Can DVD Architect do this...

landofunland wrote on 11/30/2003, 6:29 PM
My friend runs DVD Architect and neither one of us can find this simple thing that DVD creation software should do...
We have numerous short movies created in Movie Maker2 (wmv files) that we want to put on a dvd and play them all by starting the first one. Every time a movie finishes, it goes right back to the menu instead of playing the next menu item. We want it to play the next menu item automatically. Doesn't seem too much to ask but we can't find an option to do that. The reason we need this is because we want to make a vhs tape of the whole thing. I know I can compile all of the movies in MM2 and then bring in one huge file but we don't want to do that. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Thanks!

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landofunland wrote on 11/30/2003, 6:46 PM
NEVER MIND FOLKS! I read a thread later in this forum that answered my question. Sorry for the post. It appears that what I want to do may be possibe by setting up a music compilation but it is unknown whether it will play in all DVD players after it's burned. I think I may go instead with rendering the 18 videos together in MM2, then bring in one big video and set up chapter points.
Question though: will I be able to set up custom thumbnails for each video or will it only allow me to use the 1st frame of the chapter? All my 1st frames are black so I'm concerned. Thanks.
clearvu wrote on 11/30/2003, 7:02 PM
DVDA allows you to set up any thumbnail you want and as many as you want (within reason or course).
GaryKleiner wrote on 11/30/2003, 11:46 PM
>It appears that what I want to do may be possibe by setting up a music compilation but it is unknown whether it will play in all DVD players after it's burned. <

There is no reason to be concerned that this would be any less compatable than anything else authored with DVDA. (Billyboy's comments notwithstanding).

Gary