• Adobe Encore DVD

  Movie Segments cause naviagation problems

  Posted by Clint Milner on May 18, 2011 at 10:11 am

  I wanted to see if this is a limitation of Encore CS4 or if there was a fix for this.

  I have a film.

  I know it’s going to be a dual-layer disc, so I chop up the film into chapters/sections and in Encore the End Action of chapter 1 is the start of chapter 2, end of chapter 2 is the start of chapter 3, and so on. I do this because it helps IMGBURN obtain a cleaner layer-break.

  But what I’m having troubles with is the navigation on the disc. The user can skip forward / fast-forward chapter-by-chapter, but it’s impossible to skip backwards or fast-rewind.

  Is there a way to do this, or can someone suggest a better workflow?

  Many thanks,
  Clint

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  Clint Milner replied 15 years ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jeff Bellune

  May 18, 2011 at 3:08 pm

  If your chapter videos are in separate timelines, then the skip forward/backward navigation is completely dependent on what the individual DVD player will allow.

  You may have better luck with the navigation issue if you add your chapter timelines to a standard playlist. En *may* program the commands differently enough in the playlist so that navigation is easier for the DVD player. I haven’t tested that particular feature for your kind of navigation in a very long time. 🙂

  -Jeff

  The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
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  Clint Milner

  May 18, 2011 at 3:14 pm

  Hi Jeff,

  Thanks for the reply. In your experience, is the Standard Playlist way pretty well supported in DVD players?

  Would this be the same if the disc was a Blu-ray?

  How do you handle the layer-break issue with very long films?

  Thanks again,
  Clint

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  Jeff Bellune

  May 19, 2011 at 12:00 am

  I don’t have enough experience with Blu-ray to comment on how well it’s supported, but standard playlists in En are usually well-supported on DVD players.

  For the layer break, I make a set of DVD folders in En and then let ImgBurn make a disc image out of those folders. The layer break that’s set in ImgBurn is usually reliable.

  -Jeff

  The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0
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  Clint Milner

  May 19, 2011 at 8:03 am

  Do you usually segment the video so there are lots of layer-break choices in IMGBURN, or do you do one long video stream?

  Thanks again Jeff, I’m going to try the Playlist way to see if the navigation problem is fixed.

  Clint

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