...DVD Start Video replay...

Earl_J wrote on 1/28/2014, 3:27 PM

In DVD Architect 4.5d ... or any version for that matter ...
I put a DVD Start Video in place...
I want it to continue to run (loop) until such time as a
viewer hits the main menu button to take
him/her to the list of menus...

I want the full chapter menu to display ONLY after the viewer
hits the main menu button... NOT at the end of the single play
of the DVD Start video as is normally the case.

Can this characteristic get embedded in the video...?

not sure it can be done in the video... ?
I think loop is mainly a function of the DVD player device...
not the DVD setup. . . (sigh)

I've been wrong before. . . LOL

Comments

larry-peter wrote on 1/28/2014, 3:34 PM

The way I've done this is to put the "Start Video" as a background in the default start menu. If you go to Main Page Properties (top right in my layout) and click Background Media, you can insert a video and audio stream there. Then go to the End Action tab and select "Loop."

Chienworks wrote on 1/28/2014, 3:34 PM

Never in the video itself. These actions are all part of the DVD setup, not the video. Look for "End Actions" over on the right side of the screen under the media properties. There you can specify things such as looping or where to jump.

The command set is quite limited, so you can't always achieve exactly what you want. Sometimes you have to include a media file multiple times so that it shows up as multiple items on the DVD structure (still only physically on the disc once though), and then each individual "copy" can be given different actions.

Arthur.S wrote on 1/28/2014, 3:36 PM

Never tried this, but....If you set the first play item 'end action' to loop, make sure that the 'menu' button is enabled in 'remote buttons'. That should work if the viewer pushes the menu button on their remote.

OldSmoke wrote on 1/28/2014, 3:43 PM

+1 Arthur.S

Earl_J wrote on 1/28/2014, 3:45 PM

thank you very much y'all. . .

I have it. . .

now, to master it enough to explain it to my mentee down in Florida. . . LOL

this has always been the greatest help forum in the world. . .

you guys are the greatest . . .

Earl_J wrote on 1/28/2014, 10:06 PM

well, I imagine you guys knew this follow-up question was coming. . .

I've looked in the user's manual and the online guide without success...

what is the limit on pages permitted for menus. . .?

we're talking about a main menu with "years" labels...
selecting a year will take us to "months" menu for that year...
selecting a month will take us to the final list of video events for that month..
selecting an event will play the video. . .

it appears we'll have one page for the main menu of years;
a second page for each year (let's say five years), so,
we'll have another five pages with 12 months on them
(text only to keep it simple)...
then 12 more pages for the events in each month
(X5 years for 60 more pages)...
it looks like a max of about 70 pages of menus. . .

doable. . .?

LOL

all of these pointers point to the same video that is looped at the beginning...

Chienworks wrote on 1/28/2014, 10:11 PM

I seem to recall hearing that you're limited to 9 titles, 99 menus per title, and 99 items per menu.

Earl_J wrote on 1/28/2014, 11:22 PM

now that I hear you say that ... or read what you've typed...
I seem to recall the same thing myself...

we'll go with that until we find out differently. . . (wink)

Thanks again. . . you're the greatest, Kelly. . .

aloha y'all. . .

videoITguy wrote on 1/29/2014, 12:15 AM

per DVD/Blu-ray spec - DVDAPro can only build one (1) title

A) 1023 pages per title
B) 99 chapter or links per title
C) 18 buttons per menu widescreen/title
D) 36 buttons per menu SD 4:3 /title
C) 255 playlist markers per title
and in Blu-ray you are allowed;
A) 999 Blu-ray chapters or links
B) 250 buttons per Blu-ray title