Transition from first play movie to menu

Hi all,
I have a short video track (8 seconds) which I have set to First Play. When the DVD is inserted the video plays.
Now I want to use a custom transition to go from the end of this video track to my Main menu.
When I select the track I can set a custom transition in the Inspector. However, the transition does not play. Not in the Simulator, nor in the test compile I have made. The video plays, and at the end it just cuts to the menu. Am I missing something here ?
Ronny

Rommy
Transitions don't work with tracks, but you can use some workarounds to get the effect.
One option is creating the trasition inside the first play video itself: take your menu design and use it in the video creating the trasition in the video application you have (FCP. Motion) and give the final video background still a duration of i.e. 30 seconds.
The use this animation as video background in your menu and set the Loop Point to the time where the menu must start: lets say 8 secs (your animation) + X secs (your transition).
The menu will loop over the video still and you'll get your effect. You can use a simple script to jump to menu loop point (look for it in the user manual) or you can build a second copy of your menu without any intro animation, and use it for the jumps back from your tracks.
Hope you get the idea !
Alberto

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