Black pause between timeline and end action

I am using Encore DVD 2.0 and After effects 5.5
I made my menu in Photoshop and animated it in After Effects. I brought them both into Encore DVD, set the animation as first play and the end action as the static menu. When I preview it, there is a few seconds of black between the 2. I want the transition to look seamless. Is there a setting to get rid of the black? or is there any other way to do this without having to go out and buy a better version of after effects?

I want to solve the same issue!! Did you solved yet???
Where are you observing the black "pause," in Encore's Preview, or on a burned test DVD RW on a set-top player?
That can make all of the difference.
Good luck,
Hunt

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The way Encore works is to turn the timelines into VTS
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148 Main Street
Building A, 3rd Floor
North Andover, MA 01845
877-900-TERA (8372)
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Carsten Gruening wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I am trying to develop some sort of 'computer black box' (a computer
> with a GPIB - board and some software) to catch all GPIB commands
> from a controller to a device and back.
> The commands from the controller must be interpreted by the 'black box'
> and then send to the device - and the other way around.
>
> Has anybody some ideas how to do this? I would be VERY happy to
> get some sample code in c/c++.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Carsten.
>
> P.S.: My problem is that it seems that I have 2 contoller on the bus at some
>
> time which causes problems.
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