Chapter Menu problem

hektor73 wrote on 3/20/2005, 9:20 AM
I'm new to DVDA2, so I'm sure this is a simple question.
I created a menu with a scene selection submenu as directed on p34 of the manual. Works great. I want to change it toreturn to the menu after playing. I followed the instructions on p35 and set in and out points for my first scene, but afterwards all the buttons select the first scene. This happens either working on a copy of the button (as directed in instructions) or the original.
I must be missing something simple here...

TIA

Marco

Comments

Cheepnis wrote on 6/26/2005, 8:53 AM
Ever find a solution? I am having the same problem with scene selection menu choices all playing from the inpoint every time, instead of from the chapter markers. Nobody seems to respond to my problem - do I smell funny?
ScottW wrote on 6/26/2005, 12:06 PM
Chapter marks and in/out points are 2 very different things. In/Out points specify where the movie clip is to start and end. Chapter marks specify where a chapter within the movie is to begin.

If you have a single movie clip with chapters and create a chapter menu, fine. However, if you go back and set an in/out point within that same movie to be say the first chapter (because at the end of the chapter you want to return to the menu - which is not what chapters are meant to do), then all the other chapters within that instance of the movie are no longer accessable - hence any request for another chapter further on in the movie will result in you going to the In point that was specified.

Scene selection with chapters are supposed to be played from that point forward. if you want to create a situation where only that chapter plays (which is not something normally done), then you need to create multiple instances of the same movie in the project, and each instance has an in/out point that corresponds to the chapter you intend to have played.

--Scott