Navigation Menu on Blu-Ray Discs

iconicjohn wrote on 12/7/2017, 1:48 PM

I am using MEP 2016 (Version 15.0.0.114 UDP3)

I am having trouble understanding why MEP 2016 plus lets me create a menu before I burn a blu ray disc because the menu is discarded--not on the disc. When I burn a Bluray disc, the menu is discarded. The disc just begins playing the video. The same is true if I play the same using the folder created to make the disc that is on the hard drive.

If I create a DVD, the menu is used and is on the DVD, but the menu is never on a Bluray. What am I doing wrong? Am I doing something wrong? Is this functionality that doesn't actually exist?

I can't believe that I haven't found any other posts or questions from anyone else having a similar issue.

PDF manual and the tutorial on this website both do not mention that it is not possible. In fact it is inferred that a menu will be made.

I have only ever made 3 bluray projects and none have actually burned the menu or even produced one in the folders. When I make DVDs the menu is always made.

I am highly experienced making DVDs using MEP but not Bluray.

Any help would be appreciated a lot.

Thanks

John

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johnebaker wrote on 12/7/2017, 4:33 PM

If you are getting no menus at all check that the options, shown below, in the menu edit screen are set.

HTH

John EB

iconicjohn wrote on 12/7/2017, 4:58 PM

Hi John,

Thank you.

Yes those are set.

I am getting no menu. The video just plays automatically just like when those are unchecked. I was familiar with those options as there are times I create slideshows on DVD that need to start automatically. I had also read in someone else's post for DVDs the same info. Screen cap below.

I am stumped. I'm pretty competent using MEP. I have been using MEP (in various editions) since 2011. But I mainly use it for making DVDs.

Thanks

John

johnebaker wrote on 12/8/2017, 2:47 AM

Thanks for the screenshot.

Check that the BD disc has the following folders and files as shown in the images below - in the STREAM folder you may have more than 2 depending on the length of the video and whether you have chapter files, however all .mts files should play in Windows Media Player, the BACKUP folder contains a replica of the main data files required by the player.

I suspect you may find the menu (and chapters) .mts file(s) will not play properly and will display, as shown below, in Windows Explorer.

If so try burning with a different menu template.

What make/model BD player is the disc automatically starting on and does it do this occur with other BD players?

HTH

John EB

iconicjohn wrote on 12/8/2017, 4:15 PM

John,

I checked the folders indicated and I was expecting to not find any files in them. The files are all there. I had navigated into them a while back and didn't know their purpose.

Long story short, I noticed that in the stream folders, the thumbnails populated and I could see that there are files for the menu. That got me thinking that maybe my software wasn't playing the disc or the folders properly. I double clicked some of them for the menu items and they did work just fine.

Bingo-it was player software which was my problem. What a "duh" moment.

I was using MPC which lets you open a BD but apparently only plays the main feature. I downloaded LEAWO bluray player and voila. MEP2016 was making everything properly after all.

Just FYI, I do not have a stand alone bluray player like one puts in their entertainment center. So each test was being done on a PC and with wrong software. I was aware Windows players did not support BD, but had assumed that MPC did support BD because it allows you to open a BD disc and plays the main feature.

My burner is an LG WH14NS40. I think it is probably working just fine. I should get a stand alone player to try outside of the pc environment. Simply put, though, I haven't made any BD for myself, just for a couple other people.

Thank you for the help! You filled in some blanks in my knowledge.

johnebaker wrote on 12/8/2017, 5:11 PM

Thanks for coming back with the cause of the playback problem.

I use Nero Blu-ray player which is a true BD player emulator and works with menus and chapters.

John EB