How do I make a menu to include text files? at DVinfo.net

George Saunders · July 25th, 2004, 11:16 AM

Hi,
I made a short product demo video for a client and they asked me to add a few text files on a menu for the promotional CD. I've only made DVD menus in ULEAD but I have Encore now. If I make a simple menu that will have 4 buttons - one for video demo and three for the text files, can I get these "text" buttons to activate Acrobat and open the pdf files? How do people normally author a CD that mixes video and text files. Oh, one text file is 17 pages so they are not small 1 page files.

Julian Luttrell · July 30th, 2004, 07:47 AM

Simple answer - don't do it on DVD.

Complicated answer - you can do it on a DVD by using something like eDVD (from Sonic), or DVD@ccess. These, by means of clever jiggery-pokery, permit web links from the DVD player to be displayed. It's all a bit of a kluge, a pain to implement, and not very comforable to use.

I would create a CD, using Flash or Director to implement the interactivity. At a pinch I think you could do it in Powerpoint.

Julian

George Saunders · July 30th, 2004, 02:40 PM

Thanks, Julian. I actually found a quite simple solution called FastMenu...

http://www.pollensoftware.com/autorun/index.html

Basic menu but looks good and worked like a charm. Burned them on wallet CDs. The same company also has more complex menu software that I might try next. If anyone has expereince with their other products please let us know.

Rob Easler · July 31st, 2004, 09:39 AM

If you choose to do it on CD you should check out multimediabuilder it is a great CD tool and lets you do a HUGE amount of things on CD for $50. I use it for demo CD's all the time.

July 25th, 2004, 11:16 AM	#1
George Saunders New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Delray Beach, Florida Posts: 12	How do I make a menu to include text files? Hi, I made a short product demo video for a client and they asked me to add a few text files on a menu for the promotional CD. I've only made DVD menus in ULEAD but I have Encore now. If I make a simple menu that will have 4 buttons - one for video demo and three for the text files, can I get these "text" buttons to activate Acrobat and open the pdf files? How do people normally author a CD that mixes video and text files. Oh, one text file is 17 pages so they are not small 1 page files. __________________ George Saunders

July 30th, 2004, 02:40 PM	#3
George Saunders New Boot Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Delray Beach, Florida Posts: 12	Thanks, Julian. I actually found a quite simple solution called FastMenu... http://www.pollensoftware.com/autorun/index.html Basic menu but looks good and worked like a charm. Burned them on wallet CDs. The same company also has more complex menu software that I might try next. If anyone has expereince with their other products please let us know. __________________ George Saunders

July 30th, 2004, 07:47 AM	#2
Julian Luttrell Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 164	Simple answer - don't do it on DVD. Complicated answer - you can do it on a DVD by using something like eDVD (from Sonic), or DVD@ccess. These, by means of clever jiggery-pokery, permit web links from the DVD player to be displayed. It's all a bit of a kluge, a pain to implement, and not very comforable to use. I would create a CD, using Flash or Director to implement the interactivity. At a pinch I think you could do it in Powerpoint. Julian

July 31st, 2004, 09:39 AM	#4
Rob Easler Major Player Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Naperville, IL Posts: 219	If you choose to do it on CD you should check out multimediabuilder it is a great CD tool and lets you do a HUGE amount of things on CD for $50. I use it for demo CD's all the time.