eDVD URLs and Mac

[Andy Taplin]

Thanks

I’ll try this is as well if Jim’s suggestions don’t fix it.

Andy

[Bob Cole]

[WTS(JManz)] “Make your video clip longer (like 7-10 seconds).”

Using eDVD4, I’ve been following the advice in Alex Alexzander’s COW tutorial for eDVD3: make the timeline that launches the DVD-ROM content four seconds long, with the second (launch) chapter at two seconds in.

My enhanced DVDs play fine on PCs, but I’d like to make them work on Macs. I’d like to know more precisely what you mean by the above advice: If the whole clip is 7-10 seconds long, is the “trigger” or second chapter point still supposed to come at two seconds in? And, if the clip is now 7-10 seconds long, does that have any bad effect on the playback in PCs?

Thanks.

— Bob C

[Wts(jmanz)]

I would have the link launch right away with the start of the clip, not with a chapter set farther into the clip. In my experience, it takes a bit of time for the ROM content to launch, so having it start to launch immediately with the first chapter mark works for me. It takes some types of links on a Mac longer to launch, so having a video clip or still slate timed long enough is essential. 7 or more seconds should be more than enough. You have to have a clip long enough from the chapter mark to have the ROM content launch. If you have a 4 second clip with a chapter mark 2 seconds in, then you probably won’t have enough time. I think the reason some put the link within the video clip and not at the beginning is for fear the ROM content will launch before the viewer can tell what’s going on. I just find that for the most part, it’s not any issue. The content just doesn’t launch that fast. In fact, what can happen if you delay the launch of the content is that the viewer can get the impression nothing is happening and start clicking buttons.

Jim

[Andy Taplin]

Just heard from Sonic that the problem is with version 8 of Flash player

Here’s an article which explains why web links are not working on the Mac:

https://player.interactual.com/help/support/articles/0165.asp