Autoplay of Intro Video on VCD/SVCD

[Logrus]

I have been trying to figure out how to get a VCD/SVCD authored so that when I put the disc in my DVD player (APEX AD600-A) it will autoplay a 'splash' screen without me having to press any buttons. All of the DVDs that I have do this (usually an FBI warning screen), but i have to press the PLAY button to get the intro segment to play, then it goes to the main menu. Any ideas out there? I have tried EasyCDCreator and the demo version of Ulead DVD Movie Factory(easiest SVCD creation I have ever done BTW). And no luck. One other good thing about the Ulead's DVDMC is that if my files I am using for SVCD or VCD exceed the specs, it will tell me, and then ask me if I want to make an (X)VCD or (X)SVCD. Nice touch.

[vitualis]

Firstly, please use the search function of the site first.

Autoplay is a function of the player, not the disc. There is no way to author a VCD such that it will autoplay. If the player autoplays VCDs, it will autoplay ALL VCDs. If the player doesn't autoplay VCDs, it won't for ALL VCDs.

Regards.

[T-rad]

most dvd's are multi menu, they use the fbi warnings as the first menu
it sound like ur using a menu & ur splash is authored as a movie insead of the menu sceen
(i'm not sure if u can author the splash as a menu though)

[vitualis]

Whether you author the first thing on the PBC as a <selection > (menu) or a <playlist> is irrelevant (or if you use PBC at all).

Let me again reiterate that autoplay of a VCD is completely hardware dependent.

Regards.

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Michael Tam

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