How do you loop the background media in the menu?

noah2112 wrote on 4/10/2009, 10:35 AM

The instructions seem very vague. It says double click project preview and click the button on top. Dont see any button, except the one on the timeline. I try to set it by hitting "L" but it wont loop. Im trying to get a short video to loop in the back ground of my menu.

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bStro wrote on 4/10/2009, 10:48 AM

Not sure what instructions you're reading, but to get a menu to loop, make sure you're looking at that menu in the workspace and go to the Menu Page Properties window. There, select the End Action tab and set Command to "Loop."

Note that you don't make the background loop so much as make the menu itself loop (which, in turn, loops the background). So anything else on your menu, including any animated buttons if you have them, will loop at the same time.

Rob

noah2112 wrote on 4/10/2009, 11:36 AM

Im sorry I just cant find what your talking about. where is the menu page properties? Im using version 4.0 by the way.

Former user wrote on 4/10/2009, 11:50 AM

Go to VIEW and enable PROPERTIES.

Dave T2

noah2112 wrote on 4/10/2009, 12:02 PM

Okay I found the properties thank you. Under End Action it has Command but how do I set it too loop. Nothing happens when I click on it its just blank.

Steve Grisetti wrote on 4/10/2009, 12:29 PM

Are you guys talking about the same thing?

Noah, are you trying to get the menu to play just a continuous loop of video or audio in the background, or is there something else you're trying to make loop?

To create a looping menu background, you go to Menu Page Properties, General and set the Menu Length to Specify -- then set the Length.

noah2112 wrote on 4/10/2009, 12:39 PM

Im trying to make a looping background yes. But when I go to menu page properties and select general it wont let me set anything, nothing happens when I click on it.

bStro wrote on 4/10/2009, 2:34 PM

The default value for the Command setting is "Hold." Do you see the word "Hold" to the right of the word "Command"? When you click either one in order to ready the "Command" setting to be changed, you should see an arrow to the right of the word "Hold" -- this indicates that "Hold" is part of a dropdown list. You can click the word "Hold" or the arrow to reveal the other possible values (you should choose "Loop").

If you don't see "Hold" or the arrow, then you've probably accidentally resized the column for the setting values. Hover your mouse over the far right edge of that window until the cursor becomes two vertical lines with arrows pointing left and right. Then click and drag to the left to reveal the setting values. Now click "Hold" and choose "Loop" from the option list.

If this still doesn't help, please post a screenshot of your screen (everything including the Menu Page Properties window with the End Action tab selected) so we can see what may be wrong.

Rob

noah2112 wrote on 4/10/2009, 3:36 PM

It wasnt the size. And its now not letting me import video. Here is a screen.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3040/dvdascreen.png

bStro wrote on 4/10/2009, 4:30 PM

Trust me, it's the size.

See that faint line down the side way on the right? That line divides two columns -- the setting names on the left, the setting values on the right. Hover your mouse over that line as I described above, click, and drag to the left to reveal the second column.

Need more info to help with your "not letting import video" problem.

Rob

noah2112 wrote on 4/10/2009, 7:38 PM

Yes it was the size. I couldnt see that little line all the way to the side. Thanks for the help. I fixed the problem with importing video too. Thanks again.