I have downloaded a test version of Pinnacle Studio 12. I have made a film using many small film clips and I have made a menu using a standard menu supplied with the program. When I test the menu (before burning a DVD) it worked as I expected. I could select the wante chapter, move to next side and back. After testing I burned the video, quality set to 96% as my film was a bit too long to fit on the disc.

Then I put the DVD into my DVD player and sad down to watch it. The film started with the menu, but after 4 secunds (= the length of the menu) it jumped to chapter 1 of my film. After chapter 1 it continued to chapter 2 etc. In othe words the menu is inactive!

 Am I doing something wrong? is the problem that the quality is set to 96%? do I have to change some setups? any suggestions???

 Pernille

Pernille:

I have downloaded a test version of Pinnacle Studio 12. I have made a film using many small film clips and I have made a menu using a standard menu supplied with the program. When I test the menu (before burning a DVD) it worked as I expected. I could select the wante chapter, move to next side and back. After testing I burned the video, quality set to 96% as my film was a bit too long to fit on the disc.

Then I put the DVD into my DVD player and sad down to watch it. The film started with the menu, but after 4 secunds (= the length of the menu) it jumped to chapter 1 of my film. After chapter 1 it continued to chapter 2 etc. In othe words the menu is inactive!

 Am I doing something wrong? is the problem that the quality is set to 96%? do I have to change some setups? any suggestions???

 Pernille

Welcome to the forum, lets's hope we can help.
Firstly, reading your method above you seem to have done everything correctly, so we need to clarify a couple of points.
To set your mind a rest, creating the video at 96% should not be the cause of the problem you describe.
Here's a couple of questions/suggestions you can try before getting to the hair pulling stage.

Have you tried playing the DVD in the PC? If so what happened ?
Have you tried it in any other DVD player ?
When played in your DVD player were you able to go to the menu by pressing the menu key on your remote control?
If you can, then did the menu play correctly until you made a selection?

After chapter 1 it continued to chapter 2 etc. In othe words the menu is inactive!

Unless you had "return to menu" markers set this is what I would expect once the movie was running. (Did you have any set?) 

As I'm sure you know, most DVD players have a "Resume"  function which remembers a last position when you press stop on the player. Try putting the DVD in the player and when it starts playing press the stop button TWICE to cancel the resume funtion for that disc. Then try the disc again.

One of the favourite "fixes" if Studio is indeed causing the problem is to delete your auxilary files, you can do this in the edit window under the dropdown file menu, before loading your saved project. You can delete for all projects, as the auxillary files will be recreated when you next load your project.
Also, if you are not already doing this then, when making your movie it would also be a good idea to use the option to Create disk but don't burn and then to use rewritable DVD's for testing before you write to your final DVD

That's all I can think of for the moment, anyone else ?

I have tested my DVD on two player and two computer. I have burned with return after each chapter and return after the whole film has enden. If I press the menu button on the remote control nothing happend!

 Can the problem be that the test version does not allow you to burn DVD? I don't fell like buying the program if it has a bug...

I will try to delete auxilary files and see if that makes any difference... 

Pernille

From your reply it would seem that the menu in your project is definately not working.

As, at the time of your last post you had not tried deleting your auxilary files and re-making your DVD then I hope that when you do that the problem will rectify itself. Whilst this may seem a strange way to rectify a problem, sometimes during the process of editing, a small glitch can creep in, and deleting auxillary files which are constantly being updated during the editing process can often rectify an unseen problem.

With regard to the test version, I know of NO restrictions except for the 15 day limit.

If deleting the Aux files doesn't help then:
To try to help speed up your evaluation process and possibly help us help you, I would suggest that as a test, you start a new project and place about 10 minutes of video on the timeline. You can use your own video clips or use the sample video "Our Fun Vacation" which is usually located in Shared Documents\Shared Videos\.

|Next select a simple text menu from those supplied by Studio such as "50sModern Main" and place it on the timeline.
This is just a simple text menu with two items, Play Movie and Scene Selection
Without changing any of the text on the screen set Play Movie to a chapter point at the beginning of your movie.
Don't worry about Scene selection or menu returns at this point.

Next, test your mini movie using the DVD button under the preview window.
Confirm that the menu plays until you select Play Movie.
If this works then go back to your movie and assign the Scene Selection button to a point around the 5 minute mark in your video.

Next, back to the DVD mode and test your mini movie again.

If everything is working to this point then go to the make movie section and create a DVD.
Preferably make an image first using the "Create disk but don't burn option" and then and then burn the image to a Re-writable DVD using "Burn from previously created disc content".

Lastly, test your DVD. (in the PC & DVD player)

In the event that your "mini" DVD does not work correctly then, when you post back please confirm that each of the above steps worked.

By the way when the creation process begins you should get a message stating "Rendering Menus" in the white window on the left side of screen. Do you get this?

Let us know how you go, at this stage if you can't get the above sequence to work then get back to us before moving on with your own project.
I just hope I haven't left anything out, if I have then hopefully someone will step in and add some suggestions.

 

I started the project all over again, gave it a new nama and it worked! I have absolutly no idea what I did different the second time!!!

Now I have a new problem! I used a RW-disk but Studio 12 will not let me use it a second time. The system writes (translated from Danish): "Please insert a disk you can use to writ on".

Any idea how I can rewrite on a RW disk?

Pernille

Pernille:

Now I have a new problem! I used a RW-disk but Studio 12 will not let me use it a second time. The system writes (translated from Danish): "Please insert a disk you can use to writ on".

Any idea how I can rewrite on a RW disk?

Pernille

Struck this a number of times myself - Don't think it was a problem in S10 or S11 but seems to be an issue with S12 . I use a utility like cyberlink or nero to erase the disc - then Studio can write to it OK 

Pleased to hear that you got your project to work Ok .
With regard to the RW discs, Colin's right, whilst S12 should be able to rewrite to them, the quick alternative would be to erase them using the DVD the program that came with your system (such as Nero etc.)