creating menu buttons and running an mpeg in dvd

[nighthawk2018]

Hi,

I would like to create a menu where the video and audio are running, while the menu is active,. is that possible?

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Nighthawk

[r0lZ]

Do you mean an animated menu, or do you want to see the whole main movie "behind" the menu buttons?

In fact, both are theoretically possible. In the first case, you have to prepare segments of video and audio, and author them with a program that can do animated menus.

In the second case, you have to author BOVs (Buttons Over Video) over the main movie. But you will see only one button highlight at a time (like the White Rabbit bonus in The Matrix). If you want to see all buttons at the same time, you have to include the buttons in the movie itself. That means that you have to re-encode the movie. Obviously, that means also that you will have to include the movie two times in the DVD: one with the buttons, plus the movie alone. Also, the authoring will be much complicated, and you have to use a program that can author BOVs. It's a very difficult option imo!

Note also that some standalone DVD recorders can display the whole movie as an animated thumbnail in the menu. Unfortunately, it's something specific to the recorder, and it's not possible with a normal player.

[goonix]

If you want to see all buttons at the same time, you have to include the buttons in the movie itself. That means that you have to re-encode the movie.

You can show all the buttons including a changeable highlight without re-encoding the movie.
If you mux the subpicture and the movie with MuxMan, you can use following sst file:

st_format 2
Display_Start forced
TV_Type PAL
Tape_Type NON_DROP
Pixel_Area (2 574)
Display_Area (0 2 719 574)
E2 (255 255 255 = = =)
E1 (0 0 255 = = =)
PA (0 0 0 = = =)
BG (255 0 0 = = =)
Directory .
Color (1 1 4 1) # E2 E1 PA BG
Contrast (0 0 15 0) # E2 E1 PA BG
1 00:00:00:00 - SUB.bmp

The line "Color" sets the number of the CLUT (PA is set to 4).
The line "Contrast" sets the opacity of the color (PA is set to 15).

I have used PA for the "background" buttons and E2 for the "switchable" highlight.
The example (1 min movie) can be downloaded here: DOWNLOAD (http://www.goonix.biz/download/misc/BOVTEST.rar) 10MB

The drawback is that the buttons will disappear when moving the film fast forward or fast back.
This can be circumvented by restarting the buttons (highlight AND hotspot rectangle)
e.g. every second as long as the menu have to be displayed. It can be achieved by editing MuxMans mxp file.

You can choose the menu starting point by setting the start time of the buttons (line "1").

goonix