Chapters/submenu/scene selection

aampameam wrote on 9/28/2004, 4:29 PM
I'm totally frustrated!!!!! I have bought a new Sony computer and thought these programs would be user friendly but I haven't found that. Several days ago I bought the Sony Movie Studio + Sony DVD Architecture.

My first try at uploading my digital 8 mm video went well except I couldn't figure out how to make the submenu/selections on the main menu go to the area of the dvd that it correlates to.

The next dvd had no sound and I had beautiful submenus etc but they wouldn't go to the chapters that I had inserted on the timeline.

Can anyone explain to me the difference in these 3 things?

I know how to put chapter markers in the timeline. I know how to make submenus. I know how to make a selection menu. (But it asked me how many buttons and I said 4 and it gave me 1)

All I want is to move my home viseos to dvd that will have a main menu with choices of 4-10 places to go on the dvd to skip the parts we don't want to see then.

Someone PLEASE help me!
Betsy

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bStro wrote on 9/28/2004, 5:41 PM
All I want is to move my home viseos to dvd that will have a main menu with choices of 4-10 places to go on the dvd to skip the parts we don't want to see then.

1. Start a menu based project.
2. Drag your movie onto that menu so DVDA Studio will create a button for it.
3. Double-click that button so that you have access to the movie's timeline.
4. Create your chapters.
5. Go back to the main menu, right-click on the video, and choose Insert Scene Selection Menu.

I get the impression you're already following the correct steps, but there they are anyhow. This should give you exactly what you want.

Can anyone explain to me the difference in these 3 things?

Which three things?

(But it asked me how many buttons and I said 4 and it gave me 1)

I may be misunderstanding, but it sounds like you're looking at the button that leads to the scene selection menu. When you insert a scene selection menu, DVDA (Studio) puts a button on the current menu. That button leads to the scene selection menu, which will have the four buttons you asked for.

If it's the actual scene selection menu that only has one button, then something went kablooey when you created the chapters, and DVDA (Studio) is only finding one. (By default, all videos have one chapter -- the whole thing.) If you save your project, exit, and re-open it, how many chapter markers are shown on the video's timeline?

Someone PLEASE help me!

We shall do our best. :)

Rob