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How to add MENU button for touchscreen?

I am producing a video to be displayed on a touchscreen. It will have about 15 tracks.

There won't be a remote, so how does one create a MENU option so the viewer can jump back to the menu from a track if they want to stop watching a segment?

Thx!

PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jan 22, 2013 10:13 AM

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Jan 22, 2013 1:26 PM in response to PSavigny

When I build a menu in DVD Studio Pro, and then add all the tracks, the way to get back to the menu is to hit hte MENU button on the remote. On a touchscreen (no remote), while the track is playing, is there a way to add / encode / whatever / a prompt on screen that will allow viewer to go back to the menu?


Any ideas how to prepare this DVD?

Jan 22, 2013 1:47 PM in response to Jim Cookman

Describe building this button... I'm using a touchscreen monitor - not an iPad or tablet.

Couldn't one just use their hand to click it? I could have a sign nex to the monitor that read "To exit track, click anywhere on screen".


But how would the button work when the track is playing? How would I place it over the video?

This is a crucial step in preparing for a museum exhibit. We are about to buy the monitor and I need to ask lots of redundeant detail questions to be sure it will or won't work. Thanks!

Jan 22, 2013 2:21 PM in response to Michael Grenadier

Thanks for answering my queries. Here's the link to the monitor we are thinking of - with computer already in it.


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Lenovo+-+27%22+Touch-Screen+All-In-One+Computer+-+6G B+Memory+-+1TB+Hard+Drive/6851097.p?id=1218809255255&skuId=6851097


No external PC if we've read it right. Playing from the drive or from a DVD. We want to buy it and practice first, of course, but if this technique can't work, we will scrap the touchscreen entirely and go with a full monitor / external PC or DVD player / remote approach. That's why I'm trying to determine if it's possible to build the DVD with onscreen EXIT / MENU button first.

So, how does one add a button that lives over a track playing video?

Jan 22, 2013 3:15 PM in response to PSavigny

read the dvdsp manual. You can access it thru the help menu within dvdp. I've never done it, but it can be done. You can actually make the whole screen a button (I would think) without any visible button and have a note or text in the video saying, "touch screen to go to menu."


If you can't figure it out, post back and I'll see if I can point you in the right direction.

Jan 22, 2013 5:04 PM in response to Michael Grenadier

I looked for the last hour and can't find a solution. I'm determined!


What you describe is what I want - the whole screen a button without any visible button and have a note or text in the video saying, "touch screen to go to menu." I don't need the note in the video. I can make a sign near the monitor.


Please give it a shot. I appreciate any guidance. I looked up touchscreen, menu, track, remote, button, connections - just can't find how a button can go over a track. Thanks!

Jan 23, 2013 3:49 AM in response to Michael Grenadier

Hi

Try this and you will not need any special software just the touch screen as a normal mouse

  • New DVD Studio project make a menu as the front page.
  • Now add a menu for each film clip.
  • Drag an imported video and it's audio and drop it into a menu in the Graphical viewer
  • Click on that menu and in the menu inspector click the general tab and set 'At End' select 'Timeout' from the drop box, set time to 0 and set the 'Action' to 'Menu 1'.
  • Now open that menu and draw a button with the mouse and make it full screen and then right click and select 'Menu 1' as the asset.
  • Make sure you have no colours to highlite the button
  • Repeat this for all your film clips

Give it a try and see how you get on and message me if you have problems and I'll help you more


PJ


PS you will have to put a message on the main menu that says "Touch screen at any time to return to main menu"

Jan 23, 2013 6:09 AM in response to PSavigny

It's in the manual, no need to create a menu (although pjrails technique may be just as efficient). It's part of the subtitle process. Just search the manual for 'CREATING BUTTONS OVER VIDEO." Haven't done this myself, so no promises. And cause this (and pjrails suggestion) are fairly sophisticated features, you need to test this on whatever hardware and software is being used. Unfortunately, the DVDvideo specs are not always implemented properly so you may have issues.

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