In Architect how do I link a sub menu back to a main menu?

You can't. It is an amazing oversight that, even after six months, has not been addressed. A huge percentage of posts on this forum are related to this topic. Do a search on "end actions" to find out some of the workarounds (quick version: you must combine all individual MPEG files into one large file before importing into DVD-A -- ugh).

John

I never could get DVD-A to import mpegs, but have been successful with it using DV-AVI files.

Getting to the point, I had been using smaller DV-AVI files and ran into the "menu problem" and then combined them into a larger DV-AVI file to over come that. My next problem is that when the AVI file reaches the 4 gig mark, it spans to the next AVI. DVD-A does not seam to reconize the next file.

Il'm using WIN98SE, and trying to produce a DVD with 2 (4 gig AVI's)

Any Ideas, or do I have to upgrade to XP ?

Any input would be appreciated.

Pete

Pete,

I think you've got yourself between a rock and a hard place. You're going to need to make one of the following changes to get out.

First, DV AVI, as you well know, takes about 13 Gbytes / hour. The Win98SE FAT file system limits you to 4 Gbytes for a single file. Next, since DVD Architect doesn't let you automatically combine files, you must give it one big file if you want the movie to play without going back to the main menu when it reaches the end of a file.

One step would be to move to XP which supports the NT file system (NTFS) and lets you create really big files. Actually, as I think about this, that may be the only solution given the deficiency in DVD-A. The reason is that a full DVD can have 4.3 Gbytes (or 4.7 Gbytes, depending on which measuring system you use). This exceeds the 4 Gbyte Win98SE limit. So, if you want to have a full DVD, even if you were to create the MPEG files outside of DVD-A (which you are not doing with your current workflow), you'd still not be able to create a full DVD.

Yes, you need to go to an NT-based system (Win2000 or XP).