Looping Movie

fockerdvds wrote on 2/25/2003, 7:48 AM

Let's say that I have a 10 minute video that I want to put on a DVD and loop...how can I go about doing this? I can't import it as a background or as a first play item because it needs to loop and have chapters. Can I create a single play movie and have it loop?

Thanks

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jetdv wrote on 2/25/2003, 8:33 AM

This functionality is not yet available in DVDA. At this point, you can't control the end action. If you didn't need chapter points, you COULD make it a menu background and set it to loop. I also hope end actions are added soon.

fockerdvds wrote on 2/25/2003, 10:09 AM

That's what I did with the first video....weird thing is I tried to create just a menu and it would put the data there but would not load up....the only way I could get it to work was to set the looping video as an intro movie and then as a looping background. I really hope more flexibility is incorporated into DVD-A.

THANKS!!!!!

nolonemo wrote on 2/25/2003, 12:37 PM

Couldnt you create a black menu with a black or transparent button and a very short duration (like a second) (I'm assuming you can set menu duration in DVDA after which your title automatically plays, but I'm not sure if it has this feature, it's lacking so many), fade from and to black at the start and end of your movie. Thus, movie autoplays after menu duration lapses, at end returns to menu, and autoplays again after menu duration lapses. That would loop the movie in effect? Or you could create the menu as the movie title and use a transparent button.

I know you can do this with DVD workshop, not sure about DVDA.

jetdv wrote on 2/25/2003, 12:57 PM

No, because a menu item cannot auto start a movie after a period of inactivity.