DVD Studio Pro scripts

I have a client that wants this on his DVD:
Put disc into player - Intro track 1 plays then goes to menu 1.
If user selects no button for 90 seconds, playback of whole DVD begins.
I've got all that working, but when the user goes back to the menu, he wants it to do nothing until the user chooses a button. Seems like a script would work, but I know nothing about Apple Script and the GRPM values. Is there another way to do "either - or" besides scripting? I'm on a deadline, so any help would be appreciated!!!!

Just make a duplicate menu without the 90 sec timeout. No one will know

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Thanks,
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Welcome to the boards
Some trivia threads
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=trivia&objID=f952&dateRange =all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001
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http://dvdstepbystep.com/bingo.php

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Hi everyone,
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If some could suggest a solution I'd be very grateful.

Drew, if you send them back when they guess wrong without letting them select 4 times they'll be able to figure out the code through process of elimination pretty quick...
A typical method for this is to add one to a register on the correct button press. After the 4th if the register equals 4 goto the secret stuff and if not go to the begining (clear registers) and start again or to another asset saying failed or whatever...
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Code: 1, 3, 5, 0
Menu1: All buttons link to Menu2 except button 1 which jumps to a script, adds 1 to a GPRM and then jumps to menu2.
Menu2: All buttons link to Menu3 except button 3 which jumps to a script, adds 1 to a GPRM and then jumps to menu3.
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Menu4: All buttons link to a check register value script except button 0 which jumps to a script, adds 1 to a GPRM and then jumps to the check register script,
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Provide Feedback for the DVD Studio Pro User Manual and Onscreen Help Here

The Apple documentation team for professional video applications would like to know what you think about the DVD Studio Pro 4 Help documentation (available in the Help menu):
• How often do you use the DVD Studio Pro Help documentation? Under what circumstances do you use it most?
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• What do you like most about DVD Studio Pro Help?
• What is missing?
• Are there any particular examples of other manuals or documentation that you consider to be good models for future editions of the DVD Studio Pro User Manual and onscreen help?
• By what method do you usually learn a new application? For example: provided tutorials and manuals, third-party tutorials or books, training classes?
• What do you think is the most difficult feature/concept to grasp in DVD Studio Pro?
• What's the most frustrating experience you've had with the DVD Studio Pro Help documentation?
• Do you prefer electronic or print documentation?
• Are there any other delivery methods or media you think we should explore?
• What size computer display do you typically use to view the onscreen help? For example: 15-inch, 17-inch, 20-inch, 23-inch, or 30-inch?
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• How often do you use the DVD Studio Pro Help
documentation? Under what circumstances do you use it
most?
I'm working with DVSP for 4 months, so everytime I don't know how to do something I use the documentation. As the times passes I almost don't need it so often.
• How do you find what you're looking for in DVD
Studio Pro Help? For example: table of contents,
index, skimming, PDF links, PDF search?
PDF Search, but I think is not the best way to search because it shows too much useless results.
• What do you like most about DVD Studio Pro Help?
It is powerful and easy to use.
• What is missing?
A way of editing the DVD Project Source Code. Let me explain: in some big projects I just need to change the Jump from "button_1" to "button_2", and to do that I need to find the button under my menus and choose it from a list. If I can just type "2" instead of "1" it will be faster and error-free.
Advancing in this idea, if I can open the entire link list as a Source Code in TextEdit, I can see all the buttons and link all of them without seeking for each on menus.
Today the Connections Tab helps a lot, but I still need to find the button un the menus. With 5 or 4 menus is easy, but sometimes I have 50...
• Are there any particular examples of other manuals
or documentation that you consider to be good models
for future editions of the DVD Studio Pro User Manual
and onscreen help?
The OSX help is great!
• By what method do you usually learn a new
application? For example: provided tutorials and
manuals, third-party tutorials or books, training
classes?
Manuals, third-party tutorials and discussions foruns.
• What do you think is the most difficult
feature/concept to grasp in DVD Studio Pro?
• What's the most frustrating experience you've had
with the DVD Studio Pro Help documentation?
Using scripts. It could be better with a lot of examples. "To do that, try this one".
• Do you prefer electronic or print documentation?
In electronic is easy to find things.
• Are there any other delivery methods or media you
think we should explore?
• What size computer display do you typically use to
view the onscreen help? For example: 15-inch,
17-inch, 20-inch, 23-inch, or 30-inch?
I use AppleCinema 20
• What resolution is the computer display set to when
you view onscreen help? For example: 1024 x 768, 1280
x 854, or 1920 x 1200 pixels?
1650x1050
• Do you use multiple computer displays?
No.

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Greetings all,
I've searched the net for an answer to this and couldn't find one, although I'm sure this question has been asked hundreds of times before. I just finished sorting through this forum as well and couldn't find a similar question. It doesn't seem like this forum is too active, but I'll give it a shot anyway.
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Adjusting audio DVD Studio Pro

I've imported a tune to play over the menu in DVD Studio Pro. But I can't figure out how to adjust the volume.
It's very very loud. I know this is not the DVD Studio Pro forum, but the other forums don't get as much traffic, and I was hoping you could help me.
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Jess

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http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/subtitles_dvdspstone.html

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How to make two lines subtitle ?.... in DVD Studio Pro
Ex.
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S2. Chi
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- help!
Thank you.

Not as you think.
This is just an example that I find. To keep things simple.
Apologize.

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