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Turn off first play so user has to press play to start the disc?
I have a client who I’m at my wit’s end with, but I won’t get into the details.
They don’t want the DVD to auto start, because it takes over their screen on their PC or mac and want to be able to see the data on the disc instead and merely have the *option* to play the DVD by pressing the play button.
Is there a way to author a DVD in encore such that it doesn’t start automatically, but starts upon pressing play? If I remove the first play action of a disc, I can’t author the menus etc., so my first instinct would be that it’s not doable.
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4 Replies
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Can’t be done 🙂
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You have to have a “first play” whether it is a video or a menu.
Now I’ve never done this, but how about creating a solid colour video with the transparency set very low and a start button to use for the menu set as “first play”. You’d still see the TV screen and there would be a button to start the DVD. Just make sure the menu loops forever.
Like I said, I have not tried that, and I don’t know if Encore will let you use a menu with a “see-through background” but it would work it it did.
Roel -
the simple answer is – NO, it wont do that!
and: the auto-start-function of the dvd-player-software behave different on all machines, as it´s a user-preference.
by the way – you should set a track as first-play instead of a menu, that helps to keep your players resume-buffer happy.
cheers
danny
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The solution has to be a no-play solution. The problem the client has is that their DVD app goes full screen upon auto play, making them unable to find the icons on their desktop. I told them that this is an application setting, not a DVD one, but he wanted me to override and not auto play the disc. I’m going to tell him it can’t be done.
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