menus in vcdcomposer

[hamambocegi]

i am using vcdcomposer to build the below menu structure:

Menu 1 . mpg
1 - Play all movies [Playlist 00 = Part_I.mpg + Part_II.mpg ... ]
2 - Pick movies [This points to menu2]
|
- Menu2
1 - a.mpg
2 - b.mpg
3 - c.mpg
4 - d.mpg

with this i get the below file from composer. the thing is the menus function, and i select individual movies from menu2. but in menu, when i choose to play all movies - which is supposed to play one move after another with any pause, it just plays the first movie and stops.

if i hit forward, it goes back to the menu1 (as i told it to do so). how do i get the player to play the movies one after an other ??

the below corresponds to MENU1.
************************************************** *********
<selection id="selection-00" rejected="false">
<prev ref="selection-00"/>
<next ref="selection-01"/>
<return ref="selection-00"/>
<wait>-1</wait>
<loop jump-timing="immediate">1</loop>
<select ref="playlist-00"/>
<select ref="selection-01"/>
</selection>

and this is playlist 00 [the first selection {play all)]
************************************************** *********
<playlist id="playlist-00" rejected="false">
<prev ref="selection-00"/>
<next ref="selection-00"/>
<return ref="selection-00"/>
<play-item ref="Part_I.mpg"/>
<play-item ref="Part_II.mpg"/>
<play-item ref="Part_III.mpg"/>
<play-item ref="Part_IV.mpg"/>
<play-item ref="part_V.mpg"/>
</playlist>


anything looks out of the ordenary ???

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: hamambocegi on 2001-12-13 01:02:27 ]</font>

[kinneera]

Yes, the...
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under the playlist entry is pointing it back to the menu when the clip is done playing. It probably should be set to "playlist-01".

[Rico]

I tried to create something similar to the playlist You've done, and while I didn't have the prev/next/return options, it worked like expected when running it in Hollywood+ (I never burn't the VCD, just played the cue/bin files using daemon tools).
It may depend on Your playback system, I also have a vague memeory about it worked for some guy if he used the default-entry point from each clip, instead of using the clip, as playitem in the playlist, but not otherwise...

You could also try the "Chapter" wizard thing, which would allow You to skip between the clips using "Next" and "Previous"... This may cause a slight pause between the clips though...

Please post/mail if You have any further questions or whatever...


Regards,
Rico
www.algonet.se/~pretzel/VCDComposer/


<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Rico on 2001-12-14 10:35:54 ]</font>