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different menus, continuous background music?
Hi there,
i am doing a concert dvd for a band. The dvd has different menus (song selection, member bios, etc) and a background tune.
Problem is, i want the tune to continue playing while browsing the menus. But it seems i cannot set an independent audio track.
So, everytime you select another menu, the music starts playing again from the start.
Can this be fixed?
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8 Replies
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By the way, forgot to mention, I’m using Encore 1.5
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Sorry.. it can’t be done…. this is part of the DVD spec and not limitations of the DVD authoring software
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Hmm, ok. Not exactly the answer i was hoping for, but there you go 🙂
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Please remember that DVD-Video is Video dominant, Audio Subservient.
This essentially means that the Audio is tied to the visual and not vice-versa.
In Short, change the visual screen (Movie or menu) and the Audio must change too. -
Wouldn’t it perhaps be possible to load a new visual layer containing the other menu over the one containing the background audio? perhaps even by using apha to make it “appear” ?
It could be a state of a button. But then, can a button contain a button? Encore DVD is no Flash of course…
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[marcbrak] “Wouldn’t it perhaps be possible to load a new visual layer containing the other menu over the one containing the background audio? perhaps even by using apha to make it “appear” ?”
No that’s not feasible. If it were a normal timeline, you simply could have it play continuously and jump to the chapter markers, but this doesn’t work with menus. You can however have multiple menu subpictures and change their button assignments (but not change the bg), but in your case it’s not going to do you any good – this requires massive parameter programming which is not available. So whichever way you twist and turn it – you are screwed and can’t carry thru your idea. Just fade the audio on and off and build individual menus. Not perfect, but even the big pop stars have to do their concert DVDs this way so you’re in good company.
Mylenium
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Hi,
I know that there IS a way to do it. I’ll give you an example,
Last year Artbeats sent me an presentation DVD, and there was a continous music in background while I was jumping from one menu to another. Also saw a movie with this kind of menu. So guys there is a way to do it, just need to figure it out HOW??? Maybe we should ask Artbeats how did they do it? 🙂 -
Hi,
I know that there IS a way to do it. I’ll give you an example,
Last year Artbeats sent me an presentation DVD, and there was a continous music in background while I was jumping from one menu to another. Also saw a movie with this kind of menu. So guys there is a way to do it, just need to figure it out HOW??? Maybe we should ask Artbeats how did they do it? 🙂Robert
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