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From: Phil Earnhardt on 5 Feb 2006 12:32
I'd like to create a plain vanilla DVD, with chapters, that can be
played without any menu navigation on the title page.

I'd like to be able to cue to a particular chapter without a monitor
simply by using the play button, the forward/back chapter buttons, and
the chapter number display on a generic DVD player. I plan to burn
dual-layer DVD+R disks.

Is it possible to author a DVD that works this way with iDVD?

--phil

From: Garner Miller on 5 Feb 2006 16:34
In article <4cccu110vd2sv0gjssmdj8f1rgecbvmsf5(a)4ax.com>, Phil Earnhardt
<pae(a)dim.com> wrote:

> I'd like to create a plain vanilla DVD, with chapters, that can be
> played without any menu navigation on the title page.
> ...
> Is it possible to author a DVD that works this way with iDVD?

I don't believe so, no. I just fired up iDVD 6, and can't figure any
way to do such a thing. You have to pick SOME theme, which will
prevent you from doing what you want to do.

Roxio's Toast 7, however, can do exactly what you need, and it might be
worth checking out.

Here's what the interface would look like -- you drag the movie files
from the desktop into the main window:

http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=toast5rj.jpg

The "No Menus" option on the left will make it do exactly what you
want. You put it in, and either hit "Play" to go to the first chapter,
or go forward to the specific one you want. It'll put them in the
order you have them in the main Toast window in the picture above, and
you can order them however you need.

--
Garner R. Miller
Clifton Park, NY =USA=
http://www.garnermiller.com/
From: Malcolm on 5 Feb 2006 21:24
On 2006-02-05 12:32:48 -0500, Phil Earnhardt <pae(a)dim.com> said:

> I'd like to create a plain vanilla DVD, with chapters, that can be
> played without any menu navigation on the title page.
>
> I'd like to be able to cue to a particular chapter without a monitor
> simply by using the play button, the forward/back chapter buttons, and
> the chapter number display on a generic DVD player. I plan to burn
> dual-layer DVD+R disks.
>
> Is it possible to author a DVD that works this way with iDVD?
>
> --phil

In iDvd 6 select "Show Map" in the "View" menu. Drag the movie to the
first box for it to play when the disk is inserted. Don't know about
chapter marks.

From: Reginald Dwight on 5 Feb 2006 23:13
In article <050220061634505513%garner(a)netstreet.net>,
Garner Miller <garner(a)netstreet.net> wrote:

> In article <4cccu110vd2sv0gjssmdj8f1rgecbvmsf5(a)4ax.com>, Phil Earnhardt
> <pae(a)dim.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to create a plain vanilla DVD, with chapters, that can be
> > played without any menu navigation on the title page.
> > ...
> > Is it possible to author a DVD that works this way with iDVD?
>
> I don't believe so, no. I just fired up iDVD 6, and can't figure any
> way to do such a thing.

Maybe you should've fire up the iDVD Help too. It's got all this amazing
information that shows you that you actually can do it.

Search for this: Making a movie or slideshow play before the main menu
appears
From: Phil Earnhardt on 6 Feb 2006 00:39
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 04:13:46 GMT, Reginald Dwight
<regdwight(a)verizon.net> wrote:

>In article <050220061634505513%garner(a)netstreet.net>,
> Garner Miller <garner(a)netstreet.net> wrote:
>
>> In article <4cccu110vd2sv0gjssmdj8f1rgecbvmsf5(a)4ax.com>, Phil Earnhardt
>> <pae(a)dim.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I'd like to create a plain vanilla DVD, with chapters, that can be
>> > played without any menu navigation on the title page.
>> > ...
>> > Is it possible to author a DVD that works this way with iDVD?
>>
>> I don't believe so, no. I just fired up iDVD 6, and can't figure any
>> way to do such a thing.
>
>Maybe you should've fire up the iDVD Help too. It's got all this amazing
>information that shows you that you actually can do it.
>
>Search for this: Making a movie or slideshow play before the main menu
>appears

Hi, Reggie. OP here. I found "auto play" when looking around in the
online help for iDVD. What I couldn't tell from the help is how one
would have chapter breaks in the material inserted in the auto play.

As another poster noted, I don't believe there is any way to insert
content with chapter markers in that auto play box.

I don't have a specific objection to having a title page as long as I
can seek to a particular chapter by using only the front-panel buttons
on a generic DVD player: the play/pause button, and the forward/back
chapter buttons. At least, the title page should be silent; at best,
it would be totally black.

--phil

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