DVDA - Play without menu?

bansl wrote on 11/9/2004, 11:05 PM

Is it possible to create a DVD with DVDA that will begin playing the Video directly, without showing the menu, and only shows the menu when "Menu" is selected or the end of the DVD is reached?

I know it can be done with Pinnacle8 by setting the start point after the menu on the timeline, but in DVDA the Menu doesn't appear on the timeline.

Thanks for any ideas you may have,

Bryan.

Comments

BigEgg wrote on 11/10/2004, 2:56 AM

I'm at work and I don't have the software in front of me, but if I remember well in "File" -> "New" there's the option you're lookin' for.

bkthiess wrote on 11/10/2004, 5:26 AM

Here's a discussion on the same topic:

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=12&MessageID=319321

bansl wrote on 11/10/2004, 10:46 PM

Thanks for that, but I already use the create DVD without a menu at all - I use it to burn an RW of the completed video to see it looks OK on "the big screen", before I add the menus.

I still want the menus to be there so I can go to a particular chapter, what I wanted was for the video to play first off without needing to see the menu on screen.

Thanks,

Bryan.

btbrossard wrote on 11/12/2004, 8:00 AM

You could set your video to be the "Introduction Media".

That way, when you insert the DVD, that video will play first and then a meny will be displayed.

You can add "Introduction Media" under File/Project Properties.

/Benjamin