Not Deleting "menus" in Maestro has any affect?

[defense]

Hi, I was just curious if "NOT" deleting the menu's in Maestro before compiling has ANY affect at all? Until recently, I had NEVER deleted menu's and at the end of the compile I would get a few errors/messages saying that I didn't have a subpicture or menu...etc..etc...I knew I didn't so I didn't worry about it.

I realized that after I deleted the menu option, I would no longer have any messages after the compile. I did notice one other interesting thing too, but I just want to see if anyone else can confirm it without me mentioning it. I never use menu's, so basically, I am just asking if there is "ANY" difference in deleting the menu option in Maestro as opposed to "NOT" deleting the menus. Thank in advance for any info/replies on this.

[Vejita-sama]

No difference. Normally if I don't have a menu I delete it. I also always assign a play first command, because I don't like getting that errors message/window. Although I do author with mp2 audio a lot and that's a 'no-no' too

Anyway it's not a problem.

[defense]

thanks vejita...I appreciate the response. I'm glad to hear that there is no difference on whether or not I delete the menu option. I too don't like seeing any messages so I now usually delete the menu option and assign a first play.

One thing I have noticed though..and maybe it is due to something else..but Maestro used to take about 20 minutes to compile on my system...and I've noticed that when I delete the menu option Maestro has taken between 9 and 11 minutes to compile.

Can anyone verify if this could be possible by just deleting the menu option..or is it possibly something else? I did recently reformat and partition my hard drive so that could be it...i'm just curious. Thanks again in advance

[Vejita-sama]

Hmm? Could be, you should run some test compiles and see. I never paid much attention to the time it takes, I wonder off and do something else until it beeps

[defense]

Hmm? Could be, you should run some test compiles and see. I never paid much attention to the time it takes, I wonder off and do something else until it beeps

I will do just that. That is a serious difference in time, and after three movies you save about 30 minutes. Those minutes start adding up especially when you take into consideration the encoding times, etc.

I will test it out and see, but since I have been deleting the menu's I have noticed Maestro has compiled ridiculously fast. As I mentioned...it's twice as fast as "with" menu's..although, it may have to do with the repartition of my HD..but I will report back when I test a few movies "BOTH" ways.