Creating menu, but having the first clip show before going to menu

Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

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Nov 03, 2014 21:14

Hi there,

I am about ready to create DVD & Blu-ray discs. There is a "rating" clip which is the first clip on the project. I want this to show before going to the menu, but I am not sure how to do this in PD12. With my previous editor/authoring software I was able to achieve this without any problems.

Can someone advise me how to go about this please?

Thanks.

EDIT I need the video menu to start first chapter at the main title.


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IanB
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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Nov 04, 2014 00:35

Hi Ian -

The first thing to do is remove that ratings clip from the timeline. While ever it's there it's part of you titles/chapters structure.

When you're in Create Disc, just click + First Play Video - then navigate to your ratings clip. That's it.

The ratings clips will play before the menu.

Screenshot attached if that doesn't explain well enough.

Cheers - Tony


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Ian26

Senior Member Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Joined: May 17, 2014 08:08 Messages: 188 Offline

Nov 04, 2014 05:21

Thanks Tony,

Will try it tomorrow.

I want to produce it as AVI (10 seconds) but the only option for AVI is: DA-AVI 720x576/50i (25 Mbps), but I want it in 16:9 - 1920x1080/50i.

I have created a profile but it is MPEG2 1920x1080/50i (25Mbps).

Which would be better considering I want it in 16:9 (1920x1080) and as First play.

I have just produced in both formats and it appears the AVI is in 16:9, however, the MPEG2 is much sharper in appearance.

Thanks.

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IanB
PowerDirector Ultimate 18.0.3801.0 (64bit)
Dell XPS 8700, Win 8.1
4th generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 processor (6M Cache, up to 3.4 GHz)
Nividia GeForce 720 Version 372.54 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz (4GB x 2)
2 x 1TB 7200RPM SATA Hard D

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Nov 04, 2014 12:42

Hi Ian -

Yes - 16:9 is best if that's what your project is.

There's no point in rendering it as an AVI because whatever disc type you use, it'll end up as something else! e.g. DVD will be rendered as MPEG-2

Cheers - Tony

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