Finished DVD. want remote to skip to next video

een wrote on 6/29/2014, 11:45 AM
Hey all,

Dance recital rendered in two 50 minute segments.

Looks great. All good except for one small thing with the finished DVD.

When you use the remote to skip to the next number it's fine until you get to the last chapter of the first render.
I have the end action for the first render set to go to the start of the second render and that works BUT you can't skip from the last chapter of the first render to the first chapter of the second render.

Is it possible or am I going to have to render the two halves of the show as a whole?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

sincerely,

ian

Comments

videoITguy wrote on 6/29/2014, 2:12 PM
Remote skip button is not your tool for this - you need to do direct program menu link to get your next navigate - Skip buttons are only for chapters within one single video and they do not always give the results you intend depending on your authoring, and then again the hardware/firmware of your devices.
een wrote on 6/29/2014, 2:27 PM
So, will I have to render the two halves of the recital as one video instead to allow the user to skip to the next video that WAS the start of the second render?
videoITguy wrote on 6/29/2014, 3:03 PM
Its the art of authoring you should be considering and not about worrying about tech.

Keep your two movies distinct and separate - import then with chapters in each selection by creating the chaps in VegasPro Video. In DVDAPro - create a simple menu with links to each video, and let the client be guided by their interest in selecting which video they want to watch.

They may use the remote skip button at their discretion on their equipment - you cannot control their experience or how they will make use of this feature.
PeterDuke wrote on 6/30/2014, 12:07 AM
What I did once was put a chapter marker a few frames from the end of the first video (it didn't work properly right at the end), with no reference to this marker from any menu. When you skip to this marker, it quickly reaches the end of the video and responds to the end action, which is to start the next video. There is a slight pause while this happens but it worked well enough for me.
musicvid10 wrote on 6/30/2014, 8:57 AM
"So, will I have to render the two halves of the recital as one video instead"
That's the best approach, yes. Switching between DVD titles (separate media) can be dicey.
videoITguy wrote on 6/30/2014, 3:22 PM
The fact that the technique will get "dicey" is absolutely my point in my previous post above.

PeterDuke's suggestion for a marker in the black at the end is a good technique to get in the habit of for people counting on the viewer playing with the remote skip button on his controller - no matter what end action you intend to call at video conclusion. Should be placed about 3/4 to 1/2 sec before actual video ending for good transistion time. For that matter also placing a marker in black at the beginning of the video segment is also wise for the skip backward as best practice.

The problem with the OP's direction of seeking an end action to the next video is that the precise timing between a viewer's skip command and the next video play is going to depend a lot on the given hardware/firmware installation for a satisfactory performance. Dicey indeed.
PeterDuke wrote on 7/1/2014, 2:55 AM
"For that matter also placing a marker in black at the beginning of the video segment is also wise for the skip backward as best practice"

I don't think that that would be necessary, since there is an automatic marker at the start of the timeline.
videoITguy wrote on 7/1/2014, 9:54 AM
If you know your viewer is going to be A hard-pressing skip button afficinado, and that he/she likes to do skip back as well as skip fwd - then here is what might happen.
Attempts to seek skip back at rates faster than what the "average" might be will cause the viewer to jump from the current video marker he/she is at, and go somewhere else on the disk, ususally the next adjoining position of media on the disc.

Doing this a viewer will quickly become confused about where they are in navigation steps and the disc experience fails. It is usually the most obvious trait of a less than pro authored production. Hence I often use the insert of a skip back marker as explained above in quality control testing.

On the other hand very few viewers actually are hard pressing on skip buttons either fwd or back, and so in many cases this is not a scenario that would happen. But you never know.