Menu template disappears in DVDSP

When I place an apple menu template it Disappears from the DVD menu or even simulator leaving a black screen with the sound track .
Please Help

I am having the same problem with the Theater Marquee and Theater Interior templates. (I am still using DVDSP 2.) When I select the Start/Stop Motion Menu button or try it in the Simulator, I get the buttons and the title, but none of the other graphics. The graphics actually appear for a brief moment, then disappear, then reappear for a brief flash when I select a button.
Did the answer above work for you? It's a little confusing to me.
The other problem I'm having with this template is that, when I create a chapter index with the Theater Interior template, it doesn't create any "Main", "Back" or "Next" buttons.

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I like to occasionally use the menu templates that come with DVDSP. One thing that frustrates me is the quality of the playback video in the Drop Zone of the template. The image has a somewhat jagged/blocky look to it. It is not as smooth and clear as the original m2v file. Is this an encoding problem? What can I do to correct this situation.
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CSS
/* SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css - version 0.6 - Spry Pre-Release 1.6.1 */
/* Copyright (c) 2006. Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. */
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margin: auto;
position: relative;
top: -38px;
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opacity: 0.7;
filter: alpha(opacity=60); /* For IE8 and earlier */
margin-right: auto;
margin-left: auto;
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ul.MenuBarActive
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal li
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
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float: left;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 70%;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 50em;
position: absolute;
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ul.MenuBarHorizontal ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
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What I see:
You need a width on the ul.MenuBarVertical style. Make it the same width as the ul.MenuBarVertical li selector.
Remove the float: none; from this style:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li
     width: 12em;
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No such measurement as a half a pixel:
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
     border: .5px solid #CCC;
If you want a border, 1px is minimum...you repeat this incorrect half-pixel in several places.
Running your page through the W3C Validator returned this: http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthydirections.ca%2F&charset=%28dete ct+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
Your initial errors are not declaring a DOCTYPE, which among other things, does not provide the browser with any information regarding how you want the code interpreted for your viewer. Some browsers guess well, some do not (IE).
This
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is insufficient.
Apply this in its place, and run through the validator again.
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Hiya Pricerob,
Your problems seem to be exactly the same as the issue I'm having when it happens. Can I ask how much RAM you have installed, and how frequently the problem occurs? I'm curious also because I'm planning on buying an imac soon, and was planning on installing the 4Gb of RAM I have into that when it arrives - the £300 apple charges for the upgrade is a little excessive.
I mentioned that I've tried to download the latest firmware update, but it keeps crashing upon completion. Have you had any issues like this?
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I am aware of the lack of support for Blu-ray disk authoring in in DVD Studio Pro 4.0 andI was wondering if the Blu-ray encoding and available menu templates in FCP 7.0 would allow me to do this.
Toast Titanium allows separate menus (one per each clip), however, they all have the same background and title as the first and there is no way of changing this.
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Did you convert the footage to ProRes?
You know, FCP 7 isn't supported on Yosemite. In fact, it wasn't supported on the previous OS either...Mavericks. And running old, end of line apps (discontinued 3.5 years ago) on unsupported OS versions means they won't be stable...because Apple not longer makes sure that FCP 7 will work...it's moved on to FCX.
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that's what I was referring to, yeah.
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Last login: Wed Dec 3 17:46:05 on console
Macintosh:~ Jonah$ ps -axwwwww | grep -i uiserv
2618 ?? 0:00.23 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer
2622 ttys000 0:00.00 grep -i uiserv
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When I created another user the problem wasn't there! Nice! Unfortunately I'm still stuck with the notorious flashing.

Problems with customising menu template backgrounds

Hi.
I am experiencing problems with changing the background of the included disc menu templates in PE9. I can change the background image to anything i like on the computer and all seems to work OK but when i burn the project to disc (PAL_Dolby DVD) the custom background image has gone and been replace with the default template imagine.
Anyone got any ideas whats going on!
Thanks

This issue showed up with PrE 9. I do not recall reading of it with earlier versions.
I do not know if the PSD files have some corruption, or if some change in PrE 9's code "did the deed," but many have filed a Bug Report, and I ask that you please do, as well. It should be an easy fix for Adobe (but I am not a coder, or software engineer, and could be wrong).
Good luck to us all,
Hunt

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Hi. Just wondering why Premiere Elements 11.0 did not include DvD Menu Templates. Instead, after you choose one, they ask you to download it from the web. Does anyone have a link for these menus? All my work computers are not on line for internet connection and all of them have elements 11.0. Thanks.

orlandoVideography
Please check out my blog post on Premiere Elements 11 Content
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2013/05/pe11-no-content-disc-content-downloads.html
Your download choices from within the program are for the particular Content choice or ALL. But, the wait for one can be very long, although some claim they can accomplish that task in seconds. So, the wait for ALL can seem endless. There is an option for having the download take place in the background if that is any help.
Patience is a good part of the answer.
ATR

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I'm new to video editing and have just installed premiere elements 7, and I have no menu templates in the disc menu section. Should they be there? Where can I get them? Thanks

Regarding Rendering the Timeline....
The red line running across the Timeline indicates that the Timeline content requires Rendering, whereas green = OK.
You Render the Timeline in the Edit Mode (Orange Tab highlighted). This type of Rendering is done by pressing the Enter Key of the computer Main Keyboard. When the process is complete, the red line will turn green.
You do this type of Rendering to get the best possible preview of what your end product will look like. It does not impact the final quality. In other words, the end product will end up with the same quality with or without this Rendering, but you are just getting a window of opportunity to get an idea what the final product will look like. The process can be very time consuming, but worthwhile if after Rendering the Timeline you see problems which need correcting.
This Rendering process generates preview files (scratch files) that build up on the computer hard, typically in the default location My Documents/Adobe Folder/. If this is a problem, you could go into Edit Menu/Preferences/Scratch Discs and direct them to an external hard drive through the browse function there.
RE: Quality..often it is the play back of the finished product that is the ultimate test of quality.
ATR

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