Ron Priest
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Oct 10, 2007, 10:26 AM
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Using Adobe Encore's Playlist and Chapter Playlists
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Well I feel like I've been through the ringer trying to learn the proper use of the Play lists and Chapter Play lists inside Adobe's Encore CS2. I'll post what I've learned here in a bit, but first I've got to finish this project. The bottom line is, it's a great function, but It's rather touchy if you don't use it right. Improper use of it will cause Encore to simply crash, and make you think you have bad memory chips or something. You get no warning, it just boom's out. But, when used properly, it works great!
Okay so now that I've got that project completed, I have discovered what the problem is that causes Encore to crash when using chapter play lists. Apparently if you have more than 19 playlists for any given timeline it will crash Encore and freeze up a DVD player when selecting the sub-menu remote control button.
So I decided to use Chapter End Actions to return the viewer to menu selections. However there is a drawback to method also. This is the bottom line (extracted from this thread) "IF the chapters do not fade to black, then there will be a noticeable pause at the point where each Chapter End Action is, because the player will freeze up while it reads the cell command & decides if it needs to act upon it or not. So, there is really only one option and that is to set up the Chapter/Scene Selection menus as "Entry Point Only". Otherwise you will either hit the bug, or hit a pause as the player crosses the Cell Command. "
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(This post was edited by Ron Priest on Oct 11, 2007, 8:52 PM)
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