• Basic tutorial (2MB flash)
  The very first steps with DVD-lab
• Video Frame inside Shape tutorial (flash) *fixed
  Put a video thumbnail inside any shape. It can be used as a still or later render as Motion Menu.

Advanced tutorials

• Switched Menus
  Create very interesting type of menus which looks that you have spent on it some time, yet it isn't that difficult to make.
• Film Strip
  A very cool looking "animated" menu based on the Switched Menu idea..
• Simple motion menus
  There is many ways how to create Motion menus, from simple ones to a complex thumbnail menus.
• Cool Background in few clicks
  How to create that artistic background? Here is the answer.
• Put a SVCD on a DVD without recompression
  Put your SVCD movies on a DVD-R with DVD-lab.
• How to use Embedded object
  See how Real-DRAW or DVD Menu Studio can cooperate with DVD-lab.
• Frame-Indexing
• How to add chapters with the best possible accuracy the DVD allows (DVD-lab 1.2.1)
  
• Motion Thumbnails Part 1
  How to create a real motion menu with moving thumbnails and other tricks. (DVD-lab 1.3 )
  
• Motion Thumbnails Part 2
  We continue with the real motion menu ...
• Motion Thumbnails Part 3
  Now you can create a scene selection motion menu even with a seamless looping...
• Keypad Lock to secret menus (Part 1)
  Create this cool keypad lock which works like a real thing
• Inverse Selection Trick New
  A cool trick masking part of background with selection to create Switched-like menu

PRO version

• Keypad Lock (Part 2)
  Keypad lock, now with little script
• Keypad Lock (Part 3)
  Keypad lock, now with a lot of script
• Introduction to plug-in API
  Use lab-TALK to create the script, then compile it to stand-alone plugin using your programming language
• Creating large project with Importing pre-compiled VTS
  This is an advanced tutorial describing the Multi-VTS feature of a beta version
• Creating cool Panoramatic menus
  This is an advanced tutorial describing the Multi-VTS feature of a beta version
• Creating complex Audio/Subtitle Manager
  This is an advanced tutorial describing how to use menu cloning and VM Command to build complex managers
• DVD Quiz game with displaying of the score (PART 1)
  This is an advanced tutorial describing idea how to create quiz DVD completely with displaying the score at the end.
• DVD Quiz game with displaying of the score (PART 2)
  Creating pseudo-random sequence for the quiz.
• A real-life TV show on a DVD
  Here we will walk you through building a DVD project for a full season of a TV show.
• Using External Subpicture
  Here we will show you how to use external subpicture for a motion menu.
• Alpha Masks and Chapter menu with thumbnails New (talks also about DVD-lab 2.0)
  This talks about chapter menus, thumbnails and some tips and tricks.
• Return to Last Menu and keep last button highlighted New
  A simple trick to return to last menu while highlighting the last button

Random Generators
This question is repeatedly popping out every number of weeks on the web forum. Here are the most recent solutions:

• Simple Random Sequence tutorial by faking a random generator
• Santiago created a whole page with dedicated DVD algorythms for Random number, Seed ability and Skewing the Random generator so it doesn't repeat the numbers. The alghorithms are freely available to be used in your projects, but they are not GPL. His page is here:
  Randu, Seed and Skew by Santiago
  Discussion is here:
• Vapymid worked on various generators before. A script for 1 to 128 generator can be viewed anddiscussed here. The backup of the script is here.

External Tutorials

• Creating a multiple audio selection menu by Antonsvideo
• Fixing broken routes in DVD-Lab Pro by Antonsvideo
• Extract a DVD Recorder VOB for use in DVD-Lab authoring software by Antonsvideo
• How to use the Condition Splitter in DVD Lab Pro by Awlchu
• Using Branching Objects in DVD Lab Pro by Awlchu
• DLP Branching and VM Commands by Awlchu
• The Compleat Beginners Guide to DVDLab by Reboot
• DVDLab Mini Tutorial. Neon Links by Reboot

Have a guide/tutorial/trick? Let us know.

Other Articles

• How to determine the best Bitrate for MPEG encoding
  Article about MPEG bitrate and what to expect
• Experimenting with 3D Video
  Interesting article about home 3D stereoscopic video.

DIY Articles

• Home Theater in Basement
  See my step-by step story building a home theater
• DOF machine
  A tool for guerrilla movie makers to make their video more film-like by reducing the depth of filed
• Better remote control for DVR, DVD video recorders
  A DIY remote control to make editing on DMR-E80/E85/E100 just a bit more enjoyable
• Toshiba RD-XS34 and how to make its fan quiet
  Some look at the Toshiba XS34 recorder with 160GB hard drive that seems to be appearing on sale everywhere