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paulm77
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January 4, 2019
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PE 19 Movie Menu

  • January 4, 2019
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I am running PE 19 on a Win 10 laptop which has a DVD/Blu-Ray burner. Since I am new to PE 19, I am looking for help/direction. The tutorials I have watch and the  online User's Guide all reference PE 18. My problem is with the Movie Menu. I did successfully capture video, create a movie, with a title, music and menu markers. Went to Tools and selected Movie Menu which allowed me to pick a theme that had two frames. I then selected Preview Movie in the Movie Menu window which allowed me to verify that the disk menu was correct. Then clicked on Done expecting the disk menu to be saved. Went to Export & Share and selected Disk which brought me to a burn screen. In the right hand corner is a small preview window which has the Title but no menu. I can use the slide to move within the movie but unable to actually play it. Is this how it's supposed to work? I did go ahead and burn the movie hoping the disk menu was linked but no disk menu on playback. So how do I get the disk menu onto the Timeline and what have I done incorrectly..  Thanks for your help..

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    Steve Grisetti
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    January 8, 2019

    If you just want to create a video that can be viewed on a  computer or uploaded to YouTube, etc., just output an 1920x1080 MP4.

    Though, as we've said, this will create a movie only. It will not have a DVD-like menu system.

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    January 6, 2019

    There is something strange about your computer's configuration. The simplest solution would be to save the DVD file to your computer as an  ISO and then use a program like ImgBurn to create your DVD from it, as I show you in my tutorial.

    Using ImgBurn to burn DVDs and BluRay discs - YouTube

    paulm77
    paulm77Author
    Known Participant
    January 8, 2019

    The video was informative, thanks. The following is what I have done. Created an ISO file on my WIN 10 laptop, moved it to a Mac and the used that computer to burn a DVD. All of that worked and was able to view the video but original problem still exists, there is no DVD movie menu. Given all the time spent on this, it seems to me that this is an Adobe problem. Is there a way to get a refund but that is another issue. Another question for a different forum.. Since DVDs are going away, what is the better solution for saving and viewing video, thumb drives, NAS, streaming, cloud, etc?  Thanks again for your time..

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    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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    January 9, 2019

    "Since DVDs are going away, what is the better solution for saving and viewing video, thumb drives, NAS, streaming, cloud, etc?"

    DVDs are going away because of the low resolution.  They were fine when we had big, clunky tub TVs with "standard definition".

    The audience is also changing.  Depending on who and how old, they want to watch on everything from phones to big screens.   So, I've migrated from disks being the primary distribution to Vimeo.  I pay for a better than free account but I'm not buying DVD and Blu Ray blanks. 

    HD 1920x1080 MP4s work well for Vimeo.  If someone needs it differently, the same MP4 can be put on thumb drives or anything else.  Newer TVs, including the 4K variety, all have USB holes in the back.  Consider putting your completed projects all on the same thumb drive.  You control playback with the TV remote.  It's better than DVD players. 

    When you get there, shooting 4K, editing 4K and watching 4K on the newer TVs will stop any interest in DVDs!

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    January 6, 2019

    If that's the case, you did not Export & Share to Disc. You Exported & Shared to a Device and created a file.

    paulm77
    paulm77Author
    Known Participant
    January 6, 2019

    I'm am sure that DVD was selected.. Notice destination. Disk was selected, Burn highlighted in second image. Notice error message when destination is D:

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    January 5, 2019

    If you browse the disc, do you see files with names like VIDEO_TS.IFO, VIDEO_TS.VOB, VTS_01_0.IFO, VTS_01_0.VOB, etc?

    paulm77
    paulm77Author
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    January 6, 2019

    The only file on the disk is an mp4. I have burned 3 disk and it's just the one file on every every disk. My plan is to experiment a little more. Special thanks to all who replied..

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    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2019

    Premiere Elements 2019 won't burn Blu-Rays.  It will burn DVDs that will have movie menus.

    paulm77
    paulm77Author
    Known Participant
    January 4, 2019

    Yes I am aware that Blu-Ray is not supported. And I have opened Movie Menu to creat a disk menu. My problem is that the menu never gets included into my movie.

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    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 5, 2019

    Do you get a screen that looks like this?

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