render motion menu keeps on looping with DVDLab PRO

[Matryx]

I made a menu and tried the render motion option to give it an intro effect. After the compilation and I tested it with PowerDVD...it seems that the render motion keeps on looping I dont have anything checked. I'm using DVDLab PRO

Heres a screenshot of what I'm talking about

[Matryx]

anyone know how to do this?

[canadateck]

Could it be that PowerDVD is set to "Loop"/"Time out". Sorry this is all the help I can offer as I have never used DVDlab Pro.

[Matryx]

nope i tried it on my dvd player with the same result

[TooLFooL]

all mothin menus loop, i thought!?

[Matryx]

well i just want an intro effect that doesn't loop...is there a way you can do this?

[guns1inger]

Look up the help file for Delayed Buttons and Delayed Menus

[Matryx]

I've tried that and it still seems to loop.

[nzjacob]

You may need to render all your motion, and set this to play 1st. Then once the movie (motion) has finished link it to a still menu with all the buttons etc you need.

I do this quiet a lot using DLP render motion feature.
Simply create your motion, and then import the output as a new asset. Add it as a new movie and set it to be first play. Then link it to the actual menu (I tend to use a screen cap from the final frame of the motion menu as a background to ensure seamless playback)

Good Luck

[Matryx]

I guess you can do it that way, but there are flaws to it. Once you click the menu button it would go to the menu screen not the render motion first. So it becomes pointless. Thanks for you the help though. I guess I'll just forget about the motion menu and just click with a normal menu

[Matryx]

I found a way how to do it now with the intro cell and loop cell

[Matryx]

oh crap...i got the intro effect render motion to work but now the audio loops where the render motion loops.

[TooLFooL]

or set your intro as one menu that links to another (the actual menu). that way, you should return to the intro since it is a menu, not a movie clip.
but surely there's a better way! i just started messing with dvdlab, but i don't have pro.

[Matryx]

yeah good idea. Seems like it would work. Going to try it out tonight and see if there are any flaws to it. Thanks

[guns1inger]

The best way is to get delayed menu cells working. If you split the menu into two pieces you will get an audio break between the two.

[Dr_Layne]

I assume you want the menu to play once, then become static. If you want to keep the menu from looping, use the PBC tab to the right of the menu layout screen. In the duration box, type the letter "a", it should give you a "a/v" in the box. This will make the menu duration last as long as the motion then stop.

Steve

[Matryx]

I tried the delay menu...I don't think it works or I couldn't get it to work. Got the menu to stop looping but the audio is seperate from the mpv and seems to be looping at the same time the delay menu becomes static

in the PBC tab the a/v is already there by default which doesn't work.

[abc-123]

You've almost got it. This isn't that hard to do.
Make 2 menu's with the same buttons and everything. One motion, one still.
Make an invisible all button on the motion menu to link to the still menu. Close it out of the navigation lines so it's unclickable.
Set pbc on the motion menu to a/v and then force highlight and force activate the invisible button.
This will play the audio/video once and switch to the still with no audio. Presto. And your buttons work whether it's in motion or not.

[Dr_Layne]

Is the audio the same length as the video? If not, that may be why the audio is looping.

Steve

[Matryx]

no the audio is not the same length of the video

[Matryx]

the video is just a menu I created but with an intro effect. It's like 6-7 secs long. The audio is a soundtrack I imported.

[reboot]

The video will loop as long as the audio track.
Either increase the video to match the audio length, or decrease the audio length.