Previous & Next buttons causing problems

[Wendall Woodbury]

Hi Joe. Thanks for the info.

The confusion, on my part, is coming from the fact that I had previously been following a tutorial, which said set Timeline User Operations to None. It did work, up to a point. But I was not able to create the exact set up I wanted, hence my appeal to the COW forum.

Following what Jeff & you both have said, I am almost there. Everything works the way I want it to, EXCEPT the last chapter will not go back to the Main Menu. Jeff said don’t put an End Action on the last chapter, that it will automatically return to the Main Menu. Unfortunately, the chapter ends and just goes to black. I tried putting an End Action (back to Main Menu) on the chapter, just for the heck of it, and that didn’t work either. The result was the same…black. I’ve tried re-creating the project a couple of times with the same results.

There are no Orphans (finally) in the Flowchart, so that’s a good thing. Now, if I can just get the last chapter to return to the Main Menu, the project will be a success. Any idea what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks.

Wendall

Filmmaker42

[Joe Bowden]

OK, I think we’re approaching the finish line now…

If you are linking to a timeline with chapters (not to chapter playlists), then give the timeline an end action of Return to Last Menu. If you are linking chapter playlists, make sure all of them have Return to Last Menu as the end action.

In either case, make sure you are not using overrides anywhere in the project.

Let us know how that works for you.

[Jeff Bellune]

You don’t set an end action for the last chapter. When the last chapter finishes playing, the timeline finishes playing. Hence, you need an end action for the timeline that goes back to the menu.

-Jeff

The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0

[Wendall Woodbury]

YOUR TIPS WORKED! I just burned a DVD with all the parameters that I need. What sense of relief!

It appears I did not have an End Action set for the Timeline. So, that’s why the last chapter was not going back to the Main Menu. It works fine now, on both my Computer and DVD players. I also figured out how to make the first play Intro just like the FBI notice, by using Operations Non Permitted & NONE. Then I used ALL for the Segment Timeline.

So, I’m a happy camper, thanks to you and Joe. I want to thank you both for sticking with me on this problem. This is probably the longest thread in COW history, but I appreciate the input, and so will my client! I’ve certainly learned there’s more than one way to do things in Encore!

Thanks again for all the help.

My Best Regards,

Wendall

Filmmaker42

[Jeff Bellune]

You’re welcome, Wendall. 🙂

-Jeff

The Focal Easy Guide to Adobe Encore DVD 2.0

[Joe Bowden]

Glad to hear of your success Wendall!

[Paul Burden]

HI can anyone help with my chapter marker probem? After placing various markers in my timeline it appears they will go forward but will not back up. Can anyone tell me if im doing something wrong here
or if there is a remedy for this.

Regards
Novice Encore User

[Joe Bowden]

Do you mean the Next button works, but the Previous button does not?