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Setting menu durations
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Setting menu durations
Menus with a background video or an audio track time out after a set duration. By default,
menus with a still background and no audio display indefinitely. You can give still menus a
set duration, and trim the beginning and end of menus that have a video background or audio
track.
When a menu with a set duration ends, its End Action dictates what happens next. By
default, the menu loops until the viewer activates a button link, but you can change a menu’s
End Action to link to any other content in the project. See
“Setting title, playlist, and menu
End Actions” on page 139 for details.
To change a still menu’s Duration:
1. Select the menu in the Project window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s
attributes.
2. On the General tab of the Attributes window, use the Display options to change the
menu duration:
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To make a still menu time out, select Timed Still from the Type pop-up menu. The
menu’s duration is set to 30 seconds automatically.
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To change the duration of a timed still menu with no audio, drag the Duration slider
or enter a time value in the Duration field. The minimum duration is 30 seconds; the
maximum is almost 13 hours.
To trim a motion menu, or a menu with a background audio track:
1. Select the menu in the Project window. The Attributes window displays the menu’s
attributes.
2. On the General tab of the Attributes window, use the Display options to trim the menu:
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To trim the start of the menu, drag the Start slider or enter a time value in the Start
field.
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To trim the end of the menu, drag the End slider or enter a time value in the End
field.
See also:
• “Setting the Subpicture Start point” on page 126
• “Animating button images” on page 136
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