Quote: For the life of me I cannot figure out how to take a multiple-chapter video and have only the Root menu with the title and PLAY. I want chapters so that the DVD operator can use the chapter or skip button on the remote to advance to the next selection, but there are 25 chapters (this is a band performance) and I don't want to have chapter menus. I just want PLAY.

Have I missed something obvious?

Steve

Yes, the fact that Powerdirector makes menus that are not what you would expect.

You can not have a One page Menu in Powerdirector. There is always the Main page with a PLAY button. That can not be changed, you will always have a Scenes item on the Main page if more than one chapter or title.

All titles or chapters are on the Scenes pages.

The Return to Menu function is on either the TOP MENU button or the TITLE MENU button on the remote control for the DVD player. Often they are small buttons.

Chapter Skip is one of the double arrow keys near the Play button, some remotes call those buttons 'skip' there is forward and back Chapter/Title skip.

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You can not have a One page Menu in Powerdirector. There is always the Main page with a PLAY button. That can not be changed, you will always have a Scenes item on the Main page if more than one chapter or title.

All titles or chapters are on the Scenes pages.

The Return to Menu function is on either the TOP MENU button or the TITLE MENU button on the remote control for the DVD player. Often they are small buttons.

Chapter Skip is one of the double arrow keys near the Play button, some remotes call those buttons 'skip' there is forward and back Chapter/Title skip.

Thanks for the reply. Bummer... I guess I'll just have to use scenes. I'll use the largest number of chapters per page to make it easier for me, and just give the chapters numbers rather than titles. Often, I prefer to have scenes, but with this video I really only wanted a Play All button and I wanted the chapters set in the video only for the purpose of allowing the person viewing the DVD to use the skip/chapter button on his/her remote control to advance to through the disk.

Personally, after producing the MPEG2 files I use a third-party disk authoring program which I have used for many years and which is far more flexible than the one in PD9. I tried to use the PD9 one but found it so counter-intuitive that I gave up with it.

The one I use is DVD-Lab. It's rather an old program and is no longer under development but it does run happily under Windows 7 and is remarkably powerful for the price. I've only scratched the surface but it can be used at many different levels of complexity. If you are interested you can find it here. (Note: I have no connection with the author other than as a satisfied customer). Regards,
Mike

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Quote: I tried to use the PD9 one but found it so counter-intuitive that I gave up with it.

Thanks, Mike. I guess the thought of having one program to address all editing/authoring needs is only a pipe dream.

Cheers,

Steve