Highlighting Buttons Issue

[r.holden]

I am trying to create a simple menu. I have the background, some music, and 4 movies. That's it. Should be plain and simple. When I click on "Preview" it looks like I am selecting and toggling through the 4 videos just fine. When I burn it and put it in the DVD player for viewing, I do not see the buttons highlighted. Yes, the scrolling is happening when I use the arrows on the remote control, but I am not sure which movie I am selecting. I have looked at the following threads and tried combinations of all of them, and have yet to succeed in creating a DVD with buttons that hightlight.

 

http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/61756-mydvd-menu-button-issues/

http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/61633-menu-button-highlight-will-not-work-after-burn/

http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/61312-menus-dont-work-properly-with-dvd-player/

http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/61956-i-must-be-missing-something-in-mydvd/

http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/63767-menu-buttons-dont-highlight/

http://forums.support.roxio.com/topic/62440-menu-buttons-do-not-function-after-disc-is-burned/

 

I find it very strange that Roxio version 10 hasn't figured this out.

 

The 4 videos total about 1 hour (maybe a little over) and I have the encoding set so that it's 3694 MB are used by using 720x480 and a bitrate of 5.17. What is going on??

[rbailey713]

I work at a High School and I'm pretty much like the video guy on campus. I've always used Roxio or Sonic programs for burning dvds. In the past I've never had problems with either program until recently I was told that because of a major error that popped up I needed to re-install the programs I did so not realizing that I did not have the install discs.

 

Since the programs were 5 years old I opted to buy the new Roxio Creator 2010 package and after 3 months now I've finally found the answer to my problem in this forum. I have had the exact same menu problem and even reduction in video quality of my films. I know this is alot of info but it is a sincere thank you for giving me the answer to my problem "myguggi".

 

However I've never had to worry about keeping my video files under an hour before with my last programs. I noticed that you asked rholden why he needed so much on the disc. Well for me I've always done an end of the year video dvd of all movies,commercials and videos we have done at our high school. Recently we put on a Talent Show and it is two hours of edited footage.

 

So based on what your saying I would need to burn two dvds for the show to give to each person who wanted it? IS there another way so that I can fit everything, Have the same HQ, no menu screen problems? Like perhaps a larger DVD?

 

Once again sorry for the long reply and question but you guys really helped me with this menu screen problem I just dont wana have to burn double the dvds. Any suggestions would be great considering I have over 30 ppl who want them, that would be 60 dvds to burn! Thanks.

[gi7omy]

Glad it worked out for you

[gi7omy]

You have two other options really

 

1: If you are willing to scarifice a bit of quality, combine all videos in Videowave and make a .iso image from that - burn one from the image and check to see if it's acceptable. If not, then option 2

 

2: Use a dual layer disc - that should hold close to two hours of video at 'best' quality.

 

For a batch, make the image file and use that for burning each DVD you need - that way you only render once and it will only take the actual burning time for each disc after the initial rendering

[r.holden]

File size means nothing when creating DVDs, its the total length of the video that matters. A standard 4.7GB DVD can only hold 60 minutes of video at best quality. If longer, compression is applied to everything resulting in loss of quality and quite often with "corrupt" menus navigation. "Fit-to-disc" and high compressions are almost guaranteed to wreck the menu.

 

Why do you want to squeeze so much video on a DVD after all they are cheap and you can keep the best quality possible by using HQ.

 

The format of your source video doesn't matter - it all gets rendered to DVD compliant mpeg2 format.

 

To explain this all, I must start with the fact that these are old Dr. Who episodes that were recorded in the 80s. It's not so much that I want to squeeze "so much video" onto one DVD, but I'd like to have all of one serial on one disc. The first serial has 4 episodes, totaling around 90 minutes as mentioned before, and I'd rather have all 4 episodes on 1 DVD rather than on 2 DVDs for simplicity. Further, as these are taped videos and the quality of the recording itself (from the 60s) wasn't good, I'm not too worried about quality of the video, as it's not great to begin with.

 

I will try to set this up with 2 videos (around 45 minutes), both at HQ.

 

1) Does everything have to be at HQ (i.e. the system settings) or just the videos?

2) Do you know if this is something that will be fixed in future versions?

[gi7omy]

This has nothing to do with the original post, but there is nothing that can be done in software to get round a hardware limitation

 

The basic fact is that a single layer DVD will hold one hour of video at best quality - a dual layer about double that.

 

Sure you can squash the files into 'fit to disc' but what started as poor quality will end up even worse quality and there is nothing that you can do about that

[bimicher]

To explain this all, I must start with the fact that these are old Dr. Who episodes that were recorded in the 80s. It's not so much that I want to squeeze "so much video" onto one DVD, but I'd like to have all of one serial on one disc. The first serial has 4 episodes, totaling around 90 minutes as mentioned before, and I'd rather have all 4 episodes on 1 DVD rather than on 2 DVDs for simplicity. Further, as these are taped videos and the quality of the recording itself (from the 60s) wasn't good, I'm not too worried about quality of the video, as it's not great to begin with.

 

I will try to set this up with 2 videos (around 45 minutes), both at HQ.

 

1) Does everything have to be at HQ (i.e. the system settings) or just the videos?

2) Do you know if this is something that will be fixed in future versions?

 

1-The HQ setting applies to everything that gets burned to a DVD. I don't know what you mean by system settings in this case.

2-There is nothing to fix since there is really no problem.

[bimicher]

I am trying to create a simple menu. I have the background, some music, and 4 movies. That's it. Should be plain and simple. When I click on "Preview" it looks like I am selecting and toggling through the 4 videos just fine. When I burn it and put it in the DVD player for viewing, I do not see the buttons highlighted. Yes, the scrolling is happening when I use the arrows on the remote control, but I am not sure which movie I am selecting. I have looked at the following threads and tried combinations of all of them, and have yet to succeed in creating a DVD with buttons that hightlight.

 

http://forums.suppor...-button-issues/

http://forums.suppor...ork-after-burn/

http://forums.suppor...ith-dvd-player/

http://forums.suppor...thing-in-mydvd/

http://forums.suppor...dont-highlight/

http://forums.suppor...disc-is-burned/

 

I find it very strange that Roxio version 10 hasn't figured this out.

 

The 4 videos total about 1 hour (maybe a little over) and I have the encoding set so that it's 3694 MB are used by using 720x480 and a bitrate of 5.17. What is going on??

 

What version are you really using? You say your are using version 10 which 2 years/versions old now but you are posting in the Roxio Creator 2010 forum

 

Why are you changing the bit-rate and not just selecting the HQ quality setting to get the best results? Exactly how long in time is your project? How much is a "Little over"?

[r.holden]

What version are you really using? You say your are using version 10 which 2 years/versions old now but you are posting in the Roxio Creator 2010 forum

 

Why are you changing the bit-rate and not just selecting the HQ quality setting to get the best results? Exactly how long in time is your project? How much is a "Little over"?

 

Version = Easy Media Creator 10. I chose to post here because there were no posts (at least by my searches) in that forum regarding my problem of buttons not highlighting.

 

Changing bit-rate was an attempt to lower the size of the file under 3.7 GB (mentioned in one of the posts).

 

Length of project: 4 videos, each around 22-24 minutes, totaling around 90. So "a little over" is off. However, I took away two of the videos so that the projects video time was only at 46 minutes, and the file was well under 3.7 GB. This still had the problem of the buttons not highlighting.

 

I tried it again with the above scenario (2 videos) and increased the videos to HQ. This hopefully will work, but it will not make me feel much better, as I want to actually put more movies on.

 

Currently, I'm using WMVs. Should I use a different format?

[bimicher]

Version = Easy Media Creator 10. I chose to post here because there were no posts (at least by my searches) in that forum regarding my problem of buttons not highlighting.

 

Changing bit-rate was an attempt to lower the size of the file under 3.7 GB (mentioned in one of the posts).

 

Length of project: 4 videos, each around 22-24 minutes, totaling around 90. So "a little over" is off. However, I took away two of the videos so that the projects video time was only at 46 minutes, and the file was well under 3.7 GB. This still had the problem of the buttons not highlighting.

 

I tried it again with the above scenario (2 videos) and increased the videos to HQ. This hopefully will work, but it will not make me feel much better, as I want to actually put more movies on.

 

Currently, I'm using WMVs. Should I use a different format?

 

File size means nothing when creating DVDs, its the total length of the video that matters. A standard 4.7GB DVD can only hold 60 minutes of video at best quality. If longer, compression is applied to everything resulting in loss of quality and quite often with "corrupt" menus navigation. "Fit-to-disc" and high compressions are almost guaranteed to wreck the menu.

 

Why do you want to squeeze so much video on a DVD after all they are cheap and you can keep the best quality possible by using HQ.

 

The format of your source video doesn't matter - it all gets rendered to DVD compliant mpeg2 format.

[rbailey713]

Hey just wanted to say that your suggestion of using a Dual Layered DVD worked great! I was able to put everything that I wanted on the DVD with no problems. Thanks for all your help.

 

RHOLDEN if your vids are 90 minutes and you have a dual layered dvd burner your problem fitting the video on one dvd wont be a problem anymore just as long a you get yourself some dual layered dvds. They hold over 8 gigs.

 

Thanks again.