Multi-movie Dvd & Titlewriter Crashing

[rock_king_my]

Hi

I just used DVDSHRINK 3.2 to do a movie compilation with 3 movies.
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Now I want to add back the scene/chapter menus back to each movie with TITLEWRITER.
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I also want to create my own Movie Selection menu (the first thing that the DVD should play) giving me the 3 movie choices.
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I did notice the screenshots in TITLEWRITER guide looks nothing like mine:
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My TITLEWRITER is version 2.652. When I open TW2.652, I don’t have the option for normal or automated mode. I just get what you see in my screenshot 01.
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As you can see, I got NO Set-Up, NO Menu Template, NO Menu Choices, etc.
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I load my compilation from the same location where the DVDSHRINK output is.
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I clicked on the MENU/TEXT button to get the Menu thing. I don’t intend to do any DVD_TEXT stuff!
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At first, the log reports DVD Does Not Contain Menu which is true. Thus, each VTS_Title 0X says No Menu which is also true.
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At this point I got lost. So I double click each VTS_Title 0X & open their relevant VTS_01_.VOB from separate folders (still on my hard disc).
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I highlighted the first Vts [VTS_Title 01] & click on the smiley menu button. This is the point that it crashed; see screenshot 02.
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So just want to do a few simple things in TW2.6:
a) put back each movie’s original scene selection menus
b) do a movie selection menu (starting from scratch) giving me the 3 movie choices
c) make sure the [back to] main menu link/button/function on each scene selection menu leads to the movie selection menu
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Where do I really start? I only found that guide for v.2.0 mentioned above.
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<o>Also having problem downloading the TW menu templates.</o>
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Previously tried the PGCEDIT-VOBBLANKER-DVDREMAKE PRO route but messed up there too! Will go back to this one day though!

[FallenAngel]

Download Newest ver.
Avoid Automated mode (Via dvdshrink icon) -- Until you understand the interface

The smilyface is to fix navigation in menus that are currently in compiliation -- The crash was caused because you Hadn't added menu's at that point(TW Should have just ignored you --This is a New Bug -- Will Be fixed)

A few notes: TW does not allow you to pick and choose amongst internal menus in a selected vts

You must be able to access the simplemenu folder at the download site (Since you Downloaded TW)-- menu templates are there

Okay -- First the guide Cynthia made is for an old Ver. really does not apply
in the TW folder you downloaded there are .rtf files -- Study them

What you are trying is not simple at all --But can be done
You are starting off using TW at the most complicated level

1. Open DVDShrunk compiliation in tw
2. Click Text->Menu shortcut til you see Select Menu to add to compiliation
3. Click the first line
4. Browse to Tw Simple Menus --Menu4Movie -- Open it (This is your movie selector)
5. click the second line -- (This is the first DVDShrunk Movie) - Browse to the vts that contains the Menu for that individual movie (In its ripped folder)
6. Repeat last step for each movie (Except the 4th Vts--Entry will be eliminated later)

Click Add Menu
Click Menu Is Generic
Click Save Changes

If playback/navigation problems inside menus -- Happyface the individual Menus (VTS's) -- Guide Happyface.rtf

Once you get it playing -- Even though the navigation behavior (Main menu (Generic) will probably lead to start of movie) and may not be exactly what you want then Talk to Me in this thread

http://forum.divx-digest.com/showthread.php?t=39486

FAllenAngel