Friday, October 19, 2007

technical difficulties...

I had intended to supply the client with the necessary files for updating and altering the dvd content. However when i tried to compile this today i was faced with some annoying problems. The video content that was linked to the Encore DVD project was very large in size,
and i couldn't copy them from the courses folder into a new folder due to low disc space. Also, even if i managed to free up enough space it was going to be a very timely exercise copying such a mass of video and it was only a few hours til hand in. My plan was to group together all the video content and the individual menu files (photoshop) along with the Encore file and relink the associated videos and menus. This way i could simply burn this folder to a dvd and the client would have everything he needed. If the client was to run with our project then i would definitely endeavour to complete this but since the DVD that i produced was just a prototype and was incomplete anyway i decided to flag it.
I would have liked to supply this to the client today so that he could have a go at using Adobe Encore but if after seeing the prototype he does want to go in our direction i would definitely supply him with the material to be able to alter the dvd content.
I ended up handing in the student dvd and cover, my report, and the manual to updating the dvd content. I printed the manual as a small booklet which fits inside the dvd cover which would contain the disc with necessary files for updating the DVD.

finito!

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