Creating Non-Continuous Chapters

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We all know how DVD movies are broken into "chapters" that the viewer
can jump to at any time.

Now, I have a question about the technical possibilites of the DVD
disk.

For example, lets say that I burn 3 small home movies onto one DVD.
At the end of the first movie, I want the disk to call up the intro
screen automatically instead of it continuing the next mini-movie
automatically.

1. Is it possible to create artifical "pauses" inbetween chapters?

2. If so, is it possible to program the DVD so that at each pause
between chapters the intro menu will come back up?

3. What software can do this?

And feeback would be appreciated.
 
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Below is an excerpt from the "New Features" document for Vegas 5/DVD
Architect 2 which discusses a new feature called "End Actions". It
sounds like this is exactly what you are looking for. Although I own
Vegas 5/DVDA 2, I have not yet installed it on a machine, so I have
not tried out this feature. Note especially the final one-sentence
paragraph.

DVD Architect 2 software boasts powerful new end actions that give you
a greater level of control over the viewing experience of your DVDs.
We'll talk in much more detail about them when we discuss the
Properties window later in this document. For now, a brief description
will be helpful in understanding their relationship to the Project
Overview window. Simply put, end actions enable you to specify the
exact action that takes place once a menu or a media file finishes
playing.

For example, you could set the end action of a menu to wait for a
specified period of time,and then (if the viewer hasn't selected any
of the menu options) have the DVD automatically pick the menu option
you specify in the end action.

Or, you could set the end action of a media file so that it returns to
a specific menu or runs another media file when it completes.

Hope this helps.

]ccrstudent@yahoo.com (CCR) wrote in message news:<794f53c.0406070548.4f63eec@posting.google.com>...
> We all know how DVD movies are broken into "chapters" that the viewer
> can jump to at any time.
>
> Now, I have a question about the technical possibilites of the DVD
> disk.
>
> For example, lets say that I burn 3 small home movies onto one DVD.
> At the end of the first movie, I want the disk to call up the intro
> screen automatically instead of it continuing the next mini-movie
> automatically.
>
> 1. Is it possible to create artifical "pauses" inbetween chapters?
>
> 2. If so, is it possible to program the DVD so that at each pause
> between chapters the intro menu will come back up?
>
> 3. What software can do this?
>
> And feeback would be appreciated.
 
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> We all know how DVD movies are broken into "chapters" that the viewer
> can jump to at any time.
>
> Now, I have a question about the technical possibilites of the DVD
> disk.
>
> For example, lets say that I burn 3 small home movies onto one DVD.
> At the end of the first movie, I want the disk to call up the intro
> screen automatically instead of it continuing the next mini-movie
> automatically.
>
> 1. Is it possible to create artifical "pauses" inbetween chapters?
>
> 2. If so, is it possible to program the DVD so that at each pause
> between chapters the intro menu will come back up?
>
> 3. What software can do this?
>
> And feeback would be appreciated.

Unless I misunderstood what it is you want to do, most decent authoring
software out there will let you do this. You need to make sure your 3 movies
are separate movies, and not one long file/movie, though.
 
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You beat me to the mark, mikep. I did this just last week for a performance
I taped at my kids school. The main page had the "whole performance" link
and a "scene selection" menu. On the second page, I had each of 8 sections
linked separately, another for credits and one to return to the main page.
At then end of each section, I had it set to return to the scene selection"
menu. Took some playing around (the manual leaves a lot to be desired) but
it worked great. DVDA has the ability to create chapter points but being
able to do it in Vegas is a definite bonus. The teacher and the students
were very impressed :)

Mike


mikep76 wrote:
> Below is an excerpt from the "New Features" document for Vegas 5/DVD
> Architect 2 which discusses a new feature called "End Actions". It
> sounds like this is exactly what you are looking for. Although I own
> Vegas 5/DVDA 2, I have not yet installed it on a machine, so I have
> not tried out this feature. Note especially the final one-sentence
> paragraph.
>
> DVD Architect 2 software boasts powerful new end actions that give you
> a greater level of control over the viewing experience of your DVDs.
> We'll talk in much more detail about them when we discuss the
> Properties window later in this document. For now, a brief description
> will be helpful in understanding their relationship to the Project
> Overview window. Simply put, end actions enable you to specify the
> exact action that takes place once a menu or a media file finishes
> playing.
>
> For example, you could set the end action of a menu to wait for a
> specified period of time,and then (if the viewer hasn't selected any
> of the menu options) have the DVD automatically pick the menu option
> you specify in the end action.
>
> Or, you could set the end action of a media file so that it returns to
> a specific menu or runs another media file when it completes.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> ]ccrstudent@yahoo.com (CCR) wrote in message
> news:<794f53c.0406070548.4f63eec@posting.google.com>...
>> We all know how DVD movies are broken into "chapters" that the viewer
>> can jump to at any time.
>>
>> Now, I have a question about the technical possibilites of the DVD
>> disk.
>>
>> For example, lets say that I burn 3 small home movies onto one DVD.
>> At the end of the first movie, I want the disk to call up the intro
>> screen automatically instead of it continuing the next mini-movie
>> automatically.
>>
>> 1. Is it possible to create artifical "pauses" inbetween chapters?
>>
>> 2. If so, is it possible to program the DVD so that at each pause
>> between chapters the intro menu will come back up?
>>
>> 3. What software can do this?
>>
>> And feeback would be appreciated.
 

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Thanks Adam and both Mikes for your advice.
Just to make sure we are on the same page, let me give a bit more
detail of what exactly I am looking to do.

I have here one long movie that I am going to split into 5 chapters:

1. Breakfast scene
2. Leaving the house
3. Arriving on campus
4. Graduation ceremony
5. Festive Family Dinner

Now, I am desgining this DVD for technophobes. At the exact moment
when the breakfast scene ends (scene #1), I want a black screen to
appear with a few options as follows:

"Wasn't that a great breakfast that mom made? Well, now its time to
get back to the movie:
If you want to skip to the Graduation Ceremony, press HERE with the
remote.
If you want to skip to the Festive Family Dinner, press HERE with the
remote.
If you want to keep watching the film in its entirety, press HERE
with the remote."


Basically, I want to make this home movie a little more interactive
but at the same time allow technophobes easy control over the options.

Will Vegas 5/ DVD architect 2 let me do this trick?










"Mike Kujbida" <kujfam-misleadingspam@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<2ikb4eFn5vosU1@uni-berlin.de>...
> You beat me to the mark, mikep. I did this just last week for a performance
> I taped at my kids school. The main page had the "whole performance" link
> and a "scene selection" menu. On the second page, I had each of 8 sections
> linked separately, another for credits and one to return to the main page.
> At then end of each section, I had it set to return to the scene selection"
> menu. Took some playing around (the manual leaves a lot to be desired) but
> it worked great. DVDA has the ability to create chapter points but being
> able to do it in Vegas is a definite bonus. The teacher and the students
> were very impressed :)
>
> Mike
>
>
> mikep76 wrote:
> > Below is an excerpt from the "New Features" document for Vegas 5/DVD
> > Architect 2 which discusses a new feature called "End Actions". It
> > sounds like this is exactly what you are looking for. Although I own
> > Vegas 5/DVDA 2, I have not yet installed it on a machine, so I have
> > not tried out this feature. Note especially the final one-sentence
> > paragraph.
> >
> > DVD Architect 2 software boasts powerful new end actions that give you
> > a greater level of control over the viewing experience of your DVDs.
> > We'll talk in much more detail about them when we discuss the
> > Properties window later in this document. For now, a brief description
> > will be helpful in understanding their relationship to the Project
> > Overview window. Simply put, end actions enable you to specify the
> > exact action that takes place once a menu or a media file finishes
> > playing.
> >
> > For example, you could set the end action of a menu to wait for a
> > specified period of time,and then (if the viewer hasn't selected any
> > of the menu options) have the DVD automatically pick the menu option
> > you specify in the end action.
> >
> > Or, you could set the end action of a media file so that it returns to
> > a specific menu or runs another media file when it completes.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > ]ccrstudent@yahoo.com (CCR) wrote in message
> > news:<794f53c.0406070548.4f63eec@posting.google.com>...
> >> We all know how DVD movies are broken into "chapters" that the viewer
> >> can jump to at any time.
> >>
> >> Now, I have a question about the technical possibilites of the DVD
> >> disk.
> >>
> >> For example, lets say that I burn 3 small home movies onto one DVD.
> >> At the end of the first movie, I want the disk to call up the intro
> >> screen automatically instead of it continuing the next mini-movie
> >> automatically.
> >>
> >> 1. Is it possible to create artifical "pauses" inbetween chapters?
> >>
> >> 2. If so, is it possible to program the DVD so that at each pause
> >> between chapters the intro menu will come back up?
> >>
> >> 3. What software can do this?
> >>
> >> And feeback would be appreciated.
 
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Yep. Ulead DVD Workshop 2.0 will also let you do this.
 
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Sorry for the delay. I've never done this particular menu so I posted your
procedure on the DVDA forum. The answer is yes - easily.

Mike


CCR wrote:
> Thanks Adam and both Mikes for your advice.
> Just to make sure we are on the same page, let me give a bit more
> detail of what exactly I am looking to do.
>
> I have here one long movie that I am going to split into 5 chapters:
>
> 1. Breakfast scene
> 2. Leaving the house
> 3. Arriving on campus
> 4. Graduation ceremony
> 5. Festive Family Dinner
>
> Now, I am desgining this DVD for technophobes. At the exact moment
> when the breakfast scene ends (scene #1), I want a black screen to
> appear with a few options as follows:
>
> "Wasn't that a great breakfast that mom made? Well, now its time to
> get back to the movie:
> If you want to skip to the Graduation Ceremony, press HERE with the
> remote.
> If you want to skip to the Festive Family Dinner, press HERE with the
> remote.
> If you want to keep watching the film in its entirety, press HERE
> with the remote."
>
>
> Basically, I want to make this home movie a little more interactive
> but at the same time allow technophobes easy control over the options.
>
> Will Vegas 5/ DVD architect 2 let me do this trick?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Mike Kujbida" <kujfam-misleadingspam@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:<2ikb4eFn5vosU1@uni-berlin.de>...
>> You beat me to the mark, mikep. I did this just last week for a
>> performance I taped at my kids school. The main page had the "whole
>> performance" link and a "scene selection" menu. On the second page,
>> I had each of 8 sections linked separately, another for credits and
>> one to return to the main page. At then end of each section, I had
>> it set to return to the scene selection" menu. Took some playing
>> around (the manual leaves a lot to be desired) but it worked great.
>> DVDA has the ability to create chapter points but being able to do
>> it in Vegas is a definite bonus. The teacher and the students were
>> very impressed :)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> mikep76 wrote:
>>> Below is an excerpt from the "New Features" document for Vegas 5/DVD
>>> Architect 2 which discusses a new feature called "End Actions". It
>>> sounds like this is exactly what you are looking for. Although I
>>> own Vegas 5/DVDA 2, I have not yet installed it on a machine, so I
>>> have not tried out this feature. Note especially the final
>>> one-sentence paragraph.
>>>
>>> DVD Architect 2 software boasts powerful new end actions that give
>>> you a greater level of control over the viewing experience of your
>>> DVDs. We'll talk in much more detail about them when we discuss the
>>> Properties window later in this document. For now, a brief
>>> description will be helpful in understanding their relationship to
>>> the Project Overview window. Simply put, end actions enable you to
>>> specify the exact action that takes place once a menu or a media
>>> file finishes playing.
>>>
>>> For example, you could set the end action of a menu to wait for a
>>> specified period of time,and then (if the viewer hasn't selected any
>>> of the menu options) have the DVD automatically pick the menu option
>>> you specify in the end action.
>>>
>>> Or, you could set the end action of a media file so that it returns
>>> to a specific menu or runs another media file when it completes.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> ]ccrstudent@yahoo.com (CCR) wrote in message
>>> news:<794f53c.0406070548.4f63eec@posting.google.com>...
>>>> We all know how DVD movies are broken into "chapters" that the
>>>> viewer can jump to at any time.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I have a question about the technical possibilites of the DVD
>>>> disk.
>>>>
>>>> For example, lets say that I burn 3 small home movies onto one DVD.
>>>> At the end of the first movie, I want the disk to call up the intro
>>>> screen automatically instead of it continuing the next mini-movie
>>>> automatically.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Is it possible to create artifical "pauses" inbetween chapters?
>>>>
>>>> 2. If so, is it possible to program the DVD so that at each pause
>>>> between chapters the intro menu will come back up?
>>>>
>>>> 3. What software can do this?
>>>>
>>>> And feeback would be appreciated.