Blu-ray authoring : Creating static menu

[jpsdr]

Hello.

I have a question about blu-ray authoring with Scenarist.
Can someone help me, please ?

I want to make a menu wich is a still image.
I have to encode it with Still Image Encoder,
but wich format do i have to use :
Browsable Slideshow (Multi ES) ?
Browsable Slideshow (1 ES) ?
Timebase SlideShow ?
Movie ?
Movie (All I-Picture) ?

And, what duration do i have to put ?

Thanks.

[mp3dom]

You have to use the 'Movie' Type. About the duration, if you have a background music, you can put that duration so in this way you have video and audio of the same length. If you don't have a bgm you can put i.e. 1 minute and then repeat for infinite time via playlist/playitem

[jpsdr]

Ok, thanks.

Edit : I don't find out how to put repeat on infinite...

[mp3dom]

For infinite time there isn't a "flag" (at least not in Scenarist BD, I read somewhere that in Blu-Print there is a flag for that). You need to use the PlayList/PlayItem. In the stream editor create a stream with 1 playitem and put your menu. Now create (let's say) 10 new playitem and drag/drop again your menu (from the clips) 10 times. In this way you repeat your menu 10 times in a seamless way. This is useful because if you have only 1 playitem, at the loop point your IG will blink a bit (like in dvd menus). With 10 playitem (or more) it's difficult that a user will wait 10 loop before pressing any button!. Ok, now that you have your 10 playitem, drag the stream in your scenario editor. In the MovieObject CMD section you need to add the command to loop (you can add a label at the top, then the PlayPL command and then the "goto label" command). In this way (it's an example) you obtain an infinite loop of your menu.

[jpsdr]

Thanks for the process.
I've in fact tested the same thing that i was doing for DVD to have static menu with music : Create a slideshow.
Encoding in TimeBase Slideshow have worked on my test, and the .264 resulting file is doing only 320k, even if i chose 5mn length !
I'll try to find out the loop command.
Thanks again.

[digitalvideo]

Hi,

In your title command you need to have

[label]
Playtitle
goto [label]

I hope this help

[jpsdr]

I've finaly been able to find this, but i also find out why my menu didn't loop.
Now, everything is fine in my menu.
Thanks for all these informations.