End action vs Override

Encore CS4:  I'm confused on the override function.  Page 146 of the manual says:
"... If the viewer wants to play the clips individually, you can make the player to return to the main menu after playing a single timeline. For achieving this, you create separate buttons for each timeline. Then you link each button to its individual timeline and set the override for the link..."
I only have one timeline and several chapter makers.  Should I be able to substitute "Chaper Makers" for timeline in the above?
For example, I have one time line with Chapter markers A, B, C, D, E
1st menu option is "Play All" and plays A-E in order.
"Play A" button plays A then goes back to menu.  Same for B, and D button.
"Play C' button plays C chapter then E (since they are related) then goes back to menu.
I have use chapter playlists in the past but can this be accomplished using end actions and overrides?

Thanks, that's what I thought.  Playlists are easier even though they need a few more mouse clicks.
(Not Blu-Ray).

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    Please outline how you want the finished DVD to behave.  You'll help yourself out *a lot* if you hand-draw (with pencil and paper) a flowchart that shows how you want the audience to get from here to there and back again.
    Until you do that, you will struggle with your disc's navigation.
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  • End action doesn't work

    Okay, it doesn't matter what I do end action doesn't work. Here's the situation. I have three timelines. The Title for starting, the main video, and the credits rolling at thend. When the Title timeline is done playing at the end, it should go to the main video and the main video timeline is done, it should go to the credits but it's not working. In each of the End action of three timelines, I did specify where it should go next. But this doesn't work. So I try to specify where it should go next on the End Action of the last chapter for three timeline but that doens't work either. So I tried specify in the last chapter and also the timeline end action and nothing changes during preview. Please help.

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  • End Action

    I'm working in the Adobe CS4 Suite.
    I've created an Encore project as simple as possible. There is a main menu with ONE play button, the actual video/audio timeline, and then back to the main menu. That's it. Nothing fancy. You can't make them any more simple.
    I've made the dvd and when you put it into a dvd player the main menu comes up and plays this very cool music. Looks great. You hit the play movie button and the video plays just fine w/audio. At the end of the movie, however, it just stops. It does not return to the main menu as I've asked it to.
    I used the curly cues and thought I linked it correctly. I have now changed it to every possible configuration, but it still just stops.
    What am I doing wrong????? It's driving me crazy. Can anyone help me on this?

    I used the curly cues and thought I linked it correctly.
    That little "coil" is the Pickwhip. It works very well, so long as one hits the right target - usually pretty easy to do.
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    Now, do you have ANY Overrides set anywhere? If your End Action is per the above, then you most likely do. You do NOT want any Overrides. Be very careful, when you go looking for an Override, as they can be almost anywhere. Do NOT use any Overrides, and as you find them, make sure that each and every one is set to Not Set.
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  • Chapter point End Action not working

    I'm creating a a training DVD in which one timeline has several spots where the DVD should pause while the class discusses the scene that has just played. I've added 5 seconds of black to mark those spots, and at the beginning of the black I have a chapter point that has an End Action to go to a menu with a "Continue" button. At the end of the black I have another chapter point that the "Continue" button links to. On one of the point that route to the "Continue" menu, it doesn't route to the menu, but just jumps back to the last chapter point...essentially looping that section. It doesn't do this when I "Preview" from the main menu...all works correctly there, but when I Build the project to DVD Folders and play on my PC, that's when it happens.
    Steve Brame

    Nope...no overrides are set. I have several other chapter points on the timeline that are set up identical to this one, and they link correctly to their respective menus...only this one didn't. I deleted the point and recreated it and now it works. I'd noticed several other Chapter Point issues here that were solved by this action.
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  • Chapter end action triggers General Error - Help please!

    Hi, I am working on a project and have come to a big problem in the last hurdle, classic! Really need your help, experts!
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    When I set the end action to the chapter 10, it looks fine, I check and no problems.
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    Mariana
    ps I have no overrides or anything like that in the whole project

    Please list the Assets on each of the two Timelines with full detail. A screen-cap of each would probably be very useful and save you some typing.
    Some things to also think about is are there any spots where your Audio is longer (even very slightly) than the accompanying Video? Are there any gaps on any of the Timelines? When you added that "End Action," exactly how/where did you add it? Also, if you have any Chapter Playlists, or Playlists, please give details on those.
    Note: to attach the screen-caps, us the little "camera" icon on the editing screen:
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    Hunt

  • Encore's (cs5) 'end action'- more like 'no action'

    anyone know of issues with CS5 Encore's end action not working. I've linked my end action from chapter one to chapter two, etc and/or end actioned my time lines in many trial and always errors ways. I can't seem to get passed the second chapter before it links to Main menu page.
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    End actions work fine for me in CS5.
    I am not using the link one chapter to another workflow, however.
    This method is often paired with overrides; do you have any set?

  • Encore CS3 First Play and End Action problems

    I have one menu, one timeline. I'm trying to have the DVD start with the menu for about 2 minutes, the length of the audio asset linked to, then start the first chapter of the timeline. No overrides used in the project.
    First Play of the disc: set to the default menu.
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    Menu-motion: Audio linked to an audio asset, duration about 2 minutes.
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    Johnathan,
    Tell us more about your Assets on this Play First Timeline. What are the files, format, Duration, etc.? Is this file muxed, or elemental streams? The greater the detail, the better.
    I have not seen the behavior that you observe, hence my questions.
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  • VERY New to Encore....End Action Not Set?

    I just upgraded (today) to Premiere CS5.  I've been able to get to the point of burning my project and "Check Project" found an error.  It was "End Action not set" for my sequence.  I'm not 100% what this means (and a search turned up 370 items, leaving me overwhelmed).
    Is it asking what I want to happen after the last chapter in the sequence does (like return to the Menu default) or is it asking me what will follow after playing chapter one in my sequence?  I really doubt it is the last option but seeing as it is showing a still form a scene from chapter one I want to be sure that I link the correct thing from the get go.
    Don't bash me, I know I'm stupid!

    In the Check Project Message box, Dbl-click on that error/warning message, so that you can see exactly where it found the issue.
    In this case, there is an Asset, probably a Timeline, with no End Action set. This End Action tells the DVD player what to do next, like Return to Last Menu. Note: you can have an End Action on several different Assets, like Playlists and Chapter Playlists. Also note: if one has a Playlist with an End Action, and in that Playlist are Timelines with their own End Actions, the End Action of the Playlist takes precedence, and Check Project will issue a warning message (looks like an error message, but is just informing you of this precedence) to that effect. So long as that is what you want, just ignore that notification.
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    Remember that I told you Encore was more involved, than PrE's semi-auto authoring. Do not be overwhelmed, but just take it slowly. Soon, when you get the "lay of the land" down, you will greatly appreciate the new power and control that you have. Being overwhelmed will be replaced by great joy, and you will feel like a god.
    I would like to make one recommendation, and you WILL thank me later: Jeff Bellune wrote a great book, The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe EncoreDVD 2.0, Focal Press, ISBN 0-240-52004-1. Do not be put off by the title and the version, EncoreDVD 2.0 (I know you have CS5). Everything in that book applies 100% to Encore CS5. Now, CS5 has added some "stuff," that will NOT be in the book, but this forum and the Help files will step you though those. Jeff's book will take you through all of the aspects of Encore and navigating the DVD-specs. He'll also teach you how to create illusions, that seem to override the DVD-specs. Of course we cannot do that, but the user will think that we have. This book will soon become your go-to for almost everything in Encore.
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  • End Action not working

    Hi.
    Encore 4.0.1.048
    I noticed that the end action of a menu doesn't work properly. It pounts to a timeline, which never shows.
    This was tested with ...
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    3. The actual DVD (DVD-9)
    The structure looks like this:
    Timeline (first play) -> general menu -> movie 1 menu -> movie timeline
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    1. PowerDVD revers back to "general menu"
    2. MediaPlayer goes black
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    Chapter Playlists do not work with Blu-ray disks - this is mentioned in the Release Notes for Encore CS4, so one is stuck with overrides.  Unfortunately nothing is said apart from the bald statement.  As to whether it is a feature of Blu-ray or a feature of Encore I do not know the answer.
    I have posed this question to Adobe Support, but as ever I do not have much hope of a valid answer.  I expect that I shall spend much of my time re-stating that I do know how to start my computer, open a project in Encore, etc, etc.!
    In my own case I want to do with Blu-ray what I have done many times in the past with DVD; have Play All for a single timeline on the main menu, a link to a sub menu which has buttons for each chapter.  Each chapter plays when selected, and at the end of the chapter you are returned to the sub-menu.  this works in Encore preview using overrides on the buttons, but I cannot get a disk produced from this to work in a player.

  • Why does timeline play twice before going to end action?

    I have created a sub menu of motion graphics videos.  Each is on a separate timeline with the end action going to another timeline.  (Timeline1 jumps to Timeline 2, etc.)  The final timeline jumps back to the sub menu.  I have checked all links and everything is okay but when I burned the disk and watch it, each timeline plays twice before jumping to the end action. 
    Any ideas?  Would it be better to put them all on one timeline and jump to different chapters?
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    Out of curiosity, were there other Overrides? They can be applied to so many places, that going back to locate them all can be a daunting task.
    Good luck,
    Hunt
    PS - I think that Adobe needs to have a pop-up message, whenever one applies an Override, "Are you sure that you want to do this? Are you REALLY sure? Maybe call Jeff Bellune first, as you will likely be sorry... "

  • "Orphan Timeline" & "End Action Not Set." What does this mean????

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    1) Orphan Timeline
    2) End action not set.
    Both of these suggest that you created a timeline in the Encore project, perhaps with no "asset" in it.
    Yes, ignore both messages for now. But I prefer creating the timeline after, or along with, importing the asset into the Encore project.
    If you believe you have not created a timeline, post a screenshot of your "flowchart."

  • How do you set the End Action on last slide of slideshow

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