got menu .bmp still shaky on how to add to vcd

[teambrown]

i got the .bmp file and know how to make the mpg still (just like making a regular mpg but with a bmp) but know im not sure how to add it to the vcd. i know i could just cue it in the add files and burn it with the rest of the mpgs for the vcd but then it would just play it for a second and go to the next. how do you get it to stay on the screen until you select which segment you want to view? and yes ive read a lot of the other post and they kinda confuse me. but i think im doing good since ive only been trying this vcd thing for about a week! yay!

[dinesh]

Just creating a regular MPG from BMP may not make it compliant still.
You can use VCDImager. Check the VCDimager guides (MPEG Stills at http://www.vcdimager.org/guides

[teambrown]

after i use this program will i then be able to use my vcdeasy software to burn the vcd? or does this use an entirely new system to burn it

[hvr]

maybe you'd want to give

http://www.vcdimager.org/stillencode/

a try, until the GUI developers start embedding the encoding engine...
(but you'll have to convert your bmp to jpeg or png format..)

[teambrown]

Now, to display picture1.mpg (segment-001) indefinitely, I would write this in the XML (click here for more information on how a <selection> works):
<selection id="display-pic1">
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<play-item ref="segment-001"/>
</selection>
with this information is it possible to write this code into the xml code using vcdeasy?

[vitualis]

I not sure if the VCD Easy GUI can natively add stills, but you can certainly manually edit the XML created by VCD Easy yourself with a text editor.

To add a still, use the guides and the sample XML provided in my articles. Remember to name your id's appropriately and to reference the source file under <segment-items>.

Regards.