DvDStyler I need some guidance

[vw56german]

I was reading the FAQ's and Blu's essentials list and found DvDStyler. I downloaded version 1.4 and the pdf manual/guide. All was going well until I wanted to try to start pointing the menu buttons where I wanted them. The manual shows how to point the buttons to the clips and how to make them navigate to each other, with the players remote, but those options seem to be missing. That's when I realized that the guide was for version 1.3 and it seems to be vastly different than version 1.4. Am I missing something that is staring right at me?? Can someone point me to the older version or a guide for the current one? Help, I need menus!!

[blutach]

The way I use Styler is to have it make the basic menu only. I have no commands at all associated with the buttons - just make them NOPs for the time being. I just use Styler as a menu creator. I don't even use it for the titles (for that I just mux in a little blank and replace the blank with VobBlanker's replace function).

It is far easier to do your button commands in PgcEdit. See the help manual for full details on how. Of course, you will need a pretty good working knowledge of the VM commands, but PgcEdit is so bulletproof in this regard.

Another technique you can use is to let a prog like TDA make a menu and substitute your own background for it using DVD Remake Pro or goonix's method.

Also consider Zeul's numenu4u.

Hope this helps.



Regards

[vw56german]

Ok, I sense I am in a bit over my head here, but if I am following you Blu... If I create a basic menu with say 3 buttons in Styler and have the first set of IFO's loaded. Then I would save it to a folder and open that folder with PgcEdit add the other IFO's and be able to point the menu buttons at the correct areas? Am I on the right track or way out in left field?

I am not sure if you knew what I was trying to accomplish or if you had read the previous thread I had on combining 1.4gb discs on to a single Dvd5.

[blutach]

No, I wasn't sure what you were trying to do, but yes - create a menu with Styler (and use a blank VOB as the titles domain). When you are happy, close Styler.

Import extra titlesets with PgcEdit.

Re-work your menu commands with PgcEdit's menu editor. Remember, you can't jump from one titleset to another without going thru VMG first - stupid VM commands!.

And replace the VTS_01 blank titles domain with your "real" 1st titleset using VobBlanker.

Regards