No Menu, thanks

wannarock2 wrote on 10/3/2004, 6:33 PM

Greetings,

I am using the combo product Vegas Movie Studio+DVD and DVD Architect Studio (hopefully I’m in the right forum or this could really be embarrassing). Anyway, my question… - is it possible to burn to a DVD with DVD Architect Studio without a Menu?

I would like to have a rendered and burned mpeg2 DVD just start up automatically when put into a set-top DVD player. No menu, no buttons, no nothing.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.


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B.Verlik wrote on 10/3/2004, 7:33 PM
This is how I did it. I had to Rip my own DVD using a free product called 'DVD Shrink' to my hard drive and then I used a feature in 'DVD Shrink' called re-author. This would allow you to add the portions of the DVD you wanted and it would re-author the DVD, destroying the menus in the process. It basically played the menu for about 10 seconds and went straight to the video and played it non-stop to the end. Trouble is, I can't find the same version of 'DVD Shrink' anymore. (It also decrypted and may have been forced to become unavailable.) Check Google for 'freeware' sites. I've heard there's a newer version that does not decrypt but don't know where to find it. It was very easy to use and came in handy for me as I have the Fat 32 system and can't make a video with one mpg2 that's over 4 GB. This sort of solved my problems, even though I had a 1 second lag between the two mpgs. (also, I didn't remove my menu, but I could have and it would have just played completely from beginning to end when you put it in a DVD player.) I thought it was a fantastic product. Especially, considering it's FREE. It worked a little too well. Very quick too. The version I have is called 3.1 but I've heard there's been a replacement that doesnt have everything anymore.. Try a site called soft32dotcom and check in multimedia, a page or two back. When it makes new files, you can use Vegas DVDA to burn them.
B.Verlik wrote on 10/3/2004, 7:41 PM
Ha ha. Check the thread by 'A lil too big' . What a coincidence. You don't have to shrink the files either, that's just another option. That bStro guy is busy here. He's been very helpful.
bStro wrote on 10/4/2004, 6:40 AM
File -> New -> Single Movie.

No menus, no buttons, just a movie that plays automatically.

(I read a post once from a guy that didn't have the Single Movie option for some reason. I never saw how that turned out, though...)

Rob
bStro wrote on 10/4/2004, 6:41 AM
That bStro guy is busy here.

Can say that again. Personally, I wish he'd shut up and give other people a chance to answer. ;-)

Rob
wannarock2 wrote on 10/4/2004, 8:09 AM

How elegant! Thanks bStro, you are my current hero.

Regards,

Ps. for all who have not 'scrubbed' the forum, bStro's got game.