Create Disc - Gift Box Opening

Philly Bill

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Jan 11, 2011 13:38

Please bear with me as I'm struggling through this good program. I created a small test project (a couple of titles, transitions etc). and created an AVCHD DVD. I've read the manual and watched the turorials but still have two questions.

First, my completed AVCHD DVD has that weird Gift Box opening and lobotomized music. I don't see how I can remove it and don't understand its purpose. Please tell me how I can remove it.

Second, can someone guide me on the simplist menu structure for a single video project? I'm only burning one video to the DVD. The project has six chapter points but I don't need a screen to idenfity/offer them. I'm looking for a structure whereby I can select a background image and a single "Play" button. That's it. I know it has to be easy. When I select the "No Menu" option, it defaults to a simple screen with a thumbnail but it has a bold "AVCHD" at the top. The viewer probably doesn't even know what AVCHD is and I don't know why it has to be there.

Thanks,

Bill

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Philly Bill

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Jan 11, 2011 19:42

OK I'm starting to understand a little better. That creepy Gift Box opening was part of a single template. Also, from reading some of the recent similar gripes, it seems that unless I choose "no menu" I'm stuck with a two layer menu. From all of the templates I've viewed the second (chapter) menu is far busy for me.

Bad Cyberlink. You should allow more control for something so basic. Home videos are often simple and singular, i.e. one video that you share with family. Load the DVD, see a nice background image (typically a screen shot from the same video) and one "Play" button. Simple and clean. There is no reason to deny that to the user. HP Pavilion Elite 410f. AMD Phenom II 1045T (six core), ATI Radeon HD 5570 Graphics Card w/1GB, 8GB memory, terabyte HD, generic multi optical, LG BD burner, both Lightscribe, Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Formerly used Ulead/Corel VideoStudio.

JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Jan 11, 2011 20:11

Quote: see a nice background image (typically a screen shot from the same video) and one "Play" button. Simple and clean.

That is possible, simply design your own with the Menu Designer. The following Edit Disc menu tutorial video may give you some ideas.
http://directorzone.cyberlink.com/tutorial/

Jeff

Philly Bill

Member Location: Philadelphia, PA Joined: Dec 28, 2010 20:26 Messages: 57 Offline

Jan 11, 2011 21:33

Jeff, there is something I surely don't understand because you seem to contradict yourself with what you said (below) to another post:

"Not possible with the current version of PD9, the menu MUST have the root menu page which contains a "play" button and a "scene" button and a "subtitle" button if you have subtitles. The layout of this top level menu page can not currently be changed via the user with PD.

Jeff"

I guess what I want is only the root menu, with my own background image and a "Play" button. No "Scenes," and no chapters on a sub-menu.

I did view that tutorial before I wrote the original post. I watched it again and I'm still confused. I wish the tutorial used a simpler project.

Oh, and I only have 7 menu templates. Is that right? I did download and install the content package.

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JL_JL

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Jan 11, 2011 22:14

No I don't think I am contradicting myself. In your case you want NO chapters and just a play button on the main screen that loads first. If you don't use chapters in your project you won't have a "scene" button and if you don't use "subtitles", you will get exactly what you asked for, a root menu that is the first thing to load and will only display a "play" button which will play your disc.

The other member asked if they can link a photo montage to this root menu, NO not currently. It would be under the "scene" button and take you to another page of the menu if a single title project.

The other question was for two videos or titles on the root menu, again, NO, not currently. These two titles would be under the "scene" button on the root menu page and take you to another page of the menu to load either of these two titles and potential chapters.

Jeff

Philly Bill

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Jan 12, 2011 08:23

Jeff, thanks for that clarification. I'll remove the chapters.

I think it's an odd situation. I'd like to keep the chapters so the viewer can toggle through the video but still keep a simple initial screen. As my signature shows, I used to use VideoStudio. PowerDirector 9 is far superior to VS (it actually allows editing of AVCHD without hiccups) and I am happy with it. However, VS never imposed such an odd limitation. I may have to research an authoring program to use with my PD9 edited/rendered videos.

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JL_JL

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Jan 12, 2011 12:21

I guess I'm a little confused on what you want. If you want to keep the chapters you need some way to navigate to them. That's really what the "scene" button is for. The "scene" button opens a second page of the menu that has your chapters to provide an easy way to skip to your chapters so you can select one to initiate playback from. You don’t have to go there though, the “play” button on the top level root menu will still play the disc start to finish.

So if you design your own menu, you can put your own picture in the background and simply have a "play" button and a "scene" button on the root menu that loads first when you put in the disc. This is pretty simple and clean.

root menu > "play" button, This will play your entire video start to finish
root menu > "scene" button, This will open a second page of the menu, your chapter page which will allow you to select a given chapter and start playback from there

Jeff

Philly Bill

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Jan 12, 2011 12:59

Ok Jeff. I guess I'm just being stubborn. But in my defense, PD9 allows you to set interval chapters. With interval chapters, you just toggle through the video. You wouldn't necessarily want or need to label, or identify them, the viewer just hits the chapter button on the remote. So for many occassions, there is no need for a chapter menu. If there is no need, then PD9 shouldn't impose that on the (disc) creator. So if I continue to be stubborn, I'll have to remove the chapters (specific, not interval).

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JL_JL

Senior Contributor Location: Arizona, USA Joined: Oct 01, 2006 20:01 Messages: 6091 Offline

Jan 12, 2011 14:59

Hidden chapters can't really be done easily within the menu system structure of PD that I know of. PD really does not "support" hidden chapters as you define them that I know of. I did summarize a method to "trick" PD into a single hidden chapter in http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/14774.page#71322 but this is not really appropriate for what you want with a whole series of hidden chapters with no menu navigation at all.

Jeff