Several layers of menus DMF4

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:05 pm

Is that possible ? To have more than the standard menu:chapters by
creating men, sub menu subsubmenu chapters?
Like it does with Sonic's MyDVD or Roxio's DVDBuilder...
Or would I need DVD Workshop for that and how would it work?
I read the introductory docs for DVD Worskshop but couldn't find the way...

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:12 pm

DVD MF has Title and Chapter Menus. So if Title-A has 3 chapters, and Title-B has 2 chapters. Your Menu structure could look like this:

Main MENU-01 (Title Menus)

Title-A
Title-B

Then you click on a Title, and it takes you to one of these:

Title-A Chapter Menu
Chapter-1
Chapter-2
Chapter-3

Title-B Chapter Menu
Chapter-1
Chapter-2

If the numbers expand to more thumbnails than allowed based on the layout you select, then it will span multiple pages.

For complete control, DVD WS 2.x (Full or Express) allows you to build your menus from scratch, and add links to Titles and/or Chapters to any level menu...

daniel · Post by **daniel** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:17 pm

So as a summary I'm not better off with DVDMF4, than I was with VS8 or VS9 alone. Still only one level of menus, and chapters under that.
What I found even worse with DMF4 is that slide shows can't be buried under a main level, they are all main menu items and I can't select show group One or show group Two...

Well the MyDVD 5 or EZDVD I got bundled with my burners did better two years ago (unlimited levels)... IN THAT ASPECT! (Limited layouts, weak editors..)
The lucky part is, I still must have that CD somewhere...
Oh well..

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:55 pm

DMF4 is a little better than the VS version in that you can move thumbnails around, and resize thumbnails/text. I don't remember if that can be done in VS9 -- I don't think it can, but I'm away from my editing machine to try it...