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lpn1160
29th October 2003, 19:03
Did a search & couldn't find exactly what I wanted to do.
In maestro I've setup a static menu with a 34 sec. audio file
I made it so that when the audio finishes playing the main movie should begin to play. That all works fine. The problem is after the first pass of 34 sec. the menu plays again but with out the audio. After the second pass (without audio) the main movie does play.
The static menu is a .psd file.
Any thoughts or guides or insight as to how to do this properly.
I would like after the 34 secs of audio plays that it go straight to the main film without a second pass.
Thank you all so much in advance
Larry

SurfDrifter
29th October 2003, 19:47
Actually, it doesn't play again without the sound, but it stops playback and it displayes the last frame, which in your case is a still picture. To have the effect you want, just go to Menu Editor and select the "Playback Control' tab. You'll see 3 radio buttons
"Still", "Loop" and "Timeout". select "Timeout" and set timeout at 0 seconds. This means that exactly after 0 seconds that the audio has stopped the timeout action will take place.
how do set the timeout action? Subtle, but easy.

Go to View and enable "connections". Now select the menu at the tree list and go to the connections window. Now here's the tricky part.
RIGHT-click at the name of the menu and select "Show Standard Connections" or "Advanced connections".
You will see an empty field saying "MENU_NAME timeout". There you put the timeout action of your menu.

lpn1160
29th October 2003, 20:33
Worked Perfect!!
millions of thanks!!!!

SurfDrifter
30th October 2003, 18:18
You're very welcome!