6 Replies Latest reply: Jun 9, 2014 8:06 PM by Stan Jones RSS

    Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page

    eday_2010 Community Member

      Here we go again. I try something new, and it doesn't work. Here is the situation:

       

      I have a Blu-ray menu. The main page of the menu has three buttons: Play Movie, Scene Selection, and Bonus Features.

       

      Play Movie starts playing the disc at chapter 1, which is what it's supposed to do.


      Scene Selection takes the user to the "first" page of the menu, where each chapter is listed and the first one is highlighted. The chapters span two pages, with the second page accessible by using the "Next" link at the bottom of the page. From that second page, you can either choose a chapter listed or go back to the previous page.

       

      Bonus Features is set to go to page three of the menu, where the user can select to watch extra content which are each in their own timeline. This page is only accessible from the Bonus Features button on the main menu page. However, when it is selected, it goes to page 1 of the Scene Selection menu instead. The link in the Properties is set to go to "Disc 2 Menu:Page 3: Instrumental", which is the name of the menu, the page I want it to go to, and the button I want highlighted. But when I test it in my Blu-ray player, it does not behave correctly. Is there something in Encore I am missing? The button type is set to Normal, like the rest of the buttons on the Default page.


      I don't want to keep burning discs to test this out when there doesn't seem to be anything else I can do to fix the problem. Hopefully someone knows what is wrong.

        • 1. Re: Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page
          Stan Jones CommunityMVP

          I try something new,

          Yeah; don't do that.

          the "first" page of the menu,


          the second page

          Just curious: In this type situation, what is the advantage of a multipage menu? Yes, it should work, but...

           

          Please post a screenshot of your flowchart. Sometimes, "odd" things (that should not have anything to do with anything) create problems.

           

          BD RW is your friend.

          • 2. Re: Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page
            eday_2010 Community Member

            I have music and a video playing in the background, so the multi page menu is great for going to new pages and having the video and music continue playing, instead of having the DVD style menu where everything stops and starts over when you change pages.

             

            So here is the top of my flowchart showing the main page of the menu and where each button goes. Everything works except Bonus Features going to P3B2 (I am guessing B2 is Button 2, which is what I want).
            1.jpg

             

            And here is the bottom of my flow chart showing what each button on that menu does.

            2.jpg

             

            Hopefully you spot something that is off. I might try to wrangle a second blu-ray player and see if it does it in a different machine as well.

            • 3. Re: Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page
              Stan Jones CommunityMVP

              Thanks for the explanation; an excellent reason for multipage.

               

              You have exceeded the max 32 buttons per bluray menu. (I believe that is per page for a multipage.) Create an additional scenes menu, and I'll bet all will work fine.

               

              Edit: I thought Encore had been modified to allow the Bluray spec of 32 per menu, but I do not see that change in the guide; it may only allow 18: the DVD limit for 16:9 menus.

               

              Usually, you will simply see buttons not work, but may also get the effect you are getting where the wrong things play.

              • 4. Re: Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page
                eday_2010 Community Member

                Actually I haven't. There are two pages of chapter links, each with 24 chapter buttons and two navigation buttons. That #48 you see is the last chapter button on the second page.

                 

                I have created Blu-rays before with more than 32 buttons on a page. But I will create a test disc and reduce the number of buttons to 16 to see if it fixes the problem. If it does, I will try with 32 and see what happens.

                • 5. Re: Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page
                  eday_2010 Community Member

                  Well, this is rather embarrassing. When building a new disc, for some reason it was building to Disc 1.iso instead of Disc 2.iso. So I kept burning the same ISO over and over that didn't have the changes. Once I realized this and burned the most recent ISO with my changes (disc 1.iso), everything worked.

                   

                  Let this be a lesson to you kids out there: pay close attention to everything!

                  • 6. Re: Blu-ray menu link not going to correct page
                    Stan Jones CommunityMVP

                    omg!

                     

                    Yes I see now it is "page 3" not page 2.