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dvda-1 continuous play
Hello. I am using dvda-1 and have a video the client will want to have continuous play once he starts it. How do I get the video to repeat? Thanks.
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Most DVD players (even PC ones) have a setting for looping the DVD. It plays to the end and then starts over.
But I think what you want is to set the end action in DVDA to point back to itself. That should keep you going ad infinitum.
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Thanks! I’ll give that a try.
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I have looked for “end action” and can’t find anything like that. I see in and out pointers, and start chapter. I have tried the help files for anything like continuous play of the one video but no luck. If it wouldn’t be too much trouble could you walk me through the process? The clients dvd player probably does have a repeat function but I’m not sure they want to try to find it. Thanks
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When you double-click the movie, look at the properties on the right-hand side. The end actions are located there.
Edward Troxel
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Hi Edward, thanks for trying to help. From the main screen where I built the menu, if I double click the movie I get something labeled “media properties” to the right, that has video and audio lookup boxes. If I go back to the main screen I created and click once on the movie I get an object and a page properties button. On object properties I get a thumbnail sectin with a lookup box, thumbnail start time, animate thumbnail, object frame, enable frame (checked) and link information with a modify box. The page properites button shows background video/image, background audio, highliting style and menu length. I must not be doing something right?
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When you double-click on the media from the menu, you do get media properties for that media on the disc. Under the media properties are several categories. In DVD Architect 4.5, these are: General, Track Media, End Action, Remote Buttons, Color Sets.
So, either double-click the media on the menu OR click on it in the pane to the left of the menu editing area (the Project Overview screen). Then go to the “End Action” section on the right, and then point it to itself.
Edward Troxel
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I see what the problem is. I am using DVDA-1.0 and your instructions are for DVDA-4.3. I don’t do a lot with DVD’s so I just always use DVDA-1 even after I upgraded from Vegas 4 to Vegas 7, and it doesn’t appear to have that same setup. I do have v4.0 and when I opened that it has the area you are talking about. I guess I will have to play with version 4 for a while and figure it out since v-1 doesn’t seem to do the same thing. I really appreciate your patience and help Edward. Have a gret week!
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Version 1 did not have end actions. You’ll definitely need to upgrade to a newer version. Either that, or just press “Repeat” on the DVD player.
Edward Troxel
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