replacement for bad menuing function in TDA 1.6 please?

Hello Terry,

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:01:28 +0000, Terry Pinnell
<terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:

>Massimo <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote:
>
>>Hello Terry,
>>
>>On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:16:43 +0000, Terry Pinnell
>><terrypinDELETE@THESEdial.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Massimo <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>Until now I have used TDA v.1.6 for making dvd's from the
>>>>tv-broadcasts I saved on dvd-ram.
>>>>But I loathe not being able to make my own menues and the choice in
>>>>ready-made menues offered by this program is not great.
>>>>
>>>>I know that people say that TDA offers secret possibilities to make
>>>>your own menue but they are so secret that I have not found them and
>>>>so I am not interested.
>>>>
>>>>I should like to continue using TDA because I love it for its
>>>>simplicity and lack of unnecessary options, but those menues...
>>>>---------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>Is it possible to use another program just for making good menues\
>>>>having an extended choice in ready-made menues and then importing the
>>>>menue(s) into TDA?
>>>>
>>>>And if that is not possible what simple program could you folks advise
>>>>me instead of TDA that will do a better menuing job?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Massimo
>>>
>>>I'm a keen user of TDA 1.6. And after a lot of generous coaching from
>>>Ken Maltby here, I'm pretty comfortable with using its menus. My
>>>requirements are not particularly ambitious, but do include enough
>>>customisation to suit me at present.
>>>
>>>I've shown a few examples below. Play button contents are movie clips
>>>except for plain 'PLAY' types.
>>>
>>>http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7...a973tdait6.jpg
>>>http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?i...2007tdams6.jpg
>>>http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5...0031tdako5.jpg
>>>http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/4...gton102gp2.jpg
>>>http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/9...ies3tdage4.jpg
>>>http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6...ne42tdasb5.jpg
>>>http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/2...4951tdaba0.jpg
>>>http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5...womusicqp3.jpg
>>
>>I am a little bit confused... These pictures, they seem to have
>>nothing to do with TDA-menues!?
>>
>>Massimo
>
>Eh? As I said, they are all examples of TDA menus (note the spelling
>BTW). Don't yours look roughly similar?

I am sorry. I don't know what went wrong last time when I wanted to
look at your menu-pictures. This time alle went well. Well, there are
some beauties among them!
So this kind of menues can be made by manipulating TDA?
It's beautiful.

Massimo

"Massimo" <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote in message
news:1886s311q0ab14tsojktr1o6u1g29q7gtm@4ax.com...
> Hi Ken,
>
> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:22:25 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Here is a simple example of a TDA motion menu from
>>one of my old DVDs. It uses the opening credits of the
>>TV show along with the show's theme music for the
>>background clip. It uses the first Text only layout
>>(6 #3) and a simple font. It is very simple, there is a
>>lot more you can do, if you wanted to.
>>
>> Clicking on the episode title text (or selecting it with
>>your remote) would play that episode, if it was still
>>in a DVD, and not converted to a .mpg file for
>>downloading. I reencoded it at about half the bitrate
>>to get it under 30megs, but it still looks good to me,
>>at any rate it should give you the idea.
>>
>> Most TV shows have opening credits that make
>>great menu backgrounds for episode collection DVDs.
>>
>>
>>http://www.speedyshare.com/534311129.html
>>
>>Luck;
>> Ken
>>
> I'm sorry, my Quicktime player does not initialize, gives error. I'll
> take a look at it later.
>
> Massimo
>>

It's a DVD compatible MPEG2 .mpg file. You should be
able to play it in many standard players. VLC, and MPC, are
two common free players, that are generally good to have on
your system.

If nothing else you can play it in TDA, just add the file, then
right-click on the "Untitled track 1" box, and select "Preview".
( That gives you a better look at it than playing it in "Cut Edit")

Luck;
Ken

Hello Ken,

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:53:35 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
>"Massimo" <och@'tisnietwaar.nl> wrote in message
>news:1886s311q0ab14tsojktr1o6u1g29q7gtm@4ax.com.. .
>> Hi Ken,
>>
>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:22:25 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
>> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is a simple example of a TDA motion menu from
>>>one of my old DVDs. It uses the opening credits of the
>>>TV show along with the show's theme music for the
>>>background clip. It uses the first Text only layout
>>>(6 #3) and a simple font. It is very simple, there is a
>>>lot more you can do, if you wanted to.
>>>
>>> Clicking on the episode title text (or selecting it with
>>>your remote) would play that episode, if it was still
>>>in a DVD, and not converted to a .mpg file for
>>>downloading. I reencoded it at about half the bitrate
>>>to get it under 30megs, but it still looks good to me,
>>>at any rate it should give you the idea.
>>>
>>> Most TV shows have opening credits that make
>>>great menu backgrounds for episode collection DVDs.
>>>
>>>
>>>http://www.speedyshare.com/534311129.html
>>>
>>>Luck;
>>> Ken
>>>
>> I'm sorry, my Quicktime player does not initialize, gives error. I'll
>> take a look at it later.
>>
>> Massimo
>>>
>
> It's a DVD compatible MPEG2 .mpg file. You should be
>able to play it in many standard players. VLC, and MPC, are
>two common free players, that are generally good to have on
>your system.
>
> If nothing else you can play it in TDA, just add the file, then
>right-click on the "Untitled track 1" box, and select "Preview".
>( That gives you a better look at it than playing it in "Cut Edit")
>
>Luck;
> Ken
>
Thanks Ken.

Massimo

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