Ss Scott
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how are you burning your final project (video_ts, audio_ts and eDVD content)? Using the included RecordNow software or pulling the eDVD image into your authoring application? If it is the latter, and your authoring application is DVDSP, you will need to make sure you don’t damage the files in transferring them over to the Mac. I think James Manz’ review/tutuorial of the project covers that.
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ummm. that was eDVD 3 which is a couple of years old and uses an older version of the InterActual Player. But now that you have it you can go and upgrade from that product to eDVD 4 for $99.
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Best program for this is eDVD 4 which will allow you to link to any web link or on-disc file from your menu/chapter points.
https://www.sonic.com/products/Professional/eDVD/quicklook.aspx
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On some versions of PowerDVD, CyberLink has created a utility that supercedes any autoruns and goes straight into DVD video. There is nothing you can do about that with any enhanced DVD solution except to give instructions in your DVD video for what to do if the link does not launch.
The good news is that, increasingly, InterActual software is baked into versions of PowerDVD as well as versions of WinDVD and CinePlayer. So while you may find it does not work on your system, you will find on other computers that the content will actually play within the native DVD player, fully functional with all web and ROM links.
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the link in the last post points to eDVD 3 which was web links, PDFs and image files. Here is the link to eDVD 4, which lets you link to the web, any file or any on-disc folder:
https://www.sonic.com/products/Professional/eDVD/quicklook.aspx
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It is not a linkless link. it must link to a title/chapter. you then program that title/chapter to loop back to the menu you came from as your DVD video end action. It is the title/chapter link that eDVD “sees”, interprets and launches a web link or ROM link from.
There is a good Encore specific tutorial here:
https://www.dvd-makers.com/public/1176.cfm
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That’s odd. Your might try burning the project on a PC if you have one with the included Record Now software.
Is this happening on the Mac or PC? If on a PC…the interActual player that plays eDVD discs uses the system’s underlying DVD decoding software. What DVD player software are you viewing the content through? (winDVD? PowerDVD? version?)
How do your menu web links work? do they return to the menu you just came from? do they pause video or keep it running? what are you linking to? Maybe when you go off to the link you are setting an audio stream in your DVD video??
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Here is a good Encore centric tutorial for you on the subject:
https://www.dvd-makers.com/public/1176.cfm
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To create the links from your Encore menus to the internet, or on-disc ROM files (PDFs, exe’s, file folders, etc) you need eDVD 4. There is a good tutorial for using eDVD with Encore here:
https://www.dvd-makers.com/public/1176.cfm
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Avid DVD is far more powerful than ReelDVD. it is a multi-vts product which will allow you to have 8 audio tracks and 32 subtitle tracks under any piece of content in your project and set streams on any menu to jump directly into any of those audio or subtitle tracks. Also has playlists, copy protection, delayed subpictures, 4 preset subpicture overlay settings, slide shows with up to 999 images per show and a very powerful built in menu compositor.
So, for your issue. First, I can’t understand why you can’t link to the second clip. Generally, all you need to do is import both clips into the media palette. Drag both clips to the movies section of the project tree and then drag both clips from the project tree onto a menu (either onto a text button, onto a button object or just onto the menu which will create a thumbnail). End action for both of those links should automatically be set to return to the menu the links came from. If not, you can highlight a button, and either right click on it and set the end action to return to the menu or do the same in the Button Attributes window.
Second way to do what you are trying. With the big clip you created. Import into Avid DVD. Drag the clip to the movies section twice. Highlight the first movie in the project tree. click the title/movie tab in the menu editor area. Trim the end of the movie until all that is there is your first cut. Highlight the second movie in the project tree. Trim the front of the movie until only your second cut is there. Drag both movies to a menu to create buttons.