User profile for user: Dante0501
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iDVD & DVD projects different

Hey Gang,

I created an iDVD project that consisted of a main menu, chapters, several movies and a slide show. There are actually 7 movie icons that are displayed on the chapter menu that link directly to each movie clip. When I review this on the computer, it works great. All movies are properly linked and the slide show links fine. The problem is when I burn the same project to the DVD. I play it in my DVD player and everything looks great, the slide show works fine but 4 of the 7 movie links, link to the same one movie, and not to the clip they are suppose to. I have burned 2 DVD-R disks to confirm what I was seeing. Any idea why my projects links changed when burned to DVD?

Thanks...

D

imac, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Oct 10, 2006 8:38 PM

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User profile for user: John Beatty1
John Beatty1
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Oct 10, 2006 8:48 PM in response to Dante0501

Any idea why my projects links changed when burned to DVD?

One possible issue that can cause behavior like this is "button overlap." The area assigned to a "button" to play a given movie is actually bigger than it seems by just looking at the icon and associated text. When buttons get too close together, the overlap can cause bad menu behavior.

Try making your buttons smaller, more separated, and make sure the text is very well separated.

John B.
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User profile for user: Dante0501
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Oct 11, 2006 10:39 AM in response to Klaus1

Here's what I did. I added one movie with 4 chapters and it gave me 4 icons on my Chapters Page. I then added another movie with 2 chapters, and finally 1 other movie with no chapters, to that same Chapters page, giving me 3 extra icons on the same page. Initially they were all on top of each other but by reducing them quite a bit in size and moving them around, I easily fit all seven on the one Chapters screen. Again, the links to the movies worked on the computer, but 4 of the seven ICONS linked to the same movie, which is actually the begining of the movie with only 2 chapters. Is it a bad idea to add multiple movies to one chapter screen? Thanks again,

Dante
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User profile for user: PT
PT
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Oct 11, 2006 12:49 PM in response to Dante0501

A couple things you might try...
One, with your current setup, in the menus you will find a "delete encoded assets" choice. Use that to clear out any garbage in your project forcing everything to be re-encoded and see if that does anything for you.
Two, if that doesn't work, maybe adding movies to the chapter page is messing your up. What you might do instead is open a new iDVD project, pick your theme, then on the main menu drag and drop in your three movies. Now each movie should get its own chapter page separate from the other movies.
I am not home to try it myself, but if memory serves me correctly, dropping in the first one will create a Play and Scenes button. Dropping in additional ones will give you a folder for those and in that folder you will find the Play and Scenes buttons. I am not sure what happens if you grab all three at once and drag in (do you get three folders or a Play and Scene button for one of them and folders for the other?). Anyway, you are free to rename and cut and paste buttons anywhere in your project. So you can arrange things if you wish.
For example, you might simply create a folder for the first one and then cut and paste the Play and Scenes buttons into that folder so you main menu is simply three folders of your three movies. Going into each will give you the Play and Scenes option.
Alternatively, you can rename your first movie's Play and Scenes buttons to something like "Play Disneyland" and "Disney Scenes". Then go into the folder of movie #2, cut and paste those buttons to the main menu, rename them, delete the now empty folder and repeat for the third movie. You would then have a main menu that might have buttons like so...
Play Disneyland
... Disneyland Scenes
Play Soccer Game
... Soccer Game scenes
Play secret video of roommate
... secret roommate scenes
Each scenes button would take you to the menu of just the scenes from that movie.
Patrick
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User profile for user: Colin Mcnaught
Colin Mcnaught
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Oct 12, 2006 11:39 AM in response to Dante0501

Same problem, what a disaster...
Using iDVD6.0.3 I am trying to write a really simple DVD, four separate movies, one menu with four simple text buttons. Previewing the DVD, everything works, save as a disk image, view with DVD player (4.6.5) and all four links play the same movie.
Just missed a customer deadline because of it.
I even tried writing to a real disc, playing in a commercial DVD player, same problem.
Removing all but one of the movies of course results in the correct movie playing.
This is my first use of iDVD for a long time, I'm really disappointed...

Colin
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User profile for user: John Beatty1
John Beatty1
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Oct 12, 2006 2:02 PM in response to Colin Mcnaught

As far as button sizes they were only text buttons, spaced automatically, wouldn't 'overlap' show up in Preview mode with iDVD

Usuing themes prior to 6 shouldn't be an issue. It's not a third party theme (non Apple) is it?

I think you're right about this. But I'd still try starting a new project, maybe even with a new theme. Theme files can get corrupted.

John B.
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