main menu bypassed after stop, stop

pete-schaefers wrote on 9/16/2009, 11:55 PM

I know I've solved this before, but can't find the problem, or a reference here. Hopefully someone will come to my rescue...

I have completed a DVD, and all is well except for one condition: the main menu does not play after hitting stop twice. It plays on insertion, as it is programmed to. But if you hit stop twice (canceling resume) and hit play, it plays the first title on the DVD instead of the menu.

This is NOT the resume feature... and it doe sit on 3 different players. Again, it plays menu on initial insertion, it resumes fine on stop/play, but stop/stop/play results in it playing the first title on the disk from the start (not resuming).

My computer gets it right, it auto plays the menu, it stops and then either resumes or restarts, depending on which I click.

Seems to me the solution I found before had to do with disabling a certain player function... or something about setting up the proper end function. (I initially had titles set to go to most recent menu, then tried setting it to main menu. Didn't fix it.)

Thanks, Pete

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pete-schaefers wrote on 9/17/2009, 12:15 AM

Of course, as soon as I post this... I find this: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=22&MessageID=647261

It prompts me to add that it *does* perform as expected in DVDA preview. The menu is set as DVD start. Per the above link, I have set the file order to what I want it to be, via Order DVD Titles (but it does NOT show menus in there anyway).

So, how do I set the menu as the first file on the disk?

Steve Grisetti wrote on 9/17/2009, 6:02 AM

The first thing that will play when the DVD is loaded is the menu element that you've indicated with the "Set DVD Start" purple star (actually a white star on a purple background). If it's not on the clip or menu page you want to display first, click on that page or clip in the Project Overview panel and click the Set DVD Start button at the top of the panel.

Once it plays that, it will automatically follow the green link listed after it or, if it is a menu page, the DVD will wait until your viewer makes a selection.

Former user wrote on 9/17/2009, 6:14 AM

This is pretty much the way all DVDs work. The standard for a commercial DVD is if you hit stop stop, it will play the feature if you hit play.

If you want the Menu to run again, you have to hit the menu button or eject and insert the DVD. The DVD order feature does not allow you to order Menus on the disk. You might be able to write a Script that does what you want. Read more about scripting in the help file.

Dave T2

pete-schaefers wrote on 9/17/2009, 8:45 AM

Thanks for the replies. I guess it was a slightly different problem I solved previously then. Something about menus getting mixed up on some players...

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Steve, as stated, the menu is set as first play, and that works.

Dave, thanks, you are correct. I tested other commercially produced DVDs. Same result. I did have an idea, that your comments reminded me of. I hadn't done it yet, thinking that I was just missing something in the programing. But now I'll go with it...

PROBLEM: you have a DVD that you never want people to jump right in to a title without seeing the menu first. (Possibly you have multiple versions and want them to choose the correct one, or there are specific instructions on the menu that you want them to see.)

SOLUTION: create a dummy clip, and have that placed as the first title. I'm using a 1 second black clip. Then have it set to go to the main menu on end. You also can turn off direct access as well.

Former user wrote on 9/17/2009, 9:33 AM

Good solution. I have done that on DVDs where the playback is being controlled by another device so you don't want anything to play when you insert the DVD.

Dave T2