[mrsdriver5]

I have worked for several days making a compilation of some shows from TV. At times I was ready to start pulling hair, but kept plodding along...determined that I'd eventually figure it out. I added background music, sound effects, custom artwork at the beginning and end of each show and did a project I was excited to see play on our TV.

I have burned two DVDs and neither menu works properly. I watched that each of the three shows was encoded. I know they are on the DVD because I kept pushing menu buttons and once I got to the third show. Usually it plays the 1st show and once in a while I can get the 2nd one to play.

Everything else works great, but the button-thing is discouraging. Before burning, I check it out in preview and it works just as I want it to. Burn it to disc and the buttons no longer work right. Sometimes the 2nd button highlights, but even then the 1st movie often plays....but sometimes the 2nd movie. I didn't really want a Disc of Chance.

I previously made several DVDs from TV, but with only one long show on each disc and the one menu button worked fine.

Thanks for any help you can give. I have LOTS of video to put onto DVDs and I actually enjoyed doing it, but would enjoy it even more if it all worked the way I planned.

This post has been edited by mrsdriver5: 10 November 2007 - 10:11 PM

[sknis]

I have worked for several days making a compilation of some shows from TV. At times I was ready to start pulling hair, but kept plodding along...determined that I'd eventually figure it out. I added background music, sound effects, custom artwork at the beginning and end of each show and did a project I was excited to see play on our TV.

I have burned two DVDs and neither menu works properly. I watched that each of the three shows was encoded. I know they are on the DVD because I kept pushing menu buttons and once I got to the third show. Usually it plays the 1st show and once in a while I can get the 2nd one to play.

Everything else works great, but the button-thing is discouraging. Before burning, I check it out in preview and it works just as I want it to. Burn it to disc and the buttons no longer work right. Sometimes the 2nd button highlights, but even then the 1st movie often plays....but sometimes the 2nd movie. I didn't really want a Disc of Chance.

I previously made several DVDs from TV, but with only one long show on each disc and the one menu button worked fine.

Thanks for any help you can give. I have LOTS of video to put onto DVDs and I actually enjoyed doing it, but would enjoy it even more if it all worked the way I planned.

The menu navigation problems that you are seeing are usually the result of moving the buttons (thumbnails or text) around when the menu is being created. Is there a possibility that you may have done that? There is an area that surrounds the button that is not visible. If the buttons are moved, they may overlap causing the navigation problems that you see. Best bet is to add the movies in the order you want them to appear on the menu. Any moving around should be by using the controls rather than any manual adjustment.

Let me know if I'm off base with my assumption. There are also some navigation changes that can be made during the creation of the menu but I doubt if you got into that part of the program.

[mrsdriver5]

The menu navigation problems that you are seeing are usually the result of moving the buttons (thumbnails or text) around when the menu is being created. Is there a possibility that you may have done that? There is an area that surrounds the button that is not visible. If the buttons are moved, they may overlap causing the navigation problems that you see. Best bet is to add the movies in the order you want them to appear on the menu. Any moving around should be by using the controls rather than any manual adjustment.

Let me know if I'm off base with my assumption. There are also some navigation changes that can be made during the creation of the menu but I doubt if you got into that part of the program.

Yes, I moved buttons around. I figured that with handles, that's what they were there for.....to move and resize the buttons. It seemed like the easiest way to make the menu look the way I wanted and it's one of the ways Help says to do it. On my next project I'll try leaving the buttons alone and see what happens.

I only have three linked buttons and they are equally spaced horizontally with a non-link text-title above the buttons, but none of them are close together. Anyway, I guess on my next project I'll try leaving the buttons alone and see what happens. I just enjoy customizing things :

When you say to "use the controls", do you mean in the button settings? It's just frustrating when it all appears to work fine on preview, then not so well after the burn.

Thanks for your quick response. I think I'd really enjoy using the program, if I could get the buttons to work right.....and it would be really nice if it didn't freeze so often. I just brought my RAM from 1 gig to 3, but I'm not sure it's going to make a lot of difference. Anyway, thanks for your suggestion for the buttons.

[sknis]

When you say to "use the controls", do you mean in the button settings? It's just frustrating when it all appears to work fine on preview, then not so well after the burn.

Actually I was talking about the align tool. The icon is just to the right of the walking person near the top of the menu.

Select all the videos and then press the align icon; there are choices that you can use. Caution, use with care. For instance if you have text titles that are large and select bottom align (horizontal alignment), the selections will overlap so you will be back to what you ended up with. I don't know why there are no safeguards on this.

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[mrsdriver5]

Actually I was talking about the align tool. The icon is just to the right of the walking person near the top of the menu.

Select all the videos and then press the align icon; there are choices that you can use. Caution, use with care. For instance if you have text titles that are large and select bottom align (horizontal alignment), the selections will overlap so you will be back to what you ended up with. I don't know why there are no safeguards on this.

Thanks...I hadn't noticed the align icon. It was grayed-out since I didn't have more than one link-button active at a time and just didn't pay attention. Normally I click on everything in sight

Anyway, back to my original problem. I made my linked buttons a little smaller and double-checked that the text boxes weren't overlapping, or really even very close to each other and tried again. Like before, the preview worked perfectly, but when I burned another dvd, the buttons don't work on my computer dvd player. However, the DVDs I've made play exactly how they should on my stand-alone player, so I'm happy. I can also play them in Windows Media Player and use the chapter links at the side. The buttons don't work like they should in Media Player, but the chapter links do, so all-in-all, I'm satisfied.

I really appreciate the help that you gave. I've also taken the time to browse through other posts and got some more ideas. I want to give the pan & zoom a try on a project in the near future. Thanks again~

This post has been edited by mrsdriver5: 16 November 2007 - 12:03 PM