How to create a Blu-ray Disc without fancy menus

jak.willis wrote on 9/17/2025, 10:20 AM

Hi all,

I have Magix Movie Edit Pro, and when I go to the ‘Burn’ dialog I am looking to burn a movie/project to Blu-ray but without having any interactive menus…

Is there a way to simply create the Blu-ray movie and have just a plain data disc-style menu when playing back on a Blu-ray Player?

I have tried creating a simple data disc containing the video files I want on it, but it will not play in my Panasonic DMR-BWT850. If I try to play it then the unit just behaves as if it’s a new disc with nothing on it telling me to format it in order to use it.

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johnebaker wrote on 9/17/2025, 12:30 PM

@jak.willis

Hi Jak

. . . . Is there a way to simply create the Blu-ray movie and have just a plain data disc-style menu when playing back on a Blu-ray Player? . . . .

For a single movie you can create an 'Autorun' disc by unchecking the options shown below in the Menu Edit dialog

. . . . I have tried creating a simple data disc containing the video files I want on it . . . .

A data disc is not a playable disc in a BD player, it requires a Blu-ray disc burned to the Blu-ray standard. However, on a computer you would just use File Explorer to play each movie

For multiple movies you must have at least one menu for movie selection, each movie must be on a separate timeline in the same project, see this tutorial for how to do this.

HTH

John EB

jak.willis wrote on 9/17/2025, 2:04 PM

@jak.willis

Hi Jak

. . . . Is there a way to simply create the Blu-ray movie and have just a plain data disc-style menu when playing back on a Blu-ray Player? . . . .

For a single movie you can create an 'Autorun' disc by unchecking the options shown below in the Menu Edit dialog

. . . . I have tried creating a simple data disc containing the video files I want on it . . . .

A data disc is not a playable disc in a BD player, it requires a Blu-ray disc burned to the Blu-ray standard. However, on a computer you would just use File Explorer to play each movie

For multiple movies you must have at least one menu for movie selection, each movie must be on a separate timeline in the same project, see this tutorial for how to do this.

HTH

John EB

Hello John,

Thanks for your response to my question.

So if I do the autorun thing as you suggested, will that mean the disc will just play the movie with nothing else?

I will have multiple movies going on the disc, as they are episodes from a TV series.

johnebaker wrote on 9/17/2025, 2:50 PM

@jak.willis

Hi Jak

. . . . So if I do the autorun thing as you suggested, will that mean the disc will just play the movie with nothing else? . . . .

Correct.

. . . . I will have multiple movies going on the disc, as they are episodes from a TV series.

In that case you need a menu to select the episodes. If you use the default menu you can strip it down to just the title, if required, episode name and/or number as shown in the image below, note the template selected bottom left and the settings, yellow highlight, to turn off most of the components just leaving the text boxes.

HTH

John EB

jak.willis wrote on 9/17/2025, 5:27 PM

@jak.willis

Hi Jak

. . . . So if I do the autorun thing as you suggested, will that mean the disc will just play the movie with nothing else? . . . .

Correct.

. . . . I will have multiple movies going on the disc, as they are episodes from a TV series.

In that case you need a menu to select the episodes. If you use the default menu you can strip it down to just the title, if required, episode name and/or number as shown in the image below, note the template selected bottom left and the settings, yellow highlight, to turn off most of the components just leaving the text boxes.

HTH

John EB

Thank you, John!