DVDAuthorGUI Submenus questions?

[dvd3500]

DVDAuthorGUI is so far the only freeware authoring tool I can get to work on my Win98SE. :P
I usually make my own short clips (nothing raunchy!) and use Media Studio Pro to create a menu file.
This has been successful for menu single-menu DVDs so far.

I tried to make a submenu for the first time.
I can of course create the menus and edit them. I can assign the video file to the buttons but I can't figure out how to assign the Post command to the video file so it goes back to the submenu and not the main menu.
If that is confusing the flow is like this:

DVD Starts at Menu A
User pushes button to go to Menu B
On Menu B user presses button to start video
I want the video to go back to Menu B but it goes back to Menu A when its down.
I've tried manually entering:
jump to menu 2
in the XML before authoring but it comes up with e runtime error.
Any ideas?
Thanks!

[liquid217]

You could enable jumppad, but doing some virtual machine scripting is the best approach. Here is an example below.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=961454#961454

The other way would to simply enable jumppad in the XML. Simply add jumppad="yes" to the end of the <dvdauthor> tab on the first line. like this:
<dvdauthor dest="c:\the\path\you\selectedpreviously" jumppad="yes">
Then just modify the post command to "call menu 2".

In my humble opinion, the first method is the best and most reliable.

[dvd3500]

Thanks! Will give it a try!
:D

[dvd3500]

Hi,
I forgot one thing:
I'd like to use transitions from the main menu to the submenu.
Will the method you documented allow to do that?
I think it will but am a bit unsure of the "g3" parts ...
Thanks

[liquid217]

When I create menu transitions, I usually make them a part of the m2v stream, and set the 'spu begin' to only show the buttons till after the transition is completed. This gives a nice fluid transition, right into the menu. However, I am assuming you are refering to having an actual title as a transition. What you can do is set the register before calling the title(the transition), then the post command would be to 'call menu'. The IF condition in the pre command will read the g3 value, and jump to the appropriate menu. Below is an example:

<dvdauthor dest="C:\test"> 
  <vmgm>  
  </vmgm> 
  <titleset> 
    <menus> 
      <pgc> 
       <pre> 
         if (g3==2) jump menu 2; 
       </pre> 
        <button> g3=1; jump title 3 chapter 1; </button> 
        <button> g3=2; jump title 3 chapter 1; </button> 
       <vob file="C:\test\menusub1.mpg" pause="5"/> 
      </pgc> 
      <pgc> 
        <button> jump title 1 chapter  1; </button> 
        <button> jump title 2 chapter  1; </button> 
       <vob file="C:\test\menusub2.mpg" pause="5"/> 
      </pgc> 
    </menus> 
      <titles> 
       <video format="ntsc" /> 
        <pgc> 
          <vob file="C:\test\title1.mpg" chapters="00:00:00.00" /> 
          <post>g3=1; call menu;</post> 
        </pgc> 
        <pgc> 
          <vob file="C:\test\title2.mpg" chapters="00:00:00.00" /> 
          <post>g3=2; call menu;</post> 
        </pgc> 
        <pgc> 
          <vob file="C:\test\title3.mpg" chapters="00:00:00.00" /> 
          <post>call menu;</post> 
        </pgc> 
      </titles> 
  </titleset> 
</dvdauthor>

Menu 1 has 2 buttons.
Button 1 goes to the transition, and then back to menu 1.
Button 2 goes to the transition, and then goes to menu 2.
Menu 2 has 2 buttons.
Button 1 goes to title 1, then goes back to menu 1.
Button 2 goes to title 2, then goes back to menu 2.

I haven't tested this XML, but after looking at if for 5 minutes, I think it will do what you need. Good luck.

[dvd3500]

Sounds like just what I need!
Thanks!