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Chapter 8 Creating and editing links
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Creating and editing playlists
Playlists provide an excellent way to link a project’s titles together in different sequences. A
playlist instructs the DVD player to play a selection of titles in a particular order. The
instructions can specify which chapter or slide to start from in each title, and which audio or
subtitle tracks to play. Because playlists are simply sets of rules, they take up almost no disc
space.
A common use for playlists is for discs that contain several episodes of a TV series. The
disc’s author creates a “play all” menu button that links to a playlist containing all the
episodes. The author also creates button links to each title, with different instructions
controlling what happens after the title finishes. Another use might be to provide several
different combinations of routines on an exercise DVD.
To create a playlist:
1. Choose File > Add Playlist. The Edit Playlist window opens. The Sources column lists
all the titles in the project.
2. Double-click a title in the Sources column to add it to the Playlist column.
3. Change the title’s Item Properties if desired:
- Start Chapter/Picture: To begin playing the title from a particular chapter point or
image, select the chapter or image from this pop-up menu.
- Set Audio Stream: To force a particular audio track to be heard, select from this
list. This setting overrides the viewer’s language preference.
- Set Subtitle Stream: To force a particular subtitle track to be displayed, or to force
subtitles to be off, select from this list. This setting overrides the viewer’s
preferences.
4. Continue adding titles to the list and order them as desired:
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To change the playlist order, select a title in the Playlist column, then click the Up or
Down Arrow buttons.
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To remove a title from the playlist, select it and click the X button.
5. When you are finished, click OK. The new playlist appears in the Project window’s
Playlists group.
To edit a playlist:
1. Double-click the playlist in the Project window. The Edit Playlist window appears.
2. Add, remove, and rearrange the titles in the Playlist column as desired.
3. Set the Item Properties for individual titles as desired.
4. Click OK.
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