Scene Selection on Main Menu?

I created a movie in Final Cut Express and I'm trying to put in on a DVD that has the Play Movie and Scene Selection buttons on the main menu. However, when I add the movie, it creates a folder and puts the Play Movie and Scene Selection buttons in there. Is there a way to put those buttons on the main menu?

I found online that you could just copy and paste stuff. Duh! I guess I forgot about the menu up there.

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Sharing A Solution - CREATING A SET OF SUB MENUS ON MAIN MENU IN iDVD

A recent question I posted got some attention from a number of people about how to create a set of sub menus on the main menu of an iDVD project. Evidently there are a number of us who tried to find a way to do this. I attended an Apple Store iDVD workshop and was fortunate enough to be the only one in attendance. So I had the Mac Genius’s attention for a full hour and he was very helpful. Here’s how to do this in detail. Good luck!
- Fred
CREATING A SET OF SUB MENUS ON MAIN MENU IN iDVD
NOTE: when you import the iMovie file don’t add to the drop zones or add music to the sub menus until you finish this work!
Go to the map view. Once in map view choose to show the map view as a flow chart moving from left to right – it’s the left selection of the two which appear on the left-hand side of the sizing slider tool that determines how big the map view icons will appear. You will want to set that slider to the minimum size to make it easier to navigate. Select the main menu icon.
Open the main menu to edit it and select “Scene Selection” and then copy and paste it as many times as you have sub menus. Each sub menu can only hold 6 scenes so if you have 18 scenes you will have 3 sub menus which means you will copy the first one and then past it twice which will give you 3 sets of “Scene Selection” options on the main page.
After you create the set of “Scene Selections” return to map view. You will now have a copy of each group of sub menus under each sub menu. The entire film will be recreated for each set of “Scene Selections” that you have and you need to edit them out so that you have only one for each sub menu.
You CANNOT simply delete the groups in front of the one you want to keep. For instance, suppose you have 3 sub menu groups and you are at the first sub menu selection. You cannot simply delete the first two groups in front of the third one – it will delete all of the sub menus after the one you want.
(REPEAT FROM HERE) Go to the last group of sub menus and select the scenes for the first group of sub menus. In other words go down to the last grouping of sub menus, locate the first sub menu group and choose each scene within the group and delete each one. This will leave you with an empty sub menu. Do this for the next group and any subsequent group up to the last one. Do not delete the last group! This is the group you want at this level.
Once you have deleted the scenes you can cut and paste the last group of scenes to the first sub menu selection in the group. Once done you can delete the other sub menus groups that come after the first one.
Once you have the group of scenes moved to the first sub menu selection you need to change the name of the group of scenes. For instance if you are working on group 13-18 you need to change the group name from 1-6 which is what it is currently named.
Repeat these steps for each successive group moving up from the last one to the top with one change – you will choose to delete the last group from each successive sub menu since you have already saved it in the last group you worked on which is below the one upon which you are now working.
Once you are at the top group you will then simply be able to delete the other sub menus that appear beyond the first one.

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Return to main menu after chapter...

Is iDVD capable of returning to main menu after a certain chapter plays? The reason I ask is because I have a clip I would like to keep "hidden" - it's technically chapter 3, but I don't want it to play as part of the movie - I only want it be played by selecting "extra scene" in the main menu (don't really want it in the scene selection menu, but i'd take that also)- but I have a feeling iDVD can't do that... I hope i'm wrong though.
Another thing - i'm putting together a dvd with concerts - is it possible to have a menu and a scene selection menu for EACH show? For instance - concert #1 would have a menu - with a scene selection spot - and concert #2 would have the same - and 3 and so on... Of course, that brings me back to my first question - can these play without running together?
or do I need DVD Studio Pro? cause I think that's probably what i'm gonna have to look into.

Separate iMoive or FC projects can be input separately.
You can split a moive and import only what you want by exporting it to Quicktime alone.
But if something is a part of your main video project, it will play along with the other parts.
You can delete its chapter selection from your menu, but the video will still play in order in the project.
And, no iDVD can't return to the main menu from a certain chapter in the project.
The only way to do that is to (as stated above) import that video separately.
I'd say you still have a lot of options before you jump to DVDSP.

How to make a return to main menu button

I've only recently upgraded from iDVD (not sure how I worked with it for so long)
I'm using DVD SP 3
I have made a dvd with a title screen from where you can play the entire film or go to a second menu which contains four chapters.
This seems very basic but i've searched the forum a lot and can't find the answer (maybe because it's so basic)...
How do I make a button on the second/chapter menu screen that will return to the main menu? The kind that idvd places there automtically.
Do I have to make a script (I haven't done this before) or is there some 'automatic' function or ?
Ashley

1) Create a button on the chapter menu with the text MAIN MENU (or whatever you want it to say).
2) Select the chapter menu in either the graphical or outline view of your DVD.
3) Click on the Connections tab.
4) Select the MAIN MENU button in the source column.
5) Select the main menu in the Targets column.
6) Click the Connect button above the Targets column.
After doing the above steps you should see the main menu in the Target column to the right of "MAIN MENU:Jump when activated" in the source column. Your MAIN MENU button will now take you back to the main menu.
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Menu button/transitions keeps returning to the main menu instead of staying on the scene selection

maybe someone can help?? please...... Ive had this issue before.. it keeps coming up. I'm using Encore. Everything is good to go. Only issue I have is when clicking "scene selection" it transitions to the "scene selection" page BUT then goes right back to the main menu! None of the other pages do that...... and I tried to see the difference from one page to the next but it all looks correct/the same. I even checked the flowchart too.. BUT still keeps bringing me back to the "main menu"! Any help is appreciated.

"You have a main menu button on the main menu that would do what you describe." - I wonder if that is why I keep gettig an orphan alert to when checkig the project!?!?!?
What happens is this: When on the main menu page I click the button to go to scene selections. The transition takes me to the sceen selection page and then jumps right back to the main menu page.
It needs to stay on the scene selection page.. so I can select a scene.
I will clean the cache ad get back to you asap. thanks.

How do I get the same song to play on the main menu and during scene select

I would like the music to play continuously throught the menu and scene selection. As it is I have to drag the audio file into each scene selection, and the music starts at the beginning.
At least, is there a way to remove the awful sound track that iDVD has on the themes?
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Yes I can add audio, how do I get the same song to play throughout the chapter menus? I have 30 "chapters", which are scenes from an hour of home movie. Can the same song play continuously throughout the different chater menus?. As it is now, I have to drag an audio file into every submenu, and it starts the song at the beginning for each chapter menu.
Otherwise, that same song that is preloaded on the theme is played. I hope this makes sence, kind of hard to explain. Thanks

How can I set 'menu' to return to 2nd menu scene selections?

I have a two page menu. 1. Title page. 2. Scene Selections page. Once we are on the 2nd page, I want the viewer to be able to return to this page when returning from viewing a selection. There is a button on Page 2 to get them back to the main menu if they like.
Is there a way I can set the 1st menu page so that the viewer will return to it by pushing menu.
And likewise, set the 2nd menu page so that the viewer will return to IT by pushing menu.
So each page has a different 'menu' return setting?
All ears, Ben

You might be able to do this without scripting anything, Ben - the scripts are reasonably simple, but I know you won't want to get into those just yet!
One option is to use stories, and there are different ways to achieve what you want to do. For the sake of example, let's assume you have got ten scenes and at the end of each you want to get back to menu 2...
Create ten stories and add a single chapter into each from your ten available. Set the buttons on menu 2 to point to the corresponding story and then for the story, set the menu call so that you go to Menu 2 and land on the appropriate button. You should set the end jump for each story to also point back to menu 2.
Now, from Menu1 content, point to the track itself and set the menu call for the track to go back to menu 1.
When the viewer accesses the footage from Menu 1 and then uses the Menu button they will go back to menu 1. If they navigate to Menu 2 and access a single scene, that scene will play and go back to Menu 2 when done. If they press menu during the scene, they will also get back to menu 2.
Job done.
Now, if you want to do this in a better way, you only need to create a single story and drop ALL of your chapter markers into it. This will become the main feature where everything plays. Set the end jump and menu calls to go to Menu1. On Menu 1, set the buttons to target the content insode the story container.
To get a single scene to play you add end jumps to the chapter markers in the track (click on the marker, look in the property inspector or in the 'Connections' tab). Set the end jumps to Menu2 and the Menu command to Menu 2 as well. From menu 2 you point your buttons to the specific marker.
This also gets the job done, and neither method needed a script

DVD menu without a scene selection option?

Hi all,
I'm new to Premiere Elements 12, and I just finished a video. I want to add a menu with my own photograph that has an option to play movie, but no option for scene selection. When I use Premiere's templates, I can't get rid of scene selection (it's not necessary for this video because it's so short). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

emmaarmer
Do not use scene markers on the Timeline content and you should not get any Scene Selection button on the main menu and you should not have any scene selection pages.
You will just end up with a main menu page with a Play button.
If you situation is different for some reason, please give more details including the specific Premiere Elements 12 Movie Menu that you are selecting.
Thanks.
ATR

Video in scene selection menu

Hello: I've successfully created a scene selection menu using chapter markers. Looks good, but when I go into simulator and check out the scene selection menu, I noticed that the video begins to play from the marker points without stopping. How do I create an end or loop point for all the chapters that are displayed on the scene selection menu?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Thank you for your reply. However, I think I've done a poor job describing my issue. What I have is a motion picture that I want users to be able to choose "Play Movie" from the main menu, or "Scene Selection." If they choose "Scene Selection" they get the menu with the chapters laid out. If they choose a chapter, then they can jump to that part of the movie and watch it from that point on till the end. I've got all that working.
My problem is on the scene selection menu itself. The video samples that are shown in each chapter window or button start up and don't loop back, so essentially, if you jump to the scene selection menu, you're watching the movie from several different start points, and it just runs on till the end if you don't turn it off. I like the fact that you can view a video snippet in each chapter window, but I want to be able to limit how much is played and have it loop back.

Scene Selection Menu Question

I will try and make this question as unconfusing as possible. I have a DVD with a basic menu screen. It offers to play the whole film or go to the scene selection menu. When I go to the scene selection menu obviously I have the option to do just that. When I select a scene (or chapter) it will play it. My question is, if I have picked the wrong scene or I just want to go back to the scene selection menu, how do I make that happen? If I press menu it will just take me back to the main menu. It seems tedious to do it that way to keep having to go back to the main menu then to the scene selections menu. In short
What do I need to do to make the dvd go back to the scene selections menu when it was the last one selected?

What do I need to do to make the dvd go back to the scene selections menu when it was the last one selected?
You can also program the remote control's functions specifically for your DVD. It's not easy to understand in the manual but it's all explained. For instance, you could program the TITLE or MENU keys to return specifically to the scene selection menu. The problem with changing the programming is that's how the key will work for your entire disk unless, of course, you can figure out how to use the user memory registers and write a little script that will have conditionals.
bogiesan

Changing scene selection menu action

I'm trying to create a DVD with a particular theme. Everything works fine until I try the Scene Select button in the Preview Mode. When the Scene Selection menu comes up it is using a theme from a previous project. I am unable to change this to the theme being used in the first menu for this project.
How can I cancel the old project theme out of the Scene Selection menu?
Or how can I change it once I've started a project using a particular theme?
Thanks for any help you can give!

If you go to the main menu and then Advanced/Apply Theme To Project, it won't do that? If not:
This frequently helps solve some problems. Quit iDVD. Search for the file named com.apple.iDVD.plist and trash it. (A new one will be created next launch of iDVD.) Or look in: User/Library/Preferences. This may solve project loading errors too. Restart and use Disk Utility to Repair Permissions.

Encore CS5 main feature and scene selections from same Video?

Hi all,
I have tried to search for a previous thread, in case there was one, but cannot see it. So, would really appreciate your help, please. I have contacted Adobe helpline when I first got the programme a few years ago, but always ended up speaking to people who did not know themselves. This took up a lot of time and still not resolved.
I usually author Blu-rays in Encore CS5 and cannot seem to grasp how to use the same video import to both, link to the 'Play Main Video' (so it plays the full video) and use the same timeline for scene selections.
When using the one video for both, I try to create the links to main video as Play all and in the scene selection menu, I link to the selected scenes. This results in the main video play stopping at, where the first scene selection starts and goes back to menu.
My 'workaround' to this has been to import the main video and import a cut down version of scenes edited in Pre Pro CS5. This takes up more file space and I am sure slows down the encoding/ converting to image file.
I would like to import the video once only. Use a link to play full video and use the scene selection menu to select the scenes.
I hope I have explained my dilemma clearly.
Thanking you in advance.
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It stops because you probably put end actions on each chapter.
There are two main methods for chapter play if you have created a single video for the whole movie (so it is on one timeline).
The method that puts end actions on the chapters requires you to use overrides, and is difficult for many users.
The easier method is using chapter playlists. Create a CHAPTER playlist, put one chapter in it, then link the chapter button to that chapter playlist. There will be one chapter playlist for each chapter. Each chapter itself has no end action set, and you set the end action for each chapter playlist to "last menu."
Since there are no end actions on chapters, when you play the timeline, it plays all the way through.

Why no audio on scene select menu?

Any ideas on why I get no sound after adding audio track from iTunes to scene selection menu?
The track is shown correctly in the menu info/inspector well, but just does not play.
The same track works OK as audio track on main menu, but is silent when "Scene Select" is clicked.
I have experienced this problem using several templates (but not all) and presume either I am doing something wrong or that the template is bugged.
I have tried all methods of adding audio to the menu.
The background video runs OK, and scene select works OK, just without audio.

With further experimentation, I find that the top menu and scene select menu audio works properly if I start a new iDVD project and import the iMovie into it, rather than letting iMovie pass it to iDVD automatically.
Hope this may be of help to someone....

When using scene markers (PRE9), is there a way to return the viewer back to the main menu?

I set up scene markers for a dance video I'm editing, and I would like after the viewer finishes watching the selected scene, they are returned back to the main menu without disrupting the play all function. Using just the scene markers it is going correctly to the specific dance/scene, but continues playing the entire video from that point forward. I am aware of the stop marker, but it looks like it's only function is to end the movie and that it shouldn't be used in the middle of a movie. Is there a way to do this? Thank you

Many of us supplement this program with a program from Sony called DVD Architect Studio, a $39 download. If you do your editing in Premiere Elements and your disc authoring in DVD Architect, you can do nearly anything you can imagine.
You can see DVD Architect Studio demonstrated in my tutorials along the left side of this page.
http://Muvipix.com/dvdas5.php

In scene selection mode, can you make iDVD return to the scene selection menu after playing that scene without continuing to play all the other scenes?

After selecting one scene from the scene selection menu, the following scenes play automatically, as if it were in "play movie" mode. Is there a way to stop that behavior and have the DVD return to the scene selection menu after playing just the selected scene?

OK
So what You want is a "Play All" button resp. a "Play one Chapter at a time" one.
Then
BAD News - There are Non ! in iDVD
GOOD News - it can in part be faked.
read on
Play all resp. one chapter at a time
Play All Button
1. There are NO - Play All - button in any version of iDVD
2. It can be faked in several ways
• Easiest and most fault proof way is to make a doublet movie containing All and with
Chapters set to match. It will take up x2 space but is easy to understand and produce.
Cons: Tried this in iMovie’11 by Exporting out each part as a full Quality QT.mov then Importing back into new events and putting these into a new project (Play All project). Resulting DVD had Audio that was OK (as parts) - BUT the picture was very bad and standing photo were cut of in height. So the Play All movie has to be created from same material and exactly in the same way as the individual parts + then Chapters has to be set to match.
• It's said that one can put all movies into a Photo/SlideShow and this will also
give the function of a Play All button - Tested - and ONE HAS TO un-cheque - Scale pictures to TV-Safe area else it will be a black frame all around and a small picture !
Mike Evangelist1
You might be able to get close to what you want by using a slideshow in iDVD. (It's not widely known, but you can put videos in a slideshow.) If you set the slide duration to manual, playback will pause after each movie/slide, and you can continue with the 'next' button.
3. Using another program to do this e.g.. Roxio Toast™ where there is a Play All button option.
Summary
a. Making a Play All movie with same care as the individual Part movies - gives a very Good Result
b. Using Roxio Toast™ - also an usable way to go
Yours Bengt W

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