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It's always worked for me as well so I'm just as puzzled. I do remember
reading about this issue on one of the many Vegas forums I subscribe to.
The problem is trying to remember which one :-(
Mike
rqo wrote:
> I'm still not sure why your chapters markers made in DVDA didn't
> work. I've done it both ways many times. Placed makers in Vegas and
> DVDA, and they both work fine. If you ever figure it out, drop a
> post on here.
>
> rqo
>
> "CW" <crazy_whizzo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:HzgId.17156$4I2.16853@attbi_s01...
>> Good catch! And, I saw this a couple of days ago thinking this was
>> the Holy Grail. But, after upgrading, the chapter selections still
>> did not work in DVDA. Oh well, at least I can "hard code" the
>> markers in Vegas, and render them in DVDA (it makes no sense to me,
>> but it does work). Thanks for your post, though.
>>
>> CW
>>
>> "Mike Kujbida" <kujfam-misleadingspam@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:359mbsF4icv1oU1@individual.net...
>>> Are you running the latest version of DVDA (2.0b)? Seems to me
>>> that a recent patch fixed the markers issue but I'm not positive.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> CW wrote:
>>>> My compilation works fine with PowerDVD on the PC. However, when
>>>> played in the APEX AD-1200, I can select the chapter/scene, the
>>>> highlight disappears off of the thumbnail, and instead of playing
>>>> the selected chapter, the video stays locked on to the menu
>>>> screen. I can select the "Main Menu" button on the remote control,
>>>> and the player returns to the highlight to the thumbnail on the
>>>> menu screen and allows me to move the cursor around again.
>>>>
>>>> I have tried several variations and several different video files
>>>> by using DVDA's marker tools and scene selection menus to no
>>>> avail. As an experiment, I burned the sample project that comes
>>>> with DVDA to see if Sony's version would work with my cheap DVD
>>>> player, and it did.
>>>>
>>>> So, as a final experiment (I am out of iterations), I opened up
>>>> Vegas 5 and placed markers in the video and saved it. Then I
>>>> opened that file up in DVDA and made the same scene selection type
>>>> menu as before, burned the DVD compilation to a DVD+RW, and my
>>>> AD-1200 allowed correct playback of selected chapters. No idea why
>>>> this worked.
>>>>
>>>> CW
>>>>
>>>> "rqo" <safetyo-nospam@bellsouthnospam.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:bg8Hd.15851$SK6.7611@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
>>>>> Have you played the DVD in another player to confirm? Does it
>>>>> play on the PC's DVD player correctly?
>>>>>
>>>>> Are the scenes selections created linked to the correct scene
>>>>> (thought the Properties area window), i.e. If you select a scene
>>>>> button on your layout window, does the Button Properties,
>>>>> (submenu) "Action", (submenu) "Destination chapter", show the
>>>>> correct link? Just a thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> rqo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "CW" <crazy_whizzo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:yJJGd.8635$yY6.4531@attbi_s02...
>>>>>> I am trying to create a DVD with Sony's DVDA 2.0. I have encoded
>>>>>> a mini-DV avi file to an mpeg-2 mpg version using TMPGEnc. My
>>>>>> problem is creating scene selections. I have manually created
>>>>>> all the chapter points in DVDA, and have inserted a Scene
>>>>>> Selections sub menu under the Main Menu in the Project Overview
>>>>>> window. Everything seems to flow correctly using Preview, but
>>>>>> when I play the DVD in my Apex DVD player and choose to select a
>>>>>> scene, nothing happens. The highlight goes away from the
>>>>>> graphic, but I never go to the scene. The movie renders fine.
>>>>>> Any ideas?
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