5 Replies Latest reply: Oct 28, 2012 9:28 PM by Soshman RSS

    Menu not looping and titles not showing up

    Soshman Community Member

      Hello,

       

      I made some dvd\s which looked good before i send them to the guy who duplicates them for me and he noticed

      some issues i cannot figure out.

      If i could get some help or directions that would be great.

       

      i have included screen shots below the questions.

       

      I set the main menu to loop forever but it is only playing 1 time and then going black on some players

      or going back to the beginning FBI warning. On the flowchart it is set to go back to the main menu?

      Not sure why this is happening?

       

      When my duplicator plugs it into his machine it only says title 1...title 2 etc and it is not picking up the actual title

      is this normal ( i see it on other DVD\s i have watched) or is there a way to say what the title really is?

      Is it worth doing it?

       

      Thanks,

       

      Soshman

       

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        • 1. Re: Menu not looping and titles not showing up
          Soshman Community Member

          Here are the properties of the menu10-28-2012 9-54-59 AM.jpg

          • 2. Re: Menu not looping and titles not showing up
            Soshman Community Member

            UPDATE:  DVD menu loops forever in DVD player....but laptop and PC just play it for 30 seconds and goes to black and statys

            If i hit play button again it goes back to FBI Menu and starts all over

            • 3. Re: Menu not looping and titles not showing up
              Ann Bens CommunityMVP

              WMP is not a proper dvd player.

              Get Power DVD or something simular for playing the DVD.

              • 4. Re: Menu not looping and titles not showing up
                Stan Jones CommunityMVP

                I agree with Ann re which software players correctly emulate dvd players.

                 

                But the sort of issues you are seeing might play correctly.

                 

                Your menu has an end action of itself, and an override of itself. Delete the override, and set the end action to "stop." Since it is looping forever, it will not stop.

                 

                I may be reading the flowchart wrong (between your top and bottom screenshots), but you appear to have two buttons from menu 1 going to buttons on menu 2?

                • 5. Re: Menu not looping and titles not showing up
                  Soshman Community Member

                  Hello Ann and Stan!

                   

                  Thanks for your reply's!

                   

                  Even thought they are not proper players ( WMP and VLC ) they are what people use to play DVD's

                  in their computers so it has to work similar to other DVD's IMHO.

                   

                  Stan the bottom two videos are part of Menu #1 but after the link that goes to menu 2

                   

                  the 4th video when clicked on islinked to menu 2 because the 8 videos on menu 2 are to be watch

                  after video 3 on the main menu and before the 5th video and the playall playlist at the very bottom....whew! ( hopefully the next one is much more linear:-)

                   

                  I finally got ahold of my old editor and he figured it out for me. I had to put "Stop" after each menu for it to loop "forever"

                   

                  Once i did that they worked properly on both computers and the DVD player.

                   

                  Lots of google search and talking to folks and it seem like WMP has nobody who understands how to get the titles on the DVD to show up on WMP.

                   

                  I have watched many DVD's and listened to many audios without that information showing up...so i am sure others have figured a way around it and i will have to settle on it as is!

                   

                  Thanks again for all your help it is well appreciated:-)

                   

                  Mark