How to you go to submenu without going straight to first movie?

m_tomski wrote on 3/17/2013, 6:18 AM

Hello

 

I have 6 movies which I am burning to one disc. I have (i think) created a homepage with disc menu/title. I also created a new page containing the submenus for each of the movies yet when i play the disc it goes straight to first movie and bypasses the submenus. How do I create the option to go from disc menu to submenu?

 

Thanks

 

Michelle

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johnebaker wrote on 3/17/2013, 5:38 PM

Hi

Welcome to the forum.

You have not specified which version of MEP you are using - these instructions refer to MEP 2013, for MEP MX or MEP 17 use the film reel icon below the preview monitor to switch timelines instead of clicking the tab as stated below.

Warning - doing multiple movies like this will seriously slow down your PC - if it is a laptop then it may become unusable in which case try option (C)

The six movies must be in one project, each movie on its own timeline, if you have not done this and have put the movies one after the other on a single timeline then follow (A).

For future multiple movie projects follow (B) or (C)


(A)  From an existing project - making the chapters into separate movies - make a backup of the original project then:

1.   Open the project displaying the timeline.

2.   Press Ctrl + Alt + N to create a new movie in the open project, click Don't close in the dialog that will open - you will now get a blank timeline and another movie tab.

3.   Click the tab containing the original movie to display its timeline and select all the clips in the first chapter and copy them

4. Click the tab of the added movie and paste the copied objects on to the blank timeline.

5. Repeat steps 2 - 4 for each chapter

6. Select the original movie and remove it from the project  File, Manage movies, Remove from project and save the project

7. Click on the Burn tab

8. MEP will create a menu with the indivdual movies on it change the menu template if you wish

9. Click each movie button and set the action you want at the end of the movie, in your case Jump to film menu

10.  Save the project and do a trial burn ( I suggest you use rewriteable DVD or BD - they save you money) .
 

(B)  Starting from a new project : -

a.   Add the video/images etc to the blank timeline for the relevant topic set transitions, titles effects and chapters as desired, save the project

b.   Press Ctrl + Alt + N to create a new movie in the open project, click Don't close in the dialog that will open - you will now get a blank timeline and another movie tab.

c.  Repeat steps a and b as often as required.

d.  Follow steps 7 - 10 above for the menu

 

(C) Starting with individual movies

11.   Create an individual project for each movie, adding video, images, titles, effects etc and save the project.

12.   For each project export the finished video as Magix mxv file File, Export movie, Video as Magix video.

13.  Then follow procedure (B) - at step (a) import the exported mxv files from step 12 instead of adding video etc

This way if you make an error in one of the projects you can edit it again, re-export and add back to the multi-movie project.

HTH

John

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cpc000cpc wrote on 3/17/2013, 6:46 PM

Adding to John's detailed instructions, a screen shot of the 'Burn' window of a project with three movies each of which has three chapters:

Note the navigation pane, seen in 'Edit' mode, which shows your DVD structure in outline format.

Regards,

Carl