Forgive me if this has been covered before. I did a search on this forum on "end actions" and couldn't find what I needed. Please point me to the appropriate thread if it's here and I missed it.
I'm using DVDA 2.0c. I have a 73-minute movie, in one large MPEG-2 file, with approximately 17 chapter points. I would like to create two completely different sequences of these 17 chapters, so the user can choose between two different versions of the same movie. I also want to fit this all on one disk.
Here's what I've tried so far, and the results:
1. Dropped the MPEG-2 file into the project, and then created a standard scene selection menu. Copied and pasted chapter buttons into a separate submenu in the desired sequence. Then I tried to edit the "end action" for each chapter button to automatically play the next button on the menu. RESULT: I can only go back to the submenu and have the next button highlighted, but cannot make the button play automatically with no user input.
2. Copied and pasted a chapter button into a new submenu. Then I edited the "end action" to link to a new chapter in the original MPEG-2 file. RESULT: The clip automatically goes to the specified chapter, which is fine. However, when that next chapter ends, the MPEG-2 file continues playing in the original sequence, and I'm stuck.
3. My next step is to re-encode each chapter as a separate MPEG-2 file, then create a music compilation to create my original sequence. I already know that creating a second music compilation will cause DVDA2 to duplicate the media files, which, in this case, will overrun the disk. OTOH, if I copy and paste the music compilation, can I then re-arrange the sequence without doubling up the media files?
Before I go through the trouble of re-encoding everything and starting from scratch, I wanted to check in here and see if I'm on the right track. Will this work? Is this the only way to get what I want, or is there some "end action" trick that will let me get there with my single MPEG-2 file?
I apologize for the long post, and thanks in advance for the help.
I'm using DVDA 2.0c. I have a 73-minute movie, in one large MPEG-2 file, with approximately 17 chapter points. I would like to create two completely different sequences of these 17 chapters, so the user can choose between two different versions of the same movie. I also want to fit this all on one disk.
Here's what I've tried so far, and the results:
1. Dropped the MPEG-2 file into the project, and then created a standard scene selection menu. Copied and pasted chapter buttons into a separate submenu in the desired sequence. Then I tried to edit the "end action" for each chapter button to automatically play the next button on the menu. RESULT: I can only go back to the submenu and have the next button highlighted, but cannot make the button play automatically with no user input.
2. Copied and pasted a chapter button into a new submenu. Then I edited the "end action" to link to a new chapter in the original MPEG-2 file. RESULT: The clip automatically goes to the specified chapter, which is fine. However, when that next chapter ends, the MPEG-2 file continues playing in the original sequence, and I'm stuck.
3. My next step is to re-encode each chapter as a separate MPEG-2 file, then create a music compilation to create my original sequence. I already know that creating a second music compilation will cause DVDA2 to duplicate the media files, which, in this case, will overrun the disk. OTOH, if I copy and paste the music compilation, can I then re-arrange the sequence without doubling up the media files?
Before I go through the trouble of re-encoding everything and starting from scratch, I wanted to check in here and see if I'm on the right track. Will this work? Is this the only way to get what I want, or is there some "end action" trick that will let me get there with my single MPEG-2 file?
I apologize for the long post, and thanks in advance for the help.