Most recent button on Most Recent Menu

BruceDale wrote on 8/7/2006, 2:38 PM

I have one giant movie (about 2 hours) with several chapters (about 50). I set up about 5 menus, each with 10 chapter buttons for random access to the chapters. Each button is set to drop you into the movie at that chapter and keep playing to the end of the movie or until the menu button is pressed on the remote.
The problem is that with "Most Recent Menu" selected for the movie, the first button is highlighted on returning to the menu from the movie. I would like to have the button that was pressed be highlighted instead. It would be nice to have a "Most Recent Button" option!
Is there a way to do this?
All the other posts I've read on this topic have several clips and you just have to set up a different end action for each clip - Is it a bad idea to have a giant movie instead?
Is there a way to do this with playlists? I haven't used them yet but it seems that there might be a way. Or with multiple copies of the movie? - if DVD Architect is smart enough to just have one physical copy of the movie.
I'm using DVDA 3
Thanks, Dale

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BruceDale wrote on 11/20/2006, 12:45 AM

I recently upgraded to DVDA4 and have returned to this issue hoping for a solution with scripting.
I know how to save the highlighted button using SPRM8, but is there a way to highlight the button again after returning to the most recent menu?? I can't find a way to do this with script. Am I missing something?
Dale

GeorgeW wrote on 11/20/2006, 5:11 AM

In the Script, can you just add a link to the Menu, and specify the Destination Button?

ECB wrote on 11/20/2006, 5:41 AM

Message deleted by user. Too early :)

BruceDale wrote on 11/20/2006, 1:30 PM

When returning to the menu from the movie, how do I know which menu and which button was pressed to get into the movie? If I could know that, then how do I use script to put the highlight back on that button and in that menu?

GeorgeW wrote on 11/20/2006, 4:10 PM

Do a search in this forum for SPRM7 (there are some tips in that thread for the types of scripts/code you can use). SPRM7 won't necessarily be the chapter button used to enter the movie (read comment in the corresponding thread about SPRM7), but you can store the menu and button pressed at the beginning of a script before calling the movie, then at the end of the movie call a script to recall those previously stored values.

BruceDale wrote on 11/20/2006, 8:52 PM

Thanks millions! Using SPRM7 is even better than the most recent button pressed (and easier). It works wonderfully!
Dale