Background music in still menu

[rdbello]

it would like to know if is possible to place a background music (Loop) in one still menu or only in motions. Thanks.

[Arky]

Yes it is absolutely possible - no problem at all.

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=41986


Arky ;o)

[rdbello]

Thanks Arky, but I would like to do this with scenarist. Is it similar?

[rdbello]

Please, anyone knows how can I put a music in still menu using scenarist? I tried to put a audio file into track editor but it returns: "Menu track shall not have audio stream." and the program not allow me to create one.

Thanks

[McPoodle]

This is actually easy to do in Scenarist, but not very obvious. When you drag your image file from the Data Editor to the Track Editor, it will ask you if you wish to create a Still Show, a Slide Show, or a Still Menu. You must select Slide Show, as this is the only choice that will allow audio. You can still drag in a subpicture, which will convert it into a menu.

Unfortunately, you cannot convert a Still Menu into a Slide Show, so if you went to all of the trouble of defining your hotspots, your best bet is to create a second Slide Show with the same tracks as your Still Menu and then copy the Highlight track from the Still Menu Slide Show before replacing the Still Menu with the Slide Show.

To anticipate your next problem, the slide show/menu by default will only be 10 seconds long, and the audio file you drag in will be truncated to the same length. The solution is, before you add the audio file (or after you have deleted the audio track from the Track Editor), is to click on the little frame in the Still track and change the Duration in the Properties pane to the length of the audio. Then when you drag the audio in it will not be truncated.