DVDA 4.5 Menu Question at DVinfo.net

Rick Steele · September 4th, 2008, 10:41 AM

First DVDA project. Hope this isn't stupid...

Say I have a single menu with 3 text buttons:

Button1 Button2 Button3

When I press any of them they play what they're supposed to but after I press "menu" on the remote to go back, Button1 always gets highlighted.

How do I get Buttons 2 and 3 to get highlighted after I go back to the menu after stopping these particular chapters with the remote? Why doesn't DVDA know which button it just came from?

Haven't tried this on a real player yet... I'm just talking about within DVDA.

Mike Kujbida · September 4th, 2008, 10:59 AM

There's no way (that I know of, maybe someone else does) to do what you want.
If you want it to automatically go to the video associated with button 2, then you'd have to set that up as an "End Action".
Otherwise, when it goes back to the menu, it's starting all over again and you have to navigate to button 2 if that's what you want to see.
BTW, most of the movies I buy/rent exhibit the same behaviour if you press "Menu".

Rick Steele · September 4th, 2008, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike Kujbida

There's no way (that I know of, maybe someone else does) to do what you want.

That's strange. I'm coming from Adobe Encore and it does this automatically.

This could be a problem if you're nesting multiple menus with lots of links on each one. You press the second to last one, hit menu on the remote to go back and have to scroll through all the links just to get back to the bottom again.

I'd think navgation like this would just be a standard way a life. Heck, my cell phone even works this way. :)

Thanks Mike!

Mike Kujbida · September 4th, 2008, 11:46 AM

Rick, as I said, it may be possible to do what you want but I'm not a DVDA "expert" by any stretch of the imagination :-)
Hopefully someone who knows more than I do will chime in and say if can be done or not.

Edward Troxel · September 4th, 2008, 12:13 PM

Try this:

Double-click the menu button to "open" that chapter. Now, look at the media properties on the right-hand side. Go to the "End Action" section.

There you should see "Destination" which should point to "Most Recent Menu". Click that drop-down arrow and select the actual menu name.

Two items below that is "Destination button" which should now be available to change. Click on it and pick the button you wish to be highlighted.

This will have a specific button selected if the chapter plays through.

Now go to the "Remote Buttons" section and click on the "+" beside "MENU". Once again under "Destination" pick that specific menu. Now under "Destination button" pick the button you want.

This will have a specific button selected if the menu button is pressed.

Rick Steele · September 4th, 2008, 05:57 PM

I see where you're going with this Edward but it didn't work. Now all the buttons once clicked go back and highlight the last one.

This might be deal breaker for me. I can certainly see where this wouldn't affect most people but I do a few real estate videos and when you have listings categorized and broke down into a half dozen menus, the ability to "back up" and end up where you were is important.

September 4th, 2008, 10:41 AM	#1
Rick Steele Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Colorado USA Posts: 654	DVDA 4.5 Menu Question First DVDA project. Hope this isn't stupid... Say I have a single menu with 3 text buttons: Button1 Button2 Button3 When I press any of them they play what they're supposed to but after I press "menu" on the remote to go back, Button1 always gets highlighted. How do I get Buttons 2 and 3 to get highlighted after I go back to the menu after stopping these particular chapters with the remote? Why doesn't DVDA know which button it just came from? Haven't tried this on a real player yet... I'm just talking about within DVDA.

September 4th, 2008, 12:13 PM	#5
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Try this: Double-click the menu button to "open" that chapter. Now, look at the media properties on the right-hand side. Go to the "End Action" section. There you should see "Destination" which should point to "Most Recent Menu". Click that drop-down arrow and select the actual menu name. Two items below that is "Destination button" which should now be available to change. Click on it and pick the button you wish to be highlighted. This will have a specific button selected if the chapter plays through. Now go to the "Remote Buttons" section and click on the "+" beside "MENU". Once again under "Destination" pick that specific menu. Now under "Destination button" pick the button you want. This will have a specific button selected if the menu button is pressed. __________________ Edward Troxel [SCVU] JETDV Scripts/Scripting Tutorials/Excalibur/Montage Magic/Newsletters

September 4th, 2008, 10:59 AM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	There's no way (that I know of, maybe someone else does) to do what you want. If you want it to automatically go to the video associated with button 2, then you'd have to set that up as an "End Action". Otherwise, when it goes back to the menu, it's starting all over again and you have to navigate to button 2 if that's what you want to see. BTW, most of the movies I buy/rent exhibit the same behaviour if you press "Menu".

September 4th, 2008, 11:46 AM	#4
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Rick, as I said, it may be possible to do what you want but I'm not a DVDA "expert" by any stretch of the imagination :-) Hopefully someone who knows more than I do will chime in and say if can be done or not.

September 4th, 2008, 05:57 PM	#6
Rick Steele Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Colorado USA Posts: 654	I see where you're going with this Edward but it didn't work. Now all the buttons once clicked go back and highlight the last one. This might be deal breaker for me. I can certainly see where this wouldn't affect most people but I do a few real estate videos and when you have listings categorized and broke down into a half dozen menus, the ability to "back up" and end up where you were is important.