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ihmcjacky
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I try to create a short motion menu at first (just 20s) and then
jump to the static menu. I do all the motion by vegas and drag
it to the DLP, but it comes with problems
1) Indeed I have a background audio also , is it possible that the audio just available in
the motion menu not in the static menu?
2) When I have finished all my menu and compile it, the motion menu come normally,
but after that the static menu can't shown but only the object has shown, I wonder if I
have done anything wrong
3) Does anyone know how to restrict the menu so that when the user click the menu button,
it does not show the motion menu again (i.e. The motion menu show only once)
Many Thanks 
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guns1inger
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Location: Miskatonic U
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Is it actually a motion menu, or just a video clip to play before the static menu ?
A true motion menu have video running in the background the whole time.
If you just have a clip to play before the menu runs the first time, create the clip as a movie, not a menu. In the connections window, link the First Play item to the movie, then link the movie to the menu. Set the menu as the root menu, and this is where the viewer will return to. The clip will only play the first time the disc is run.
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tinker
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Motion menu can have both video and audio, but if you want to do what you say, than follow guns1inger advice.
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ihmcjacky
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Location: Hong Kong
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| tinker wrote: |
| Motion menu can have both video and audio, but if you want to do what you say, than follow guns1inger advice. |
you tell exactly what I want! really thanks guns1inger
last Q: That means I don't need to use 2 cells to make my menu?
Just make a clip then a static menu, in the connection box, do the linkage and the first play menu settings as you say, am I right?
Again many thanks 
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guns1inger
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You can use two cells, but this is much more involved. The basic step is to create you video, including the section with the menu, as one video clip. This means deciding up front where the menu will start, and making sure your audio can happily loop to this point. I usually have the menu text fade in at this point, and have the music fade out and then back in again, or have it fade out and stay out for the menu section.
You then load this into your menu in DLP, and set the end of the first cell to be point where your menu fades in. So far, it is all pretty simple. In Cell two you set you subpictures to mark the menu selections, and your menu is done.
The hard part is getting the first section of the menu to play once, and once only. This involves getting into the registers and setting a register value after the menu plays the first time, then checking this value on each subsequent play and skipping the first cell if it has been played before. I had to search the posts in the DLP forum at Mediachance to find the answer (which I don't have on this machine, sorry).
So why bother ? The advantage of using cells is that the transition between menus is seamless. No break in the music, no pause in the video. You will still get these when you loop the second cell, but by then it doesn't matter. However, if you are going from motion intro to still menu the difference isn't so great, and the effort may not be worth it.
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ihmcjacky
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| guns1inger wrote: |
You can use two cells, but this is much more involved. The basic step is to create you video, including the section with the menu, as one video clip. This means deciding up front where the menu will start, and making sure your audio can happily loop to this point. I usually have the menu text fade in at this point, and have the music fade out and then back in again, or have it fade out and stay out for the menu section.
You then load this into your menu in DLP, and set the end of the first cell to be point where your menu fades in. So far, it is all pretty simple. In Cell two you set you subpictures to mark the menu selections, and your menu is done.
The hard part is getting the first section of the menu to play once, and once only. This involves getting into the registers and setting a register value after the menu plays the first time, then checking this value on each subsequent play and skipping the first cell if it has been played before. I had to search the posts in the DLP forum at Mediachance to find the answer (which I don't have on this machine, sorry).
So why bother ? The advantage of using cells is that the transition between menus is seamless. No break in the music, no pause in the video. You will still get these when you loop the second cell, but by then it doesn't matter. However, if you are going from motion intro to still menu the difference isn't so great, and the effort may not be worth it. |
but how to set the register so that when one press the title button, it will not play the video again, instead it will play the static menu I have designed in cell2?(Indeed I also want all the "Return to Main Menu" button will link to the static menu but not the clip.)
And I have another problem, I try to put the motion menu (including the static scene I want to appear after the motion menu) in the first cell, and copy the last scene of the motion menu to the menu as cell2, and then azdd the button in DLP in cell 2, the problem is after playing the short clip in cell1, it then goes to cell2 but it shows invisible button, but I have set both of the button in visible mode, why is it happen?
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guns1inger
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GeorgeW
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Try adding the following 2 lines to the PRE-COMMANDS of the menu with the multiple cells.
if (GPRM0 > 0) LinkCN 2 (button 0)
GPRM0 = 1
Regards,
George
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ihmcjacky
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Location: Hong Kong
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thx for GeorgeW and guns1inger , I will try out
Million Thanks!
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ihmcjacky
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Location: Hong Kong
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| GeorgeW wrote: |
Try adding the following 2 lines to the PRE-COMMANDS of the menu with the multiple cells.
if (GPRM0 > 0) LinkCN 2 (button 0)
GPRM0 = 1
Regards,
George |
I have succeed to control the situation so that when the user press the
title button again, it will not play the clip, but I have 2 menus (1 is the
menu with 2 cells as mentioned before, and the other is the scene
selection menu, the scene selection menu has the button called "return
to main menu" I have set return to cell2(ie the static menu ) but after compile
it stills plays the clip again, do I need to set other VM commands again to
control that button? 
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guns1inger
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try linking it to just the main menu. The pre commands you entered before should cause the menu to skip the first cell on subsequent plays
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ihmcjacky
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| guns1inger wrote: |
| try linking it to just the main menu. The pre commands you entered before should cause the menu to skip the first cell on subsequent plays |
It really works! thanks guns1inger~ But the items in the cell2 in the main
menu does not appear unless I highlight it(Actually I have made the text
blue and the text becomes pink when I higghlight it,but now the situation
is it jst appears pink without showing the blue text), I wonder I should make
the text in vegas instead of in DLP
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guns1inger
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You can only make the background text in Vegas. The sub-picture, or highlight, has to be done in DLP or as an external sub-picture in photoshop. If you add text in DLP that you want to have as background text on a motion menu, you have to Render Motion, which re-encodes the menu to AVI, which you then have to re-encode again to mpeg-2 and re-import.
My process is to create the entire menu in Vegas, then use abstract pointers added in DLP for the menu marks. Saves having to line up the text overlays etc.
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ihmcjacky
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| guns1inger wrote: |
You can only make the background text in Vegas. The sub-picture, or highlight, has to be done in DLP or as an external sub-picture in photoshop. If you add text in DLP that you want to have as background text on a motion menu, you have to Render Motion, which re-encodes the menu to AVI, which you then have to re-encode again to mpeg-2 and re-import.
My process is to create the entire menu in Vegas, then use abstract pointers added in DLP for the menu marks. Saves having to line up the text overlays etc. |
I got your point ~really thanks. A silly question: I am now making menu in 4:3 ratio,
can DLP edit the menu in 16:9?
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tinker
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DLP can make 16:9 menu, you just have to set it that way in Project Properties.
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ihmcjacky
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| tinker wrote: |
| DLP can make 16:9 menu, you just have to set it that way in Project Properties. |
thanks man
I post the Q here coz I don't want to waste a new post:
I try to edit my menu in vegas, but I encounter problems
when I try to input text (which is mixed with the video)
How can I make the input text shown on the primary track?
(I have done the mask in the relative area in the primary track,
but it seems that only the second track can be seen in the primary
track, but the text layer cannot make it appear in the primary track),
does anyone have an idea to make the track visible in the primary
track?
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tinker
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Sorry, I am not familiar with Vegas.
Wait for guns1inger to come along.
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GeorgeW
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Move the text track to be on TOP of the other tracks...
Regards,
George
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guns1inger
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| GeorgeW wrote: |
| Move the text track to be on TOP of the other tracks... |
yep.
Think of the Vegas timelines as being panes of glass, with you looking down from above. You can see through the holes in the top pane to the panes below. If you block the whole of the top pane, say with an image, you can't see through to the ones underneath. You have to stack the panes in the right order to be able to see all the levels.
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ihmcjacky
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Really thanks for GeorgeW and guns1inger, it now works! You 2 teach me a lot! And your description is really good guns1inger! It helps me know more about vegas, I am now trying to search if there is any online tutor on vegas like DLP, do you have any ideas?
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ihmcjacky
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I face another problem when I try authoring menus with different aspect ratios, is DLP allow users to create menus with a mix of 4:3 and 16:9 aspects? I try to edit the VTS properties of 1 of the menu that I wish to change to 4:3 menu, but it seems that it helps me to change all 5 menus, is it possible to change only one menu?
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ihmcjacky
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Location: Hong Kong
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Do I need to create one more VTS menu and link that menu to the menu in VTS1, and set the root menu and first play buttonlinked to the menu in VTS2?
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guns1inger
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The menus should match the aspect ratio of the video in the titleset. So if titleset 1 (VTS1) has 16:9 video, it should have 16:9 menus.
The way to get around this restriction is to create menus at the VMG level, then use bridges to move between the titlesets. It is all covered in the help files. Have a read about the VMG level and bridges in the help files.
This is also why you should plan the actual structure and attributes out on paper before starting to build.
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ihmcjacky
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| guns1inger wrote: |
The menus should match the aspect ratio of the video in the titleset. So if titleset 1 (VTS1) has 16:9 video, it should have 16:9 menus.
The way to get around this restriction is to create menus at the VMG level, then use bridges to move between the titlesets. It is all covered in the help files. Have a read about the VMG level and bridges in the help files.
This is also why you should plan the actual structure and attributes out on paper before starting to build. |
Let me try the VMG menu and see if it works~
btw: What is the way of using VMG menu? In the same VTS, DLP just allows one aspect ratio, I still can't change the VMG menu into 4:3, it helps me to convert the other VTS menu at the same time
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Alex_ander
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| guns1inger wrote: |
| The menus should match the aspect ratio of the video in the titleset. |
Is it really limited this way in DVDLab?
The other applications (like TDA, DVDRemake) allow for different AR of menus a | |
