How to Make a "Play All" button for 4-5 clips?

ken c wrote on 1/15/2008, 8:18 AM

Hi - I learned how to do this a couple of years ago, and it was a real hassle.. does the latest DVDA have a feature that makes it easier to create a "play all" button?

What I do is, I'll have 4-5 avi clips authored in Vegas that I import into DVDA.

Each clip has it's own button on the DVDA menu. (Because of length, I don't render out one single long avi w/chapter markers).

So the viewer can click on each button to watch each video. And after each one, it returns to the menu, which I want.

I'd like an easy way to also add a big "Play All" button at the top of the DVDA menu, so that as an option, instead of clicking each clip to watch it, they can just click the "Play All" button to sequentially play all the clips on the DVD. Any ideas?

I'm asking, because I'm under a deadline here and any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Ken

Comments

ECB wrote on 1/15/2008, 8:41 AM

Yes, add all the clips to the project again. DVDA is smart enough to only use one copy of each clip but keeping each accessable independantly. Change the clip names in the new group so you can tell which clip is which group. Link your Play All button to the first clip in the new group. Link the First clip in the new group to the second clip in the new group all the way the end. Link the last clip to the menu. That's it. HTH

Ed

bStro wrote on 1/15/2008, 8:56 AM

Insert a playlist. Select all the files you want included. Hit OK. Edit the Playlist button as you want.

Rob

ken c wrote on 1/22/2008, 6:39 AM

Thanks, guys - I appreciate that, I'll work on that.. I have a huge multi-DVD system in the works, about to put the avis into DVDA format for creating the dvds, so thanks a lot for the help!

regards,

K