[Edgar Kleinberger]

Hi Pauley,
The difference between a time line and what I am trying to achieve is that in my menu the button is hided but working. I don’t know if I make myself understood, what I mean is in AE, at the place where the button is I put a clip, the size of the button, and on the main video background I wrote “click there”
The way I have overridden the problem is to start with a 5 second black time line; it works but it is not really satisfactory.
Thank you for your help.
Take care
Edgar

[Edgar Kleinberger]

Hi Pauley,
You’r right, starting with a time line leading to a menu with one button works but I do not get what i’d like to get.
Her-after step by step what does not work, and I don’t understand why.
In encore, I take an empty menu, with an empty button.
Make an AE composition.
In AE add a video, sound and set the button opacity to have it only at the end of the video, inside the button I set a small video.
Render the composition to MPEG 2 for DVD
Import it back to Encore and use it as background for my empty menu, from which I’ve hided the empty button, which lead to the main time line. Of course this menu is set “to start first”
Reading the DVD with Nero works exacly as expected, but with my home DVD player, it start directly with the main video, BUT if I ask for the top menu I get the menu.
What is wrong in this set up?
Thank again to try to help me
Edgar

[Edgar Kleinberger]

Hi! Pauley,
Thank you to try to help me.
I have checked my flow chart, and have not found anything wrong.
As a matter of fact my project is rather basic. Let me tell you what I am trying to do.
Firs, I have an empty menu which is linked to a 46 sec video. The end action for this menu is an other empty menu with one button. The button action is the main video.
As you can see nothing fancy, even if one could think it is not the easiest way to achieve what I have had in mind.
At first I tried to set the intro video to be played at first and the end action an empty menu with a button to start the main video, as it did not work I have tried several set up, and none succeed; it turn me crazy.
Thanks for any clue
Edgar