Menu scene selector doesn't work in vcr

uralittleredhen wrote on 12/7/2013, 3:40 PM

The disc menu button on all three of my dvd players brings up the scene selections of my video but they cannot be highlighted or navigated. The movie plays normally w/o using the scenes. On the computer it works fine and when the mouse goes over them, they highlight and work normally. If I plug in the scene number I want using the dvd player remote, it will take me to the scene I want.

MEP 2013 using Windows 7, Dell Inspiron laptop

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gandjcarr wrote on 12/7/2013, 4:05 PM

Hi,

Please help me understand a little bit more on the question that you are asking.  How does a video cassette recorder (VCR) fit into the problem you are having?  Are you using MEP to record material from a VCR and if so what capture device are you using? Or are you trying to do something else?  I apologize but I have been editing video for almost 30 years (way back to the days when video was recorded on reel to reel on half and one inch  tape) and I am struggling to understand what problem you are having.

George

cpc000cpc wrote on 12/7/2013, 4:40 PM

uralittleredhen,

I'd guess you have some sort of 'combo' DVD/VCR units which are advertised as being great for going from tape to disc in the one device Eg: http://www.amazon.com/Magnavox-MWR20V6-DVD-Recorder-Combo/dp/B000GWDL3U

Only suggestion is to try playing your DVD in another (stand alone DVD only, not a PC) player to see if it works there. It may be that your combo units have limited menu reading functions. Can they properly play a standard commercial DVD with menus and sub menus?

Regards,

Carl

 

 

 

uralittleredhen wrote on 12/7/2013, 6:10 PM

Sorry George, After I wrote my question I realized it wasn't correct to say vcr. Yes, Carl, I do have a combo unit and I also have another dvd/vcr combo player/recorder that has the same problem. I also used it on a stand alone dvd player. Same problem with all three. Yesterday the dvd's that I burned of the same movie did fine with the scene selection menu but I had other problems that I fixed (rogue scenes that showed up only on dvd player but not on the preview). I did find out something interesting after I wrote my first question- if I punch in the scene number using the remote, it works. I guess I could live with that but it is a hassle.

cpc000cpc wrote on 12/7/2013, 7:01 PM

Thanks for the feedback and pleased to hear you are at least making progress. A wild shot -- have you tried with any  different DVD menu templates?

uralittleredhen wrote on 12/8/2013, 3:56 PM

Used your suggestion about trying another template and it worked without any problems. Not my first choice but it will do the trick. Thank you!