Showing Time in Scenarist?

[Hoagie]

Can someone please help me figure out how to get Scenarist to show the timecode during playback?

I've been able to create a DVD-R using Scenarist, but the timecode does not show up when I play it back... only "Play" shows up on my DVD player. Is it possible to get the time to show up? What step am I missing?

Many thanks for any help.

Hoag

[Vulcan]

I have had the very same problem and I think it has to do with menus and language folders and its presence in the VMG and VTS files. My player (Philips DVD 711) only shows time if I have language folders and menus in both the VMG and VTS folders.

Try the following approach (it works for me!):

1. Put a language folder in both the VMG and the VTS folders
2. Put a menu in each of the language folders
2. Have the buttons in the menu in the VMG language folder point to the menu(s) in the VTS-folders (If you only have one VTS folder make one button). I know it sounds silly to have a menu with only one option but this approach works for me.
4. Have the buttons in the VTS language folder(s) point to your titles and chapters.

[Hoagie]

Many thanks for the suggestion Vulcan... it kinda worked. :)

I set up a English language folder and put a menu in it, under the VideoManager.

I then put a menu under the VTS folder along with 3 titles (the first has a video sequence and a still, the second has the main video streams).

Titles 1 and 2 still show "PLAY", but title 3 does show the time! Weird.

I am burning a disk right now with only 2 tracks to see what happens there, but was wondering if you have any insight into the situation?

Perhaps you could save a project that you have it working with and upload it to here? Then I could see how you have it set up.

Many thanks for any help!! You've gotten me a lot further already! :)

Hoag

[Vulcan]

Hoagie,

You got a pm.