Maestro and standalone Sony DVP-NS410 menu incompatibility

[jammupatu]

Hi guys.

Anyone have any idea since with SpruceUP I can produce a working dvd but with Maestro the menus do not work. I can press enter but not move the 'cursor' around. My standalone, Sony DVP-NS410, does not respond in anyway to left/right/up/down buttons. I have not restricted any functions in any menu within Maestro before compiling. The menus do however work with Cyberlink Powerdvd. This is getting really weird...

Thanks in advance,

-Jammupatu

[Dimmer]

Is it a 16:9 menu by any chance? If so, you'll have to create two sets of menus: one for 16:9 monitor (PowerDVD), another for a 4:3 TV (usually, pan&scan). In this case, search my recent posts, I explained this in a couple of other threads not long ago.

[jammupatu]

Hi,

the menus are 4:3. I tried using DVD-lab with the same psd & bmp -files and all works fine. I'm really puzzled by this.... and I can almost swear the menus did work with Maestro (not sure, lots of testing in few days). Tried compiling a new project with different bmp & psd -files and still no go.

Guess I'm gonna try out DVD-lab pro public beta now.... seems ok so far.


br,

-Jammupatu

[Dimmer]

Try one experiment: change the display type in the player setup to 16:9, and see if the menu works. The picture will look distorted, but it doesn't matter. If it works, then you just didn't set up the menu correctly in Maestro.

[jammupatu]

Hi and thx for helping so far.

I've got a 16:9 Sony 32" tv so I already keep the player set to 16:9. I did double check this just in case. (And we _are_ talking about the dvd player's setting?) ... I couldn't find a way to force the 4:3 menu to 16:9 during playback. The only setting lies within the player's settings-menu, which I double checked.

br,

-Jammupatu

[Dimmer]

Originally posted by jammupatu
I've got a 16:9 Sony 32" tv so I already keep the player set to 16:9. I did double check this just in case. (And we _are_ talking about the dvd player's setting?) ... I couldn't find a way to force the 4:3 menu to 16:9 during playback. The only setting lies within the player's settings-menu, which I double checked. Yes, that's what I meant. So the menu must have black bars on the sides when viewed in 16:9 TV, right? Try the opposite then, switch the player settings to 4:3 (try both letterbox and pan&scan).

If you want to view a menu properly on 16:9 TV, you have to design it specifically as 16:9, not 4:3. I doubt though you can convert the aspect ratio of an existing (ripped) menu without quality loss.

[jammupatu]

Evening,

ok... I tried forcing it to 4:3 letterbox & pan&scan with no luck. The 'cursor' cannot be moved, only enter works. The menu is selfmade and it seems to be displaying just as it should... =) Thanks for the pointer though, I'll read up more about the ratios etc. ... Still, the main problem remains... reaaal weird! =(

br,

-Jammupatu

[jammupatu]

Hi all.

Found the problem, it was my bad.... I hadn't put the navigation parameters on buttons-tab correctly.

-Jammupatu