Back to menu after video clip?

[jizlobber]

Hi all. How can I force the DVD to go back to menu after playing one of the clips? Is that in the menu section? Should I save each independent video as its own project and just burn multiple projects to the DVD?

Thanks,
Ben..

[GeorgeW]

Which version of VideoStudio are you running

In VideoStudio 9 -- in the Create Disc Authoring Program -- hit that little Gear icon in the bottom left corner. Then on the bottom of that popup menu, there is an option on what to do for Clip Playback (select Back to Menu).

[Ken Berry]

1. On the first page of the burning module, click on the little icon in the bottom left of screen with the cog wheel on it. The very last window on the page allows you to choose between return to menu after each clip, or play each clip sequentially when the previous one has finished.

2. Yes -- well, sort of. If you read the recommended procedure, you would know that we don't really encourage burning 'projects'. You should convert each individual project first to a DVD-compatible MPEG file, and then insert each of these in the burning list. This will also allow you to have a separate icon in the menu for each video. Remember, though, to check the box in the same icon mentioned in 1 'Do not convert compliant mpeg files'.

[jizlobber]

Thanks to both of you. Doesn't converting them to MPEG first chew up disk space? Not that I don't have gobs of space, I just don't like the idea of taking up double (or 1.5, whatever) the amount of space necessary.

Secondly, doesn't putting that option in the "Share" area make it impossible to save the option of saving that feature to the project? Obviously it I do it the way you originally suggest that becomes a moot point. Just curious.

Thanks

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi

You use approximately the same memory space whatever way you go.
Burning a Dvd requires a mpeg compatible file.

1 / When you burn from the project, VS renders the video to mpeg saving the files in a ‘Burn and Convert’ folder’ within your working folder.

2 / If you create a video file first as the recommended procedure, a file is made which you use to burn to disc. No other rendering or creating additional files are necessary to burn the disc. The memory used will be about the same for both options.

In addition you can now play your completed clip without using video studio, checking for errors etc.
Windows Media, Power Dvd etc

I am not sure about your second question?

After creating a file from ‘Share--Create Video File’
Start a new project. (Nothing in the timeline.)
Edit the project settings to match the video files properties exactly.
Share--Create Disc
Add Video.

When you have created all menu’s, if you close the burner window, then save the project giving it a new name, all the settings, menu’s, chapters will be saved to the project.
The project looks empty but does contain all the burner info.
At a later date you can open the project. Share –Create Disc, all previous settings will have been preserved.

Hope this Helps.

Trevor

[Trevor Andrew]

Hi
Back to memory clip.
May be a bit of a BUG.

I created a disc to Dvd-rw only to find afterwards that the ‘Continue to Play Next Clip’ option was chosen.
The Back to Menu has always been the default Afaik.
This was not a big deal I could view the finished video, it was good so I decided to burn another Dvd. To Dvd-r.

I returned to the burner window and changed the navigation controls to ‘Back to Menu’

When the disc was complete there was no difference, the video continued to play to the end then started playing the first clip and the whole video again.
I double checked my settings. (‘Back to Menu’)

I repeated the process again using Dvd-rw with no luck.

Only when I started a new project—create disc—add video—change navigation to ‘back to disc’ did I have success.

So have the settings been preserved by VS after burning?

Strange

With Thanks Trevor