Next Item on Menu Automatically Highlighted

Videocanuck wrote on 3/19/2008, 10:53 PM

Is there a way in DVDA to have the next title on a menu automatically highlighted when returning to that menu after watching the previous title? The way my menu is now is when you watch one of the videos and return to the menu, the first title is always highlighted rather than the next title.

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bStro wrote on 3/20/2008, 8:16 AM

Yes. See this thread from last week.

Rob

Videocanuck wrote on 3/20/2008, 12:04 PM

Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much. These forums are so helpful.

johnmeyer wrote on 3/26/2008, 9:49 AM

I just went to the referenced thread and added this additional bit of information:Actually, there is somewhat more to it, if you really want this to work correctly.

First, this only works if each button is attached to a separate MPEG-2 file. More important, it will only work if the user plays the asset until the end. But, what if the user presses the menu button on their remote? If they do, they'll go back to the most recent menu, whatever that happens to be, and the button selected will be the default button. So, you need to change this behavior as well as the end action behavior. To do this, double-click on the media asset in the project window, and then find the "Remote Buttons" tab in the Media Properties window. Open up the Menu section and change the Destination to be the menu that contains your buttons, and change the button to the one associated with this media.

You have to do this for each piece of media, just as you did for end actions.

Finally, if you want to have this behavior for buttons which link to chapter stops within one piece of media, then you have to use a script (at least that is how I do it).