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Q: Please make 'kiosk mode' option in DVD export FCPX

In FCP X it is possible to make a DVD that starts on insertion in a DVD player, but when the movie has ended, you come back in the 'menu' of the DVD with the start button. I want to make a DVD in 'kiosk mode'. Why isn't that possible in FCP X?

Now I had to export my movie as .m2v file and a .ac3 file and make the DVD in DVD Studio Pro. I made the movie the 'First play' (picture 1) and at the end of the movie it returns to the beginning.(picture 2).

It would be nice if FCPX had the option to make such a DVD, without the need of other software. Thanks Apple!

 

Jan de Bloois, The Netherlands.

DVDSP First play.pngDVDSP End loop.png

Posted on Mar 7, 2015 11:43 PM

by John Cogdell,Solvedanswer
John Cogdell John Cogdell
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A:

Thanks Jan. I should have realised what you meant by "kiosk" mode (as I knew the meaning of that term).

 

I based my reply on your opening comment "In FCP X it is possible to make a DVD that starts on insertion in a DVD player, but when the movie has ended, you come back in the 'menu' of the DVD with the start button". I misread that as "In FCP X is it possible", rather than "it is possible".

 

I need to stop speed reading! Sorry to misunderstand what you were wanting to do.

 

John

Posted on Mar 8, 2015 6:00 PM

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Q: Please make 'kiosk mode' option in DVD export FCPX

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,Helpful

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Mar 8, 2015 3:55 AM in response to videoholiday
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    Mar 8, 2015 3:55 AM in response to videoholiday

    Use the Provide Feedback command in the application itself to make a feature request. But I don't expect your wishes to be fullfilled. Apple has made it clear that it considers disc output a thing of the past, that is why both DVDSP and iDVD have been discontinued a while ago, and BluRay never even took off on the mac - there is only limited support for it in FCP X, too.

  • by John Cogdell,

    John Cogdell John Cogdell Mar 8, 2015 5:55 AM in response to videoholiday
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    Mar 8, 2015 5:55 AM in response to videoholiday

    Hi Jan,

     

    This can be done quite easily in Final Cut Pro X. Click on the Share button at the far right of the centre Menu bar (or File>Share). Select DVD from the pop-up menu (or sub-menu). In the window that opens there are 2 tabs - Info and Settings. Click on Settings. You will see an item named "When disc loads". Click in the box (or on the disclosure triangles) and you will see that there are 2 options - Show Menu and Play Movie. Select Play Movie. See the following screenshot:

    Play Movie.png

     

    The DVD will start playing when inserted into the Player. After it finishes playing, it will return to the Menu.

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    John

  • by videoholiday,

    videoholiday videoholiday Mar 8, 2015 12:56 PM in response to John Cogdell
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    Mar 8, 2015 12:56 PM in response to John Cogdell

    Thanks John, but that is only 'half' of what is called 'kiosk mode'.

    A real 'kiosk mode' DVD will auto-repeat, so when the movie has ended, it has to start again without doing something.

    And that is what I miss in the DVD option in FCPX. Should be easy to make for a programmer.

  • by John Cogdell,Solvedanswer

    John Cogdell John Cogdell Mar 8, 2015 6:00 PM in response to videoholiday
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    Mar 8, 2015 6:00 PM in response to videoholiday

    Thanks Jan. I should have realised what you meant by "kiosk" mode (as I knew the meaning of that term).

     

    I based my reply on your opening comment "In FCP X it is possible to make a DVD that starts on insertion in a DVD player, but when the movie has ended, you come back in the 'menu' of the DVD with the start button". I misread that as "In FCP X is it possible", rather than "it is possible".

     

    I need to stop speed reading! Sorry to misunderstand what you were wanting to do.

     

    John