I have a project with two video clips. Each clip has two audio tracks - normal and a commentary track. I made a Main Menu page and put the two clips on it. I then followed the Setup Menu example in the DVDA4 Help:
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Add a menu to your project.
Add a button for each audio track in your project:
a. From the Insert menu, choose Empty Button.
b. Press F2 and edit the button's text to describe the audio track it will select.
c. In the Button Properties pane, use the Destination drop-down list on the Action page to determine what happens when the button is clicked:
Choose your setup menu from the Destination drop-down list if you want the button to select an audio track without navigating away from the setup menu.
Choose a media file or menu from the Destination drop-down list if you want to navigate away from the setup menu after choosing an audio track. For example, choosing a media file would allow you to automatically start playback of a title using the selected audio. Choosing a menu could navigate to a scene selection menu or a separate setup menu for choosing the subtitle track.
d. In the Button Properties pane, choose a track from the Set audio track drop-down list on the Action page to determine which audio track the button will select.
e. Repeat steps a through d for each audio track in your project.
If you want the current tracks to be used throughout the DVD, change the button properties for all links to your media so No change is selected for the Set audio track and Set subtitle track controls.
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I did all of this. Made the Setup Menu. Put two empty buttons on it. Button one selects audio track 1. Button 2 selects audio track 2. When I preview the project I navigate to the Setup Menu. The Audio Track says Track 1. When I click on Button 2 to select audio track 2, the Audio Track goes blank. If I click on button 1, the Audio Track says 1. So...if I select audio track 2, the Audio Track goes blank and when I go back to the Main Menu, it is set on audio track 1 and when I play the clip it plays audio track 1.
I tried every permutation of this I could think of, but it still won't work. I suspect the problem is that the menu doesn't have a second audio track, so it doesn't know what to do.
Now, if I set the destination to be the video clip instead of the Setup Menu, then the Audio Track reads "2" and it will play the clip with audio track 2. But...that defeats the purpose of a setup menu. I want to start at the Main Menu, navigate to the Setup Menu, select track 1 or 2, go back to the main menu and play the clip I want. This is what the help file says I can do.
Can someone help with why this doesn't this work? Is it a bug?
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Add a menu to your project.
Add a button for each audio track in your project:
a. From the Insert menu, choose Empty Button.
b. Press F2 and edit the button's text to describe the audio track it will select.
c. In the Button Properties pane, use the Destination drop-down list on the Action page to determine what happens when the button is clicked:
Choose your setup menu from the Destination drop-down list if you want the button to select an audio track without navigating away from the setup menu.
Choose a media file or menu from the Destination drop-down list if you want to navigate away from the setup menu after choosing an audio track. For example, choosing a media file would allow you to automatically start playback of a title using the selected audio. Choosing a menu could navigate to a scene selection menu or a separate setup menu for choosing the subtitle track.
d. In the Button Properties pane, choose a track from the Set audio track drop-down list on the Action page to determine which audio track the button will select.
e. Repeat steps a through d for each audio track in your project.
If you want the current tracks to be used throughout the DVD, change the button properties for all links to your media so No change is selected for the Set audio track and Set subtitle track controls.
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I did all of this. Made the Setup Menu. Put two empty buttons on it. Button one selects audio track 1. Button 2 selects audio track 2. When I preview the project I navigate to the Setup Menu. The Audio Track says Track 1. When I click on Button 2 to select audio track 2, the Audio Track goes blank. If I click on button 1, the Audio Track says 1. So...if I select audio track 2, the Audio Track goes blank and when I go back to the Main Menu, it is set on audio track 1 and when I play the clip it plays audio track 1.
I tried every permutation of this I could think of, but it still won't work. I suspect the problem is that the menu doesn't have a second audio track, so it doesn't know what to do.
Now, if I set the destination to be the video clip instead of the Setup Menu, then the Audio Track reads "2" and it will play the clip with audio track 2. But...that defeats the purpose of a setup menu. I want to start at the Main Menu, navigate to the Setup Menu, select track 1 or 2, go back to the main menu and play the clip I want. This is what the help file says I can do.
Can someone help with why this doesn't this work? Is it a bug?