How do I ignore end jumps on tracks?

I put end jumps on my tracks to get viewers back to one of the submenus that they chose the track from, but I want a play all function as well. How do I get all the tracks to play all the way through without them jumping back to a menu?

Stories or scripts, stories probably easier
http://dvdstepbystep.com/stories_details.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/passelections.php
http://dvdstepbystep.com/stories.php
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=447
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I have 27 tracks though, not just one. Can I still create stories?

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Hallo,
I have video track with one subtitle track and one original audio track
I have two menus. When I play this track from first menu it plays without subtitles and in the end it jumps back to the first menu. That's correct.
I connected second menu (it's in different language) with *the same track* and set subtitles. But now I don't know how to set the end jump to jump back to the second menu. Is it possible?
Thank you.

Hallo,
when I try build disk it shows me this report: "Story 1:Stories must contain at least one entry". When I'm connecting "play movie" button to the story 1 it doesn't offer me any chapters, only "story 1". But if I check the story in timeline I can see all chapters I had made in track 1. So the problem is with the connection between story and track. I create story this way: In "Outline" I mark track 1 than I click right button and choose "add story". In "Outline" lies this story under the track 1.
And last thing, when I start "simulate story 1" the viewer opens but nothing happens until I push play button. Than starts track 1 playing but not with story 1 end jump and other connections.
If you know what I'm doing wrong please write me. Thank you.
JB

How do I make track end jump go to menu and highlight next button.

I have a DVD with several programmes each with its own menu button, with track (button) one as the highlighted default. I would like the end jump of each programme to be back to the menu (easy) BUT with the button for the next track highlighted. How do I do that.

Click on the Track your want to jump from - then in the properties panel select "End Jump". A pop out menu will appear giving you the choice of where to go. Select the Menu you want and choose the Button you want to land on in the list.

Does track end jump trump chapter or story end jump?

I have a DVD with 1 menu & 3 tracks. Tracks 1 & 2 each contain l short video (different audio or video formats) and track 3 contains 3 short videos which I have broken into 1 story w/3 chapters. On track 1, there is 1 chapter marker and I have set its end jump back to the menu. The end jump for the track itself is set to Track 2. Button 1 connection is set to the chapter marker. Ditto for track 2 except its end jump is set to track 3 while its one chapter marker end jump is set to menu 1. Button 2 is targeted to track 2, chapter 1. Track 3 has 3 chapters. It's end jump is set to menu 1. The chapters within the story are also set to menu 1 and it works the way I want it to. Button 6 is a PLAY ALL button targeted to track 1. When I select button 1, the video ends and continues on to track 2 instead of going back to menu 1;. When I select button 2, it also contiunues on (to track 3) instead of jumping back to menu 1. My goal was to be able to access each individual video and then jump back to the main menu. I tried adding stories to each of Track 1 & 2 and making the story end jump go back to he main menu but it seems the track end jump trumps both chapter & story end jumps. Anybody have any solutions to my problem? thanks.
Steve

Hi:
You can do it using a script. Take the DVDSP User Manual and look for the topic Jumping to a Menu's Loop Point (Chapter 14 - Creating Scripts) and you'll find a detailed description of how to do it.
DVDSP User Manual download page
Hope it helps!
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Alberto

2 menus: how do I end jump back to the menu I was just in?

Hello,
I'm fairly new with DVD SP, but am happily hacking my way around. From what I've read, I believe the answer to my question lies with Scripts, which I'm not familiar with and found the official documentation on it a little thin.
Perhaps someone can help out with the following...
I have 2 menus pointing to the same Track. That Track has several elements in it, all Chapter Marked. On the two menus, the buttons point to each of those tracks, and the chapters play fine.
The problem is with the end jump of each chapter. Currently, I have it set to return to Menu 1, but ideally, if my last chapter was selected from Menu 2, I would like for the end jump to send the user back to Menu 2, not Menu 1.
Again, I'm totally novice with scripts. If this is too complicated to explain, can anyone direct me to some documentation somewhere that would narrow this technique down for me?
Thanks in advance,
Alain
MacBook Pro 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2 GB Memory

Take a look here
http://dvdstepbystep.com/stories_details.php
You can set the stories so that each one jumps to a different place
1.) Remove all jumps from the markers outside the story
2.) Make the stories by dragging the markers you want to play (they can be identical, so each story can play marker 1,2,3 for instance)
3.) If story A called from menu 1, set end jump for story A to menu 1

DVD Studio Pro end jump

Hi I'm having a problem doing a custom build for a DVD
I want to create a fairly simple dvd with a play all function that links to a track with multiple chapters.
I also want a second menu that allows you to choose to watch an individual chapter without playing all the following chapters in the track.
I have tried setting up end jump functions on individual chapters or tracks but the end jump works on the play all option. So for example if at the end of chapter one I have an end jump back to menu 2 if I then map the play all option to the whole track the end jump at the end of chapter 1 still takes you back to menu 2. I can't seem to make the end jump work on one and not the other, short of having two sets of tracks in the project... but this is not possible as there is just over an hour of footage, so if I have a duplicate of the track the quality and operation of the disk is compromised.
Any help please.... Super urgent!

Welcome to the boards
As Tony said, stories are an option
Take a [look here|http://dvdstepbystep.com/stories_details.php] for some info on stories. You can ignore the part about the langauge and subtitles, but look at the sectioning.
Play All story will have all the markers, just section 1 will have section 1 marker (whatever you name it) and so on. At the bottom of that link if you look there will be a creen with targets listed and how to set them...

End jump for Play All not working

Below is my question on an earlier post, followed by an answer from a forum member, which I thought was the solution. I followed his suggestion to link the play all button to Track 1, and then clicked in the track to get the track inspector and linked the end jump to Menu 1. It must have worked in the simulator, because I marked Steve's answer 'solved', but now when I play the discs I've burned, the play all button plays only the first selection and then return to the menu. Same thing happens in the simulator.
So please tell me how to get that play all button to really play all. It's driving me crazy, and I have to recall 2 discs I sent out to clients so far. If someone could walk me through it, I'd really appreciate it, thanks!
MY POST: I have 9 markers on the track for 8 selections, the 9th was added so that the track would play all the way through when the Play All button on the menu was clicked. When the user clicks on any one selection it plays through and returns to the menu. I can't get the Play to do that, it just stops at the end and the user has to click play to get the menu back on the screen. Again, the manual on page 490 mentions setting end jumps and says the end jump for the last marker is not linked to any targets, and must be set yourself. So I have tried several times to do this in an number of ways as suggested by the book. No go.
Again, simplest possible explanation, please, as I've used a lot of time on this, and have lost most of my concentration and patience(!)
thanks
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Steven Cohen
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Re: End Jump Setting for Play All
Posted: Aug 19, 2008 1:43 AM in response to: Keith Rodan
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Link the "Play All" button to the track, not the first chapter marker. Then click on the track. In the inspector, settings for the track will appear. For end jump, select menu 1. (or whatever you want it to jump to.) If you want each segment on the track to play individually and then jump back to the first menu, easiest way to do that is with stories. Check manual or do search of this forum on ways to do that. Hope that helps.
Steve

Hi Keith - there are several ways to do this. By far the simplest is to use stories, but there are two ways of doing that, too.
Here's one way:
Make sure you have the 8 markers that you need, and make sure that each marker has got an end jump on it to return you to your menu and the button for that section. Now add a single story and add ALL of the markers to that (drag them over from the story editor window left to right). You'll notice that the markers are labelled 'Chapter 1 Entry', which means you are not adding the end jumps to the story... each marker will play and then go on to the next in the sequence, ignoring any end jumps you have already put on the markers.
Now set your play all button on your menu to go to the story container (NOT chapter 1 inside the story). All you other buttons should point to the relevant markers on the track and not in the story.
Set the end jump for the story to go back to the 'play all' button on your menu, and set the menu call for the story to do the same. You can set the menu call for the markers as you want, too.
You should now have a single track, eight markers with end jumps, a single story with 8 chapter entry markers in it and a disc that alows you to play a single marker or the entire lot.
The alternative way to do this is to add your 8 markers as before (no need for 9), make sure there are NO end jumps on the markers and then add 8 stories. Put one marker into each story and set the end jumps on each story to go back to the relevant menu button. Set the menu calls for each story to do the same.
Now set your single chapter play menu buttons to the relevant story container (and NOT the chapter inside it), and your pay all button to the track itself. Set the end jump and menu call for the track to go where you want them to.
There are then at least two other ways to do this using scripts... but I figure these here should cover what you need right now! I'd recommend using the first method - it's quicker to set up and more simple to implement.

End jump after each chapter

I have DSP 4.2.0
I want the DVD to jump back to the menu page after each chapter is finished.
Can someone direct me on how to do this? I tried under "connections" setting it up, but it didn't work.
Gerry

First off, there are three different layouts that you can use for DVDSP. The vast majority of people use the 'Advanced' layout which gives access to all of the tools and settings. Whilst it looks daunting, I recommend you switch to it. That way, you'll be seeing it the way others see it, and the instructions will make more sense to you.
You can add commands to lots of elements in your project. If you have a single video in your timeline and have put chapter markers along it, you can set an 'end jump' on each chapter marker by simply clicking on the marker once and looking in the property inspector for the 'end jump' setting. Use this to set each to go back to the main menu when it has played through.
However, this will not be the most reliable way to get this done. It will work on some players, but users will be able to skip through the track and bypass the end jumps. You can prevent this if you want, but an easier and more robust way to achieve this is to use stories.
If you look on the top bar of the app you'll see icons that enable you to add new elements to your project. Adding a story is as simple as clicking on the story icon.
A story is a container for chapters, and works like a play list in iTunes. You can add one or more chapters to the story, but in your case you only want to add one per story. Stories are also elements in your project and they can have end jumps on them. You add a story, and then in the story tab drag a single chapter from the list of chapters into the story container. You repeat this for every story you need. Then set the end jumps for the stories - click on a story in the outline view tab or graphical view and look in the property inspector... set the end jump for each story to go back to your menu.
The buttons on the menu now need to have the story container as the target and NOT the chapter inside them. This is crucial.
If you do this correctly it will work as you want it to, with just a single chapter playing and then the disc sending the viewer back to the menu.

Easy Question about end jumps

Here is my menu lay out. Three buttons.
Play all (Want it to play enire movie)
Play part one ( Play up to track 6 and return to menu)
Play part two (Play from track 7 to end)
Can someone please tell me how to do this correctly? What am I doing Wrong

Hi Deon - it's hard to say what you are doing wrong if you don't tell us what you are doing!
What I would do to set this up is place all the footage into a single track, set markers between each section and use stories to define which chapters play when each button is pressed. Your 'play all' button would point to the track itself. Your 'Play part 1' button would point to a story container, inside which I would place chapters 1 to 6. Finally, the remaining chapters would be in a second story and this would be the button target for 'Play part 2'.
You do not need to have the assets in separate tracks at all - if you want to play a single clip it can be in a single story with just one chapter marker in - each story can have an end jump setting to return back to the menu...
Hopefully this will help get you on the way, but if not please give as much info about what you have already done so we can start to troubleshoot it with you.

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I went to the Final Cut Forum and they sent me here:
Final Cut 5.0.4
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I got to the point where I set the end jump back to Menu 1 for each of the two films listed with buttons on Menu 1 of my DVD.
One film has no chapter markers and the other has 4 chapters that I set up in Final Cut Pro, edited as Chapters and Saved for DVD Studio Pro when exporting the Quick Time. This functionality is great and very nice. At the end one does return to the (main menu) from both short films.
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Bill

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Folks, I am using DVDSP 4 and my chapter markers keep stopping too early from the burned DVD. When I play the Video_TS folder using Apple DVD player all is well. When I burn it and play it on a standard DVD player, all the chapter markers end jump earlier than they should - cutting off my full credit rolls on my video track.
All of my chapter markers came from Final Cut Pro where I initially made them.
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problem:
end jump works in simulator, but when dvd-project is played in the dvd-player, both from the video_ts folder and the dvd, the end jumps of the videos is not working.
can anybody help?
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henrik

hi B
I am teaching new media, and one of my students has made a dvd containing about 45 menus and 10 tracks.
he is a very clever students ,so all the targets and end jumps is something he is used to do himself
after he made a build & format the end jump commands suddently didn´t work on the remote in apples dvd-player. i have checked and doublechecked and cannot find the problem
that´s about all the information i can give
henrik

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Did you create 9 stories with a chapter in each (removing the end jump command on each chapter marker), or did you add one story and add all 9 chapter entry points to is as your play all?
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