How do I get the same song to play on the main menu and during scene select

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How do I get the same song to play on the main menu and during scene select

I would like the music to play continuously throught the menu and scene selection. As it is I have to drag the audio file into each scene selection, and the music starts at the beginning.
At least, is there a way to remove the awful sound track that iDVD has on the themes?

iMac 20 core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 20, 2007 8:24 AM

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SDIllini

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Mar 20, 2007 8:32 AM in response to etc04

Adding audio to your menu

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/5.0/en/279.html

:)Sue

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etc04 Author

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Mar 20, 2007 8:54 AM in response to SDIllini

Yes I can add audio, how do I get the same song to play throughout the chapter menus? I have 30 "chapters", which are scenes from an hour of home movie. Can the same song play continuously throughout the different chater menus?. As it is now, I have to drag an audio file into every submenu, and it starts the song at the beginning for each chapter menu.
Otherwise, that same song that is preloaded on the theme is played. I hope this makes sence, kind of hard to explain. Thanks

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F Shippey

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Mar 20, 2007 9:31 AM in response to etc04

Can the same song play continuously throughout the different chater menus?

No.

As it is now, I have to drag an audio file into every submenu, and it starts the song at the beginning for each chapter menu.

Yup, that's the way things work. Sorry.

F Shippey

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J Keller

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Mar 20, 2007 10:22 AM in response to etc04

I suppose you could simulate the effect by re-arranging the song's starting point with an audio editor. For example, the main menu plays from the beginning, the first submenu's audio could start 20 seconds into the song (and the first 20 sec would be added to the end so it would loop correctly), the second submenu could start 40 sec into the song, etc.
John

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F Shippey

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Mar 20, 2007 10:37 AM in response to J Keller

John,

... of course, there is no way of knowing exactly how long each menu will be displayed (since it depends on user action to advance to the next menu), so the music will still be very choppy.

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J Keller

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Mar 20, 2007 11:25 AM in response to F Shippey

Absolutely correct, Fred. It's a bit of deception since the viewer will know that the song didn't start over, but perhaps won't remember exactly where they were within the song (there's a momentary a/v cutout anyway when changing menus).
John

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etc04 Author

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Mar 23, 2007 3:01 PM in response to J Keller

Thanks for the info. Disappointing though, my PC ULead software can do this

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