DVDA - intermediate halting of video - how to?

Christian de Godzinsky wrote on 3/8/2009, 10:24 AM

Hi,

Apologiens for posting a pure DVDA questio here - but as always - answer just rains in this lively forum...

I need to produce a following "extra" on a DVD:

I have a mpeg2 file that should play for just some tens of seconds, and then halt so that the last frame stays visible and stationary. The playback continues (just to stop again some time later) by pressing the play-key (or any other convenient key) on the player remote.

In other words - I need a used controlled "continue"-function, and me (the author) - will control (during assembly) the point were the playback halts. To make things trickier there is a need for a CONTINUOSLY playign audio in the background. The audio should continue during the halted video. Can something like this be achieved in DVDA? If yes wich is the simplest approach?

Grateful for any input :)

Christian

Comments

xberk wrote on 3/8/2009, 10:56 AM

Explain more. When does this happen? When you start the DVD ? Is it part of the main menu or a sub menu? What?
I think this can be done by freezing the video in Vegas and letting the audio continue.
That clip can be used as a background for any menu in DVDA.

Chienworks wrote on 3/8/2009, 11:16 AM

You're going to have to break the video each time you need it to pause and have it's end action return to a menu page on the DVD. That menu page can have a still image of the last frame of the video as it's background, and you can add any audio file you want to play behind it. There can be one hidden button on that menu page that jumps to the next section of video.

This means that if your video contains (say) 4 pauses, you'll have to break the video up into 5 separate pieces and add 4 menu pages. If you loop the audio at the menu pages then it will play continuously until the user presses the button to advance to the next piece of video.

Christian de Godzinsky wrote on 3/8/2009, 12:21 PM

I anticipated something like this... Probably I do not have to split the mpeg file, I could instead make a playlist with in-out markers and use that list instead?! I certainly will need as many menu pages as there are going to bee intermediate halts..

Assuming I would not need audio - is it possible to "generate" a pause-command for the player - in the middle of the playing video? Using scripting or something?

Christian