some tips needed : menu in main vob set

[influenza]

Hi,

I need some tips on the following:

I have this dvd that contains (part of) the menu in the main vob set.

The main vobset contains 16 pgcs. PGC 12-16 are menus.

I think I read about this in the forum somewhere but cannot find it anymore.

I'm looking for a good strategy to start. I probably have to do button over video or so, but I'm looking for a good starting point.

So if somebody has any experience with this please let me know.

TIA

[oddyseus]

There is only one way to do dvds like this. Re-author them.

I am facing the exact same problem with some BBC documentaries. No way to align my commands and button over video with the stored in ifo ones. Need to reauthor every time.

[influenza]

Yes it's really annoying. What makes this one maybe even complicater is the specific lay-out:

VTS 7 is the main movie (actually it's a concert).

VTS 2 contains most of the main menu. Almost everything like language, extras etc is there. But in VTS 7 there's also part of the menu. The scene menu (in which you can select certain tracks from the concert) is located in 8 pgcs.

SO the menu is spread out over 2 vts sets.

Since there are references to the main movie from the chapter menu I would have to recreate the main movie as well I think, otherwise I cannot make references to it in scenarist?.

i think I'll disable the scene selection button in the main menu, because I think it's to much trouble to be worth it.

[influenza]

And after a good night's sleep things are not as difficult as they looked before :sly:

Like I said part of the menu was in the main vts set. This was only the chapter menu. This menu consisted of 6 separate pgcs each having an animated menupart. For the button overlay a forced subpicture was used.

So basically it was not that difficult:

It was just button over video for the buttons of the chapter menu. Because they referenced to chapters and pgcs from the same vts set simple jump commands were enough.