automatically play DVD with DVD Architect? at DVinfo.net

Yi Fong Yu · February 12th, 2004, 05:41 PM

on certain DVDs, like Godfather, when you insert it, the movie automatically plays. or, like citizen kane, once the loop finishes in the menu the movie will play. how is this accomplished via DVD-Arch or do i need another DVD-authoring software?

Gary Kleiner · February 12th, 2004, 06:25 PM

If you don't have to have a menu, you could just create a Single Movie DVD, and it would play without any user prompting.

If you need a menu, and you want it to play after a certain amount of time, no, DVDA won't do that.

Gary

Yi Fong Yu · February 13th, 2004, 08:43 PM

excellent, thanks. so do ANY dvd-authoring programs let you have a menu that auto plays or is that a 'script' item?

Edward Troxel · February 13th, 2004, 10:53 PM

If I understand you correctly, You're wanting a DVD that comes up to a menu and then, after a certain period of time, automatically selects a specified menu option? Is that correct?

Yi Fong Yu · February 14th, 2004, 11:28 PM

Edward, that is correct. i've seen it w/a few DVDs. like citizen kane when you put it in it gives you the splash then gives you menu and after one loop of th menu starts to play the movie. w/godfather when you put it in it starts the movie, no need to press play that's why Quentin said, it's so brilliant, godfather needs no introduction.

Edward Troxel · February 15th, 2004, 07:29 AM

As far as I know, that is currently not possible in DVDA 1.0.

Yi Fong Yu · February 16th, 2004, 03:29 PM

is this possible in any other DVD authoring program?

Edward Troxel · February 16th, 2004, 03:42 PM

I'm sure it is but I can't name any names. I haven't used most of the available options.

Rob Lohman · February 17th, 2004, 04:10 AM

Any professional DVD authoring package like Scenarist (expensive)
and Apple's DVD Studio can do this for sure. Some other products
from Sonic (creators of Scenarist) might also support it (quite
likely). Check out some of their products at www.sonic.com

Edward Troxel · February 17th, 2004, 08:21 AM

Here's a comment from another forum (related to a different issue):

Sorry -- DVDA cannot do this. The buttons are there from the
beginning. DVDA 1.0 is a very basic DVD authoring program lacking a
lot of fundamental basics.

I'd expect to see a lot of huge improvements in the next version.

--
Best regards,

Timothy

Maybe this will be one of the areas that's improved in the next version.

Yi Fong Yu · February 17th, 2004, 10:29 PM

i just uninstalled sonic mydvd (4.5) and i think it is terrible... i hope it is not a reflection of their professional products.

Edward Troxel · February 17th, 2004, 11:02 PM

Sonic DVDit is definitely of questionable value today. Two years ago, it wasn't too bad. It hasn't been updated since (although upgrades were promised several times)

Rob Lohman · February 18th, 2004, 06:04 PM

Sonic has a lot of questionable products and updates, but they
have some packages that support/do things that no other package
on the PC basically does (Maestro cannot be bought anymore
and is now DVD Studio Pro on the Mac). You can never compare
a consumer product of a company to any of its higher end
products. Forget about DVDit.

Try the demo version of DVD Producer and see if it supports it.
The DVD Producer is pretty easy if you follow a tutorial (included,
what I heard from a friend). If it does not support it then you will
have to go to something like Scenarist and that's basically not
an option (price wise and very difficult to master).

Edward Troxel · February 18th, 2004, 09:16 PM

I've also noticed that Sonic's forums have been offline for at least a couple of weeks.

Magnus Helander · February 19th, 2004, 04:38 PM

I think DVDlab can do it, it has a lot of very nice
features, like motion menu wizards, and a very good
navigation overview, a steep learning curve, but worth it..
give it a try at...

http://dvdlab.net/dvdlab/

/magnus

February 12th, 2004, 05:41 PM	#1
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	howto: automatically play DVD Video when authoring via DVD- Arch? on certain DVDs, like Godfather, when you insert it, the movie automatically plays. or, like citizen kane, once the loop finishes in the menu the movie will play. how is this accomplished via DVD-Arch or do i need another DVD-authoring software? __________________ bow wow wow

February 13th, 2004, 08:43 PM	#3
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	excellent, thanks. so do ANY dvd-authoring programs let you have a menu that auto plays or is that a 'script' item? __________________ bow wow wow

February 14th, 2004, 11:28 PM	#5
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	Edward, that is correct. i've seen it w/a few DVDs. like citizen kane when you put it in it gives you the splash then gives you menu and after one loop of th menu starts to play the movie. w/godfather when you put it in it starts the movie, no need to press play that's why Quentin said, it's so brilliant, godfather needs no introduction. __________________ bow wow wow

February 16th, 2004, 03:29 PM	#7
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	is this possible in any other DVD authoring program? __________________ bow wow wow

February 17th, 2004, 04:10 AM	#9
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Any professional DVD authoring package like Scenarist (expensive) and Apple's DVD Studio can do this for sure. Some other products from Sonic (creators of Scenarist) might also support it (quite likely). Check out some of their products at www.sonic.com __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 12th, 2004, 06:25 PM	#2
Gary Kleiner Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado Posts: 166	If you don't have to have a menu, you could just create a Single Movie DVD, and it would play without any user prompting. If you need a menu, and you want it to play after a certain amount of time, no, DVDA won't do that. Gary

February 13th, 2004, 10:53 PM	#4
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	If I understand you correctly, You're wanting a DVD that comes up to a menu and then, after a certain period of time, automatically selects a specified menu option? Is that correct?

February 15th, 2004, 07:29 AM	#6
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	As far as I know, that is currently not possible in DVDA 1.0.

February 16th, 2004, 03:42 PM	#8
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I'm sure it is but I can't name any names. I haven't used most of the available options.

February 17th, 2004, 08:21 AM	#10
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Here's a comment from another forum (related to a different issue): Sorry -- DVDA cannot do this. The buttons are there from the beginning. DVDA 1.0 is a very basic DVD authoring program lacking a lot of fundamental basics. I'd expect to see a lot of huge improvements in the next version. -- Best regards, Timothy Maybe this will be one of the areas that's improved in the next version.

February 17th, 2004, 10:29 PM	#11
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	i just uninstalled sonic mydvd (4.5) and i think it is terrible... i hope it is not a reflection of their professional products. __________________ bow wow wow

February 17th, 2004, 11:02 PM	#12
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	Sonic DVDit is definitely of questionable value today. Two years ago, it wasn't too bad. It hasn't been updated since (although upgrades were promised several times)

February 18th, 2004, 06:04 PM	#13
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Sonic has a lot of questionable products and updates, but they have some packages that support/do things that no other package on the PC basically does (Maestro cannot be bought anymore and is now DVD Studio Pro on the Mac). You can never compare a consumer product of a company to any of its higher end products. Forget about DVDit. Try the demo version of DVD Producer and see if it supports it. The DVD Producer is pretty easy if you follow a tutorial (included, what I heard from a friend). If it does not support it then you will have to go to something like Scenarist and that's basically not an option (price wise and very difficult to master). __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

February 18th, 2004, 09:16 PM	#14
Edward Troxel Sponsor: JET DV Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 7,953	I've also noticed that Sonic's forums have been offline for at least a couple of weeks.

February 19th, 2004, 04:38 PM	#15
Magnus Helander Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 221	DVDlab I think DVDlab can do it, it has a lot of very nice features, like motion menu wizards, and a very good navigation overview, a steep learning curve, but worth it.. give it a try at... http://dvdlab.net/dvdlab/ /magnus __________________ Magnus Helander, Crossmediageek on G+