to get chapters that return to scene selection menu after playing instead of continuing on in DVDA2

wethree wrote on 6/26/2004, 2:12 PM
Gary K went over this quick during Vasst Seattle visit, but I've fallen short of accomplishing it, even after cruising other threads:
What am I doing wrong?
1) make menu
2) place media with chapters assigned in vegas OR assign chapters
3) right click on media, and assign scene selection menu
4) go to scene selection menu and for every chapter/scene- drag yellow in and yellow out to in and out of chapter.....

AND then it went something like assign multiple copies of the media in question to trick DVDA2 into ... and then I think i began thinking about Brazillian monkey dancers... help

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bStro wrote on 6/26/2004, 4:09 PM
In my experience, the above steps 3 & 4 just foul things up.

Here's my version to accomplish what you want -- results may vary, although they shoudln't. :)

1. Make a menu.
2. Bring in your media with chapters assigned OR assign chapters.
3. If you assigned chapters in DVDA, SAVE them (the little floppy/marker icon).
4. Go back to your main menu, select the button for your media and copy it. Paste it back onto the menu for each chapter.
5. For each button that you created, double-click it and set the in / out points. You should have the chapter markers already there, so the easiest thing to do would be to click the "start" chapter, hit the "Set In" button (or hit the letter I on your keyboard); click the "end" chapter (where it should return to the menu) and hit the "Set Out" button (or hit the letter O on your keyboard). I've heard rumors that dragging the In / Out points doesn't always "stick."

Now, if you want a regular scene selection menu (one that continues on instead of going back to the menu) as well, right-click on the original media button and select "Insert Scene Selection Menu." You shouldn't have to do anything special here -- it uses your original In / Out points, and chapters are already set. Granted, both kinds of Scene Selection might be overkill. :)

Rob
wethree wrote on 6/27/2004, 8:00 AM
Wow,

So no use of right click/scene selection menu-- and the chapter numbered template it provides-- in the workaround.

So for a ten chapter movie, then its --

1)make a main menu with a button
2) make a blank submenu, and name it
3) go to main menu and copy button (ctrl-c)
4) go back to blank menu and paste (ctrl-v x 10)
5) double-click each copied button and set its I and O, without dragging
6) then format, by hand, submenu page and name it.

Q: And the end-action for each of the new chapter buttons would be-- go back to the named submenu?

thanks Rob -- I'll try it... Gary K -- if your not teaching your head off somewhere-- could you chime in and confirm that this is as good as it gets on getting individual chapter return?
bStro wrote on 6/27/2004, 10:24 AM
Q: And the end-action for each of the new chapter buttons would be-- go back to the named submenu?

The end action for each new chapter will be the same as whatever the original button was set for. By defaut, all buttons are set to "return to most recent menu." So if you leave the end actons unchanged, the original item will return to the main menu, and the new chapters will return to the submenu.

Rob
GaryKleiner wrote on 7/1/2004, 11:24 PM
Yes, Copy/Pasting the button (or dragging up the same media several times) and setting the chapter in/out points for each button is the best approach in DVDA 2.

Gary
ScottMatt wrote on 7/5/2004, 2:11 PM
I've every combination of suggestions in this thread and still have the same problem when I mark the start (Set In) of the chapter and the end (Set Out) of the chapter every button in the menu has is also changed to the same start and end. In other words every copied button button refers to the same scene. If I select another button and change the In and Out points all the other buttons will also change.

I'm working with a fairly large file with "marked" chapters imported with the Vegas file. I'd appreciate and suggestions. (I'm using DVDA 2.0a) Scott
noyzegoat wrote on 7/8/2004, 10:16 AM
This worked for me. ( multible links to one big video file with six languages)

create your menu ( no buttons)
drag your video file into the project overview widow so it is in the root folder
assign chapter marks and drag your audio in
then drag the file onto the menu...this makes a button and the file appears linked to the menu with the filmstrip icon
open the menu and copy and paste the button as many times as you need
you should now have lots of video files linked to the menu all with a filmstrip icon
double click a button and set your yellow in/out points for the bit you want to play.
do this for each button you have created
in the button properties just set the menu that you want it to return to after the media has played.
got there eventually! if your media just appears as a link to the menu- chain icon_ you've messed up, they need to appear as media clips (green film icons)
Hope this helps :-))