Switched menu

[Pat Dalzell]

Hi,

I'm using Q DVD-Author to create a menu template, then modifying the xml file to create a "switched" menu like the one described at http://www.geocities.com/samanthalane/dvd/index.html .  I have 5 videos and 5 different menus (each with only one button), Q DVD-Author appears to have created 2 titlesets out of those.  I've created ActionDown buttons for each menu which work great to cycle through each of the menus.  "Select/Enter" plays the titles from each menu properly - until it cycles around to the top menu again.  When it does that, the button is already highlighted (selected), and pressing "Select/Enter" doesn't play the video assigned to it like it does when the DVD is first played.  Pressing "Select/Enter" in the first menu, after cycling all the way through, sends you to the next menu like the ActionDown button does.

I hope this makes sense, and I'm hoping someone can spot an obvious error or omission in the following relevant XML files:

##### dvdauthor.xml
<dvdauthor dest="/video/July_Cinelerra_Project/qdvd_author/multi_menu_test3/" jumppad="yes" >
 <vmgm>
  <menus>
   <video format="ntsc" aspect="16:9" resolution="720x480" />
   <pgc entry="title" >
    <pre> { if ( g2 gt 0 )  {
                if ( g2 eq 1 ) jump titleset 1 menu entry root;
                if ( g2 eq 2 ) jump titleset 2 menu entry root;
                jump title 1;
                }  
        }
</pre>
    <vob file="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/Main Menu VMGM_menu.mpg" pause="inf" />
    <button name="01_Button_1" > { g2=0; g3=1; jump titleset 1 menu entry root; } </button>
      <button name="ActionDown1">{ g2=1; g3=2; jump titleset 2 menu entry root; } </button>
   </pgc>
  </menus>
 </vmgm>
 <titleset>
  <menus>
   <pgc entry="root" >
    <pre> {

if ( g3 gt 0 )  {
                if ( g3 eq 1 ) { g3=0; jump title 1  chapter 1; }
                if ( g3 eq 2 ) { g3=0; jump title 2  chapter 1; }
                if ( g3 eq 3 ) { g3=0; jump title 3  chapter 1; }
                if ( g3 eq 4 ) { g3=0; jump title 4  chapter 1; }
                if ( g3 eq 5 ) { g3=0; jump title 5  chapter 1; }
                jump vmgm menu entry title;
                }
        } </pre>
    <post> { g2 = 1; jump vmgm menu entry title; } </post>
   </pgc>
  </menus>
  <titles>
   <video format="ntsc" resolution="720x480" />
   <pgc pause="0" >
    <vob file="/video/July_Cinelerra_Project/qdvd_author/multi_menu_test3/out1.mpg" pause="0" />
    <post> { g2=0; call vmgm menu entry title; } </post>
   </pgc>
   <pgc pause="0" >
    <vob file="/video/July_Cinelerra_Project/qdvd_author/multi_menu_test3/out2.mpg" pause="0" />
    <post> { g3=2; g2=2; call titleset 2 menu entry root; } </post>
   </pgc>
   <pgc pause="0" >
    <vob file="/video/July_Cinelerra_Project/qdvd_author/multi_menu_test3/out3.mpg" pause="0" />
    <post> { g3=3; g2=2; call titleset 2 menu 2; } </post>
   </pgc>
   <pgc pause="0" >
    <vob file="/video/July_Cinelerra_Project/qdvd_author/multi_menu_test3/out4.mpg" pause="0" />
    <post> { g3=4; g2=2; call titleset 2 menu 3; } </post>
   </pgc>
   <pgc pause="0" >
    <vob file="/video/July_Cinelerra_Project/qdvd_author/multi_menu_test3/out5.mpg" pause="0" />
    <post> { g3=5; g2=2; call titleset 2 menu 4; } </post>
   </pgc>
  </titles>
 </titleset>
 <titleset>
  <menus>
   <video format="ntsc" aspect="16:9" resolution="720x480" />
   <pgc>
    <vob file="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/SubMenu 1_menu.mpg" pause="inf" />
      <button name="01_Button_1" > { g2=1; g3=2; jump vmgm menu entry title; } </button>
      <button name="ActionDown2">{ g2=1; g3=3; jump menu 2; } </button>
   </pgc>
   <pgc>
    <vob file="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/SubMenu 2_menu.mpg" pause="inf" />
    <button name="01_Button_1" > { g2=1; g3=3;  jump vmgm menu entry title; } </button>
      <button name="ActionDown3">{ g2=1; g3=4; jump menu 3; } </button>
   </pgc>
   <pgc>
    <vob file="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/SubMenu 3_menu.mpg" pause="inf" />
    <button name="01_Button_1" > { g2=1; g3=4; jump vmgm menu entry title; } </button>
      <button name="ActionDown4">{ g2=1; g3=5; jump menu 4; } </button>
   </pgc>
   <pgc>
    <vob file="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/SubMenu 4_menu.mpg" pause="inf" />
    <button name="01_Button_1" > { g2=1; g3=5; jump vmgm menu entry title; } </button>
      <button name="ActionDown5">{ g2=0; g3=0; jump vmgm menu entry title; } </button>
   </pgc>
  </menus>
  <titles>
   <pgc/>
  </titles>
 </titleset>
</dvdauthor>

#### Main Menu VMGM/menu.xml
<subpictures>
 <stream>
  <spu transparent="fefffe" force="yes" end="00:00:00.0" select="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/Main Menu VMGM/selected.png" start="00:00:00.0" highlight="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/Main Menu VMGM/highlighted.png" >
   <button y0="83" y1="174" x0="77" name="01_Button_1" x1="229" down="ActionDown1" />
    <action name = "ActionDown1" />
  </spu>
 </stream>
</subpictures>

##### SubMenu 4/menu.xml
<subpictures>
 <stream>
  <spu transparent="fefffe" force="yes" end="00:00:00.0" select="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/SubMenu 4/selected.png" start="00:00:00.0" highlight="/tmp/multi_menu_test3/SubMenu 4/highlighted.png" >
   <button y0="310" y1="386" x0="498" name="01_Button_1" x1="631" down="ActionDown5" />
    <action name = "ActionDown5" />
  </spu>
 </stream>
</subpictures>

[Pat Dalzell]

I fixed this issue by adding "button=1024" in the <pre> section of the first menu.