Re: Menu for selecting Audio Tracks

Maverick wrote on 1/31/2006, 3:55 PM

Hi

I have just searched and read mnay items here for adding a second audio track to DVDA2.

I actually want to have one Video track with the option of playing it with 5.1 Surround or stereo depending on the viewer's setup.

I understand that I need to add the two tracks, which I have done. I have also read the manual and the Help text but am still a little flumoxed as to how I set up a menu system to select between the two tracks without having to encode two complete versions of video/audio.

If this has been answered somewhere before please could you post a pointer as I haven't yet seen it.

I'd appreciate any help.

Cheers.

mav

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Maverick wrote on 2/1/2006, 6:51 AM

I think I have found a solution - not sure that it's the most elequent, though.

I create two menus, both look the same except one say 5.1 Surround on the Play button and the other says Stereo.

On both menus i have two buttons on the right, 5.1 Surround and Stereo respectively.

The 5.1 button selects the default Surround sound track and links to the Menu with t he 5.1 Surround button.

The Stereo button selects the Stereo track and links to the menu with the Stereo Play button.

This way I only require the video track once and two audio tracks with it.

I have tested it (entered a completely different sounding audio track for the Stereo) and it appears to work fine from the preview button.

Can anyone offer a better way to acheive this in DVDA2?

Mav

richard-courtney wrote on 2/1/2006, 4:19 PM

I am not sure why you have two menus.
Two buttons, yes, the default is NO CHANGE on the`audio track
properties.

Maverick wrote on 2/1/2006, 11:26 PM

Thanks - I just couldn't understand what i had tpo do till I did it;-)

One menu and two buttons - one for each sound track. It works!

But something else that eludes me:

Currently I have the action of each button to simply play the video. What I would like is to be able to remain in the menu but with the clicked button highlighted and to start play on a third button under the thumbnail (Which is already there, of course).

Setting each button to the Default seems to make the 5.1 button hightlighted each time.

Cheers.

Mav

richard-courtney wrote on 2/2/2006, 7:23 AM

The button that is highlighted when a menu starts is done in the calling menu's
button. In DVDA3 it is found in the Properties - Action tab - destination button.
Not sure about DVDA2. In your case set the destination button to 3 for both 5.1 and
stereo. The destination would be the same menu.

The user clicks the audio format button desired and the menu gets redisplayed but
with your third PLAY button highlighed. Clicking the PLAY button starts for movie.

Maverick wrote on 2/2/2006, 8:05 AM

Thanks for that. But what I'd really like is a means for the viewer to actually see what sound track is selected by some kind of highlight before the Play button is selected. Is this possible?

Cheers

Mav

ScottW wrote on 2/2/2006, 8:23 AM

Not without using multiple menus.

Maverick wrote on 2/2/2006, 8:54 AM

OK, thanks for all advice.

I have completed the menu structure and am quite happy with it. Now to burn and check it works OK.

Fingers crossed.

Mav