Creating DVD / Blu Ray Menus

Could you make menu for a movie that was put on a thumb drive also?

To work on a TV?  I don't believe so.  Best option is to author a Blu-ray.  It's still the best image/sound/experience you can deliver.

Yes, you could make a menu for a movie that was put on a thumb drive; however, there's no quick solution.

If you go with copying a VIDEO_TS folder or BD folder to a thumb drive, the person you give it to will have to know how to open that data in a DVD or Blu-Ray software player.

You could to with HTML; however, your menu an video playback will be browser based (and all of the corresponding issue will apply).

You could author a projector with Adobe Animate (previously Adobe Flash).

You could create a PDF with an embedded movie file (although this is doable, it doesn't work all that well).

You could create a PowerPoint presentation with a linked or embedded movie file.

(If it was 1998, you could create a "wired" QuickTime movie in Electrifier Pro or Adobe GoLive.)

If you have additional information that needs to go with the movie that you're thinking of putting on a menu, perhaps consider creating a JPEG or PDF (or both) with that information along with a .mp4 and .wmv file (to cover your bases) and forego the menu.

-Warren

For burning a DVD, you need to export using the DVD Mpeg-2 preset, then use an authoring program like Encore to actually create the DVD itself.

Encore is still available via the CC Desktop app by installing PrPRo CS6, then the associated downloads to get the menu options filled out properly ...

I think this is still the appropriate links, but I'll get corrected if I'm wrong!

Encore is a bit long in the tooth, and I know some have chosen to use other authoring software these days.

Neil

Adobe Encore download/installation article:

https://helpx.adobe.com/encore/kb/encore-cs6-installed-cc.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/encore/kb/encore-cs6-installed-cc.html

http://helpx.adobe.com/encore/using/download-library-content.html