streams in a track: 1
• Maximum number of audio streams in a track: 8
• Maximum number of subtitle streams in a track: 32
• Maximum number of cell markers in a track: 255
• Maximum number of chapter markers in a track: 99 (Each chapter marker is also a cell
marker.)
• Maximum combined number of chapter markers and individual chapter end jump settings
in a track: 106 (See Setting Chapter Marker End Jumps for more information.)
• Maximum number of buttons on an SD-based DVD 4:3 track’s button highlight marker: 36
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