TMPGENC DVD Author - Motion Menu Help

[Scotty_Bhoy]

Wondering if someone could help

Have 3 episodes on one dvd and have created menu in DVD Author. I have cut a small portion from one of the titles to use as a motion menu and select this as background image however when i play the dvd it does not move despite enabling motion menus for 40 seconds.

The only thing I can do is play the background image in DVD author and when I pause it thats the background image I get if that makes sense. Is there a straightforward solution to this. The Movie files is m2v created using TMPGENC.

Thanks

[gadgetguy]

Don't use the pause button when reviewing the file when you load it up. If you pause it on a frame, TDA assumes you want that still frame to show. Press the Stop button after reviewing it and it should play the whole way through.

[Scotty_Bhoy]

Thanks will give that a try

I wont even preview the background image this time and hopefully it plays out.

Will let you know.

[Scotty_Bhoy]

Ok tried the above and didnt pause on the thing

When i double click the mv2 file it automatically pops up a small movie player am I supposed to hit play then close it or just close it without doing anything?

this time i opened the file, player opened, i closed it and burned my dvd i can vaguely see the 1st frame which is supposed to be a word rotating forward but there is no motion. There is motion on the thumbnails but nothing on the main menu.

Any Ideas?

Cheers

[Scotty_Bhoy]

The oenny has dropped. I should have read your post fully gadgetguy before wasting another dvd. Load the movie clip in and hit stop

VOILA!

Thanks

[gadgetguy]

I usually play a little of it, just to make sure it's OK. Then I press the Stop button. This usually works. What settings have you set in the motion menu tab of the menu display settings?

Edit: Damn slow machine, you posted while I was typing. Glad you got it working.