Templates background layer missing after burning

I use DVD Studio pro 4.0 and did a couple fine Dvds of my film projects. Now when I use a template from the palette and encode and burn the Dvd, an error mesage comes up in the log menu: THE LAYOUT WILL NOT BE INCLUDET IN YOUR DISC" and the transistion will, but not the background .... Help!
I have trashed the .plist file, nothing helps, what did I do wrong?

THE LAYOUT WILL NOT BE INCLUDET IN YOUR DISC"
That is normal message
Try turning on software encoding in the DVD SP prefs instead of hardware, not sure how old your G4 is or what video card, but that is one thing to try

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Template - background image missing

Hi I'm sorry to be back but I have another problem that I don't seem to be able to solve. I have looked at similar posts online, but don't seem to have found the answer.
I have created a template from Dreamweavers blank templates. I have made ONLY TWO CHANGES to the blank template. I've added a background image, and removed the background colour from the .body element. I'm hoping this will help isolate my mistake.
When I create a new page from this template the background image does not display. I've noticed that the image path is changed in the child page - whereas the template displays the relative path, the full path is given in the child. I don't know if this is part of the problem?
The problem occurs both when I preview the site through a browser, as well as online.
I know I should be using templates for site-building, so need to know what I'm doing wrong here. Many thanks, and please remember that I'm a novice so put it very simply so that I can grasp what your saying!
http://www.gillwykes.com/development/frank_test/testpage2.html
Thanks!

I just tried a different approach. Created a new site, through Site Manager. Created an new HTML paged and did Save as Template. I then added an image ( which is stored in the images folder in the site) as a background through Page Properties. I saved and closed the template, and did File, New Page from Template. The image did not display, and the path to the image was changed. Here is the code.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>



<style type="text/css">
body {
background-image: url(../images/Copy%20of%20IMG_2481.jpg);
</style>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
and
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

<title>Untitled Document</title>



<style type="text/css">
body {
background-image: url(file:///C|/Documents and Settings/admin/My Documents/1DREAMWEAVER/1_IN_PROGRESS/template_test/images/Copy%20of%20IMG_2481.jpg);
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</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
I'm obviouly missing something along the line. It can't be a glitch in CS5.5 because it would be known by now! But I've tried so many different files and methods now I'm totally confused.
Next step, seeing if I can edit it in Notepad, and how that afffects things, and also digging out a previous version of Dreamweaver and see what happens there. Will let you know!

Part on video missing after burn.

Hi...long story short, I hope. I made a movie in iMovie which has a video clip (from a camcorder) that shows an actual "spark" on film in slow motion. (I want to see the "spark" and I do see the "spark" in iMovie.) However, when I burned the video to DVD and played the DVD, the "spark" was gone. Not only was it gone on the DVD, but I went back into iMovie, and it was also gone there. Have any idea why? May it have anything to do with "Render and Proceed"? -Another question...do you have to "Render" or should you always "Render"? Any help is greatly appreciated.-Kim

Hi Kim
There are two things I NEVER use in iMovie - any version:
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• Never empty Trash in iMovie (on Desktop is OK) - Just a trouble maker.
To make my DVDs I:
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• Find the movie project icon (With a star on it)
• Open iDVD
• Import (or just drop) the movie project icon (With a star on it)
Now iDVD will do the rendering - and so much better.
THEN: I do a DiskImage (File menu and down)
This I test with Apple DVD-player.
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• Burn with iDVD (recalculating) (burn speed can be set in iDVD08 only)
• Burn with Apple Disk Util tool - or Roxio Toast™ if You got this and then
set burn speed down to eg x1 or as low as possibly - DVD will play better.
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Evidently language is of difficulty for you.
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The Oxford dictionary can best delineate and elucidate your lack of comprehension in what ACTUALLY “meaning” is.
As well as what is "sensible" AND "detailed."
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Button Rollovers not Appearing after burning

Hello,
Need some help. I created a DVDSP project with multiple menus and multiple tracks. Everything has been connected correctly, along with using a standard Overlay (white when you rollover, yellow when you select). All end jumps are fine, in fact in Simulator, it's picture perfect.
The problem is when I burn the DVD and test, I cannot see where my activate button is. I cannot see either on a Mac in DVD Player or in a stand alone DVD Player.
Is there a setting I'm missing to make the tracks (buttons) viewable in each Menu?
For example, Menu 2 has 6 tracks. When I select Menu 2, there is no white box to tell me where I am.
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OK - so you have the background as m2v - that's fine. Did you remember to create an overlay file? It is this that will give colour to the rollovers...
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An overlay is simply a still image (usually a pict, not JPG - they are not good to use) which is the same size as your video format (720x480, etc) It is mostly white and only has the shapes that you wish to appear as the rollover - in your case some text. You can either do it in grayscale or use colour - the colours get 'mapped' in DVDSP and for ease, use grayscale.
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When you import into DVDSP and add it to your menu you will then be able to colour the text as you roll over it. Without an overlay file you are left using the built in text tools, and yes, they can look very blocky. IMO, by far the best look is achieved when you don't use text as he highlight, but use some other shape instead, usually alongside the text somehow. It's a personal preference, and I'm sure you've got ideas of your own!

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No one answered his question. On HP it says:
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+When looping is turned on, a checkmark appears next to the command in the menu. To turn off looping, select it again to remove the checkmark.+
+To turn looping off for a background movie on a menu, open the Menu Info window. With your pointer over the menu (but with no buttons or text items selected), press Command-I. Move the Loop Duration slider to zero.+
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Quick and dirty workaround:
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It is VERY DISAPPOINTING, having software at such a low quality level deliverd by Apple. And somehow it looks like they DO NOTHING against it. No statement, no excuse, they really remain silent.
This may also be a thread you could be interested in:
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Does any of this make sense? Does any one know a better way of handling this?
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Yes, it makes sense and I think you should go ahead and try it.

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