Return to menu after DVD has stopped

Select the track containing the video and in the Inspector set the End Jump to menu (you can even set the button you want it to highlight on its return).

o| TOnyTOny |o

I'll assume you meant doesn't seem to work properly. If the video is in a track and not a menu, and you set the end jump of that track to go to a menu this will work. If you have some prescript on the menu or some other jumps on chapter markers with in the track then you may have to remove them.


o| TOnyTOny |o

Marc,
If you tried this in a new project and it still doesn't work then something may be wrong with the mepg2 file or DVDSP. Here is a link to two pdfs that show the settings for the Disc and Track just to be clear.

http://www.yousendit.com/download/cmcxM25CSU9CSWNLSkE9PQ

Check the mpeg file by playing it in DVDSP right in the viewer and see if something odd happens at the end. Also use the simulator in DVDSP. If the DVD plays through the video and reaches the end of the video asset but doesn't go back to the menu you can have the Info panel (on the simulator) open and this may show something helpful.




o| TOnyTOny |o

Something odd is going on alright. When you say...

marc smith6 wrote:
When the playhead gets to the end of the movie regardless of the end jump setting it just skips back a few seconds!

What are you watching it in?

o| TOnyTOny |o

I was wondering if you were doing what you said (making a build and then looking at the build with DVD player) or actually burning a DVD and looking at it in a Set-top player or if you were looking at it some other place (like the simulator in DVDSP). If you just play the asset in the viewer window with the controls at the bottom (or by pressing the space bar) then the file will play to the end and just stop.

Now if instead you go to File> Simulate Disc or click the link with the icon at the top of the window that is labeled simulate, then DVDSP will open a window and play the DVD as you have authored it. And here the video track should return to the menu when finished.

o| TOnyTOny |o

Not to worry Marc, that is how the program works. As first step in checking to see if your authoring is working you can use the simulation within DVDSP. The next step is to make a build and try the build out by using DVD player and navigating to the VIDEO_TS folder. The last step is to burn a disc and try it out on as many Computers and Set-top players as you would like.

The simple play feature in the viewer within DVDSP doesn't work with any of the Authoring commands.

o| TOnyTOny |o