3 Replies Latest reply: Aug 10, 2011 9:01 AM by dan_hin RSS

    Encore CS5 animated buttons cause black flash after loop point

    dan_hin Community Member

      Hi All,

       

      CS5 seems to have fixed a few problems from CS3 and CS4 but I'm still encountering new issues almost every week.

       

      I'm building a dual layer DVD with video thumbnails on the chapter menus, fairly standard really. The buttons are set to a length of 10 secs, after which they should return seamlessly to the start of the poster frame.

       

      This works to a point; but when the loop should start the entire menu flashes black before the loop starts again.

       

      I'm working with a transcoded dynamic linked timeline from Premiere (the chapter thumbnails reference this timeline).

       

      Any ideas? I've cleaned the cache and attempted to rerender, all to no avail.

       

      Dan

        • 1. Re: Encore CS5 animated buttons cause black flash after loop point
          Stan Jones CommunityMVP

          Are you trying to run any other menu motion than the buttons?


          What are the menu settings? (Post a screen shot of the  menu properties, motion tab.)

          • 2. Re: Encore CS5 animated buttons cause black flash after loop point
            Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

            Dan,

             

            Are you seeing this "flash" in En's Preview, or have you also encountered it by either burning to an RW disc and testing, or either a folder or ISO and testing in a DVD software player?

             

            If only in Preview, try one of the above methods and test. Black flashes do appear in Preview, which is just a rough emulator, but usually disappear, when one burns the Project.

             

            Good luck,

             

            Hunt

            • 3. Re: Encore CS5 animated buttons cause black flash after loop point
              dan_hin Community Member

              Stan, Bill - thanks for the quick replies.

               

              I've attached an image of the motion tab - nothing too complex.

               

              properties.png

               

              Bill - the flash is present when the menu runs in a DVD player using a duplicated dual layer DVD. I'm aware of the limitations of the preview engine (surely this will be addressed in CS6, together with 64bit support in Encore??) so don't set much stock by it.

               

              Sadly given the size of the project I've been unable to preview the project at all until very recently.. the time between rendering and burning a 8GB disc has been very frustrating indeed.

               

              Fortunately this black flash issue is not a deal breaker for my producer but I would of course like to eliminate it if at all possible.

               

              Once again - thanks for your replies!

               

              Dan