Custom DVD Action

[marioval]

Ok heres what I am trying to do. I want to create a slideshow DVD with about 10 pictures. I want the person viewing the DVD to look at picture 1 then go on to the next picture when they are ready by clicking on their remote and scroll through all the pics that way. is this possible?

[dcsos]

Tellus what authoring package you're using
It should be easy to so but no one can tell you how without knowing if you're using
a MAC or a PC for example, and futher, what PROGRAM

some programs do what you want in a few quick steps

[marioval]

I typically use Proshow Producer to create Slideshows and output to Mpg then author with TDA 3.

[guns1inger]

The two basic ways of doing this are

1. Create each slide as a menu page with previous and next buttons for the user to chose from

2. Create each image as a chapter with a hold time on it so the user uses the Next and Previous button to move through them.

Option 1 can be done in pretty much any authoring program. Option 2 requires a high-end program, or coming back after authoring with PGCEdit to make the extra changes.

[marioval]

The two basic ways of doing this are

1. Create each slide as a menu page with previous and next buttons for the user to chose from

2. Create each image as a chapter with a hold time on it so the user uses the Next and Previous button to move through them.

Option 1 can be done in pretty much any authoring program. Option 2 requires a high-end program, or coming back after authoring with PGCEdit to make the extra changes.

For option 1, is it possible to create a DVD that consists of just menus and no actual movie?

[dcsos]

Just insert 1 second black clip each time you need VIDEO
then, the slide show of MENUS will be just that, MENUS

[guns1inger]

The two basic ways of doing this are

1. Create each slide as a menu page with previous and next buttons for the user to chose from

2. Create each image as a chapter with a hold time on it so the user uses the Next and Previous button to move through them.

Option 1 can be done in pretty much any authoring program. Option 2 requires a high-end program, or coming back after authoring with PGCEdit to make the extra changes.

For option 1, is it possible to create a DVD that consists of just menus and no actual movie?

Yes. Not all authoring tools may allow it. Worst case, have a short dummy video and a hidden link

[Alex_ander]

Guns1inger, looks like option 2 can be done in DVDLab using 'audio only title' mode. I didn't try it but the manual says you can add individual picture for each chapter.
Another similar way to do it is combining such tracks (each made for a single picture) into a multi-PGC title, this way it is possible to combine MPEG stills with videos in one title and also use 'next/previous' for navigation. I did such a thing manually (as a filler for a DVD) in DVDRemake for inserting a music video between two parts of a radio broadcast (still image for interview + music video for the broadcasted song + still image for the rest of broadcast), navigation worked by next/previous PGC mapping. This also can be done in DVDLab.