Motion menu help

Question

has anybody figuyred out how to fix the 4:29 limit on the menu? i've searched and found topics that had no resolution going back to PE9.

Answer 1

ATR,
You are correct in that Adobe Feature Requests and Bug Reports seldom yield a direct contact from Adobe, unless additional information, or clarification is required.
Also, for some time now, Premiere Elements has been grouped under the Photoshop Family, for Feature Requests, where it was once a separate form, deliniated by the various actual applications, i.e. no "family" grouping.
The ~ 30 sec limitation has been around for some time now, and I have never seen a direct response as to "why" that limitation is implemented. In Adobe Encore (the full-featured authoring app, now available WITH PrPro), there is no such limit, and one can set the Menu Motion Duration to match the Duration of say the Motion Asset, whether Video, or Audio. There might be a limitation in Duration, but I have never encountered it in Encore. However, I seldom work with a Duration of more than about 2 mins., so probably have just never hit it?
I feel that my Motion Menus only need to play a limited Duration, as the user is very likely to make a Menu selection, by about the 2 min. time frame. If I want the user to experience a longer Duration, I will create what appears to be a Menu, but is really just a separate Video, with no interactivity. If, for instance, I want the viewer to watch an entire Video, before making a selection, or listen to an entire music piece, I would not give them the opportunity to click away - though it might "look" like they are on an active Menu. I seldom do this, however, as I want the user to have full control to navigate, as they desire.
Good luck, and maybe someone from Adobe can comment on the decision to limit the Duration of a Motion Menu to only ~ 30 sec.
Hunt