how to make menu with more chapters on one page

Hi all, I hope I can describe what I want correctly. I have checked all the templates available but can't seem to figure out how to do this. I have a dance studio video. There are 35 routines (chapters). I want my chapter menu to have many more entries than are available than the templates allow.

So, the top menu would have "play movie" and "chapters".

And, the Chapter (or scene selection) menu would have like 20 - 25 entries on ONE page. I do not need moving thumbnails. Is there a way to do this?

thanks for any help!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Dec 30, 2010 12:07 PM

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Dec 31, 2010 12:22 PM in response to nan777

You might want to keep in mind that Chapters on most DVDs are like chapters in a book - just a place to start. The DVD will then play all the following chapters without stopping.


You might just want to include the 35 routines as separate movies; in other words, you would have 36 movies - the complete movie with all the routines and then 35 separate movies of the routines.

Dec 31, 2010 3:30 PM in response to F Shippey

There is still the limitation of how many movies/chapters can go on each menu/submenu page. I think the limit is 10-12 movies on the main menu, and about 12 scenes(chapters) per submenu page. And those are if you force the additional chapters. The defaults are 6-8 per submenu page.

But, I agree with you that making one complete movie and having the others as separate movies is a good idea. They would need to be on several subemenu pages.

Jan 2, 2011 11:53 AM in response to nan777

hi again,
I did some experimenting. I created a sub menu, added movie after movie until I got this msg that said "you've hit the limit, continue anyway". hmmm... ok I said "continue anyway". I added 17 movies to one menu.

Upon "burn", "create TS_VIDEO folder", or "create disk image", it said I have to fix errors first. I checked the errors and it told me the max entries on a menu are 12. period.

so... that's the way it goes I guess. I think 12 will be ok with my client.
have a great day!

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