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bStro wrote on 3/10/2009, 9:20 PM
Submenu is self-explanatory, I'd think. It's simply a menu below another menu. The viewer selects a button on one menu, and that button leads them to another menu.

A Scene Selection menu is a specific type of menu. It has buttons, each of which play a specific scene (or chapter) from a media item on the disc. (Specifically, a standard Scene Selection menu begins playback of that media item at the specified chapter and keeps playing the rest of that media item to the end.) A Scene Selection menu can be a submenu for another menu, but it doesn't necessarily have to be.

Does that help?

Rob
Chienworks wrote on 3/10/2009, 9:48 PM
And conversely, a submenu can be a scene selection menu, but it doesn't have to be. It could be something that lets you choose between different titles or additional content on the disc. It could contain links to other menus. It might have no selections at all and merely show some information of it's own.
Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/11/2009, 6:48 AM
And, naturally, in order to create a scene selection menu that actually links to scenes in your video, you'll need to add scene/chapter markers to the video first!
virgo1962 wrote on 3/11/2009, 7:14 AM
Thanks all. I do understand what a submenu is I guess I just don't know (yet) why you need it. Last night I rendered all my video over and my problem is setting up the scene selections. When I burn the Cd I have a Menu1 and also a scene selection page. I found that I can't delete the menu1. And when I play my Cd after the first scene/chapter it goes straight into the seconf scene/chapter 2. I want it to stop and go back to main menu. I was alble to figure out how to rigth click to start the DVD from this point :). It's just frustrating and I know I am making it more than what it is.
TOG62 wrote on 3/11/2009, 9:04 AM
As Rob has said, when you play a chapter it will always continue to the next until the end of the title is reached. To create a menu where each item returns to the menu you need to drag the clip to the menu once for each menu item. It usually helps keep track of these if you then rename them, e.g. 'Scene1', 'Scene2', etc.

You then adjust the start and end points individually for each item. DVDA will not increase the size of the disc image but will 'remember' the start and end points.

Mike
Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/11/2009, 9:05 AM
Your Project Overview panel is your DVD's map. It should show you what menu and media links to what menu and media. The End Action links displayed in this panel should show you where each button, menu page and media link leads to.

It sounds like you want to use your scene selection menu as your main menu and then dump the other menu page(s). In order to do this, you'll need to drag your scene selection menu page to your root directory, by dragging it onto the disc icon at the top of your menu structure. You'll also need to drag the link to the video itself from your other menu page to your scene selection page before you delete it, otherwise, the program will lose its connection to the video and your scene selection links won't work.

You can make a DVD menu as simple or as complicated as you'd like. Sub-menus are great if you like to include a lot of extras and outtakes. Some professional menu structures -- particularly those that include a lot of bonus footage -- can be as complicated as any web page!
TOG62 wrote on 3/11/2009, 11:10 AM
All good stuff, Steve, but a scene selection menu will not allow return to menu after each chapter.

Mike
bStro wrote on 3/11/2009, 2:27 PM
The End Action links displayed in this panel should show you where each button, menu page and media link leads to.

For the record, End Action links in Project Overview are hidden by default. Have to hit the "Toggle Display of End Actions" button first to see them.

Rob