hi problem with the menu

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:40 pm

hi, I have been having a problem with the clips returning to the menu after playing and when playing the clips I press next on the remote and it doesnt go to the next clip it just goes to the menu.
thanks in advance,
aminex

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 8:54 pm

It sounds like the play list hasn't been made properly, in that the videos haven't been linked to the buttons.

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:20 pm

ok now my playlist is good when I press next on my controller clip 01 goes to clip 02, but now after clip 02 is done playing it goes to the menu.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:30 am

The short answer:
Menu Transition using Playlists
A powerful new feature in DVD Workshop 2 is the ability to create Playlists. In this tutorial we will create a menu transition (interstitial) using the Playlist feature.

The longer answer:
Menu Playlists (Video)

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:40 am

aminex wrote:ok now my playlist is good when I press next on my controller clip 01 goes to clip 02, but now after clip 02 is done playing it goes to the menu.

I believe the problem you are describing is due to the use of the NEXT button during playback of your playlist. What is happening is that when you hit NEXT on the remote control, you are bypassing "programming code" that is used to indicate the order of the subsequent clips, and so after playback of CLIP-02 (in your example), it goes back to the menu. To help fix this issue, try putting a dummy chapter mark just before the very end of each of your video titles. The dummy chapter mark does not need to be on a menu -- it is only there so that if you hit NEXT on the remote control (during the "last" chapter), playback will jump to the dummy chapter (the real hidden last chapter), and then continue to play to the end of the current title, and then use the programming code to continue proper playback of the items in your playlist.

Regards,
George

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:35 pm

GeorgeW wrote:
aminex wrote:ok now my playlist is good when I press next on my controller clip 01 goes to clip 02, but now after clip 02 is done playing it goes to the menu.
I believe the problem you are describing is due to the use of the NEXT button during playback of your playlist. What is happening is that when you hit NEXT on the remote control, you are bypassing "programming code" that is used to indicate the order of the subsequent clips, and so after playback of CLIP-02 (in your example), it goes back to the menu. To help fix this issue, try putting a dummy chapter mark just before the very end of each of your video titles. The dummy chapter mark does not need to be on a menu -- it is only there so that if you hit NEXT on the remote control (during the "last" chapter), playback will jump to the dummy chapter (the real hidden last chapter), and then continue to play to the end of the current title, and then use the programming code to continue proper playback of the items in your playlist.

Regards,
George

is there a tutorial on how to do this because I don't know where to start.

thanks

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:39 pm

Yes, 3 posts higher up!!

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:17 pm

sjj1805 wrote:Yes, 3 posts higher up!!

would you know how to do this?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:30 pm

The quickest and easiest way to create the dummy chapter points is AFTER you have created your menus. Return to the EDIT tab and simply manually add the extra chapters.

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 12:28 am

i made the dummy chapter point but I don't know where to put the it. in the playlist?

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 1:20 am

aminex wrote:i made the dummy chapter point but I don't know where to put the it. in the playlist?

You do not need to add it to the playlist.

Regards,
George

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:29 am

i'm still confused on how to do this. Can anyone post a screenshot of how it should look with the dummy chapter?

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:40 am

This screenshot is taken from one of my other tutorials on the forum but should serve to describe dummy chapters.
You will see that in the chapter list - the strip of thumbnails down the right had side - there are 4 chapters.

This menu has two buttons. the first two chapters have been dragged onto menu buttons. The remaining two chapters - if left as currently shown will be "dummy chapters"

aminex · Post by **aminex** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:13 am

345ertsd

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:34 am

Yes thats how you do it.