Play All; Chapter selection In/Out points

J_Mac wrote on 11/16/2004, 11:15 AM

I'm thoroughly confused on the right approach. My project is;

1. Main Menu page with 1 button, linked to 2nd menu page.
2. 2nd menu page, has 4 buttons.
Button A. plays the entire 1 hour video, and links back to the 2nd menu page, with the 4 buttons.
Button B, does the same thing with a different video.
Button C, links to a 3rd menu Scene Selection Menu, with 28 chapter buttons on it. I set the In/ Out points for the first button, and all the other buttons became broken.
Button D, Same function as C, but video in B

Must I render each chapter separately? I'm at 4.5 gig and can't add more media. I've tried to set In/Out points for each chapter, but then it breaks the first link.The chapter markers content, is not immediately adjacent to each other, so I can skip content that is not relevant to the chapters button, so setting In/Out points is important. Can you use a video not chopped up into chapters to set individual scenes?
Sorry if this is not clear.

Basically, I want to use the same video, with the play all button on the 2nd menu page, and the same video for the scene selection chapter button on the 3rd menu page. Thanks in advance for your help. John.

Comments

bStro wrote on 11/16/2004, 7:39 PM

Each scene selection menu button leads to the same piece of media. If you move the In / Out points for one button, you're changing the same piece of media for all of those buttons. If you want to have buttons for sections of a video and have them be self-contained, then don't use an automatic scene selection menu.

If you're using DVDA 2, insert a menu page and drag the video to the menu repeatedly. For example, if you have five scenes that you want buttons for, then drag the video onto the menu five times. Change the In / Out points for each copy of the video. DVDA will only put the video on your disc once, so space will not be an issue.

If you're using DVDA 1, you're probably out of luck. You'd have to make each section a file, and you'd also have to have one complete file if you want to have a Play All button. And it sounds like, in your situation, this would not fit on a disc.

Rob

J_Mac wrote on 11/16/2004, 7:46 PM

Thanks for your help. I'll give it a shot and let you know. I'm rebuilding the project and will use this method. Thanks, John.