2017-02-17, 08:26 PM
Even if I do love menus, and I have no problems to make menus also if many will never noted or appreciated them, the thing that makes me think is the fact both VLC and MPC simply skip the menu, or treat it wrongly, so, what's the point to spend such long time to make a nice menu, when the few people who could be interested can't see it, if not burned actually on a BD-R disc? Yes, collectors could be happy, because they (still) burn discs and print covers, but, for how long?
A container with an integrated menu would be beneficial: MP4 seems to have this feature, but haven't found an easy way to develop a menu, and also I don't know which software players/hardware devices would effectively "see" it; MKV support seems far from implementation.
That is not (only) to have fancy menus without reason - I mean, any software/hardware player let the user change audio and subs tracks - but also to include more than one program into a release - how can I properly know which clip is which? Yes, I can make a single long clip joining different ones and giving each a chapter number, but what for different formats/resolutions?
Sorry for the rant, I'm a bit dishearthed; now that I have the new PC almost ready, I'd like to restart to release projects, but still undecided the final format... maybe I shold abandon totally the multi clip ones (read: bonus discs) and concentrate just on feature films; drop the menus, and release just a simple BDMV folder - who wants to make an MKV from that would be welcome, I could supply also a chapter file for this purpose; or release just an MKV file...
Still, I'm sure that a printed cover, and a burned disc is a great "collector item" to have, instead of a mere file... it makes the project more important, you know what I mean...
A container with an integrated menu would be beneficial: MP4 seems to have this feature, but haven't found an easy way to develop a menu, and also I don't know which software players/hardware devices would effectively "see" it; MKV support seems far from implementation.
That is not (only) to have fancy menus without reason - I mean, any software/hardware player let the user change audio and subs tracks - but also to include more than one program into a release - how can I properly know which clip is which? Yes, I can make a single long clip joining different ones and giving each a chapter number, but what for different formats/resolutions?
Sorry for the rant, I'm a bit dishearthed; now that I have the new PC almost ready, I'd like to restart to release projects, but still undecided the final format... maybe I shold abandon totally the multi clip ones (read: bonus discs) and concentrate just on feature films; drop the menus, and release just a simple BDMV folder - who wants to make an MKV from that would be welcome, I could supply also a chapter file for this purpose; or release just an MKV file...
Still, I'm sure that a printed cover, and a burned disc is a great "collector item" to have, instead of a mere file... it makes the project more important, you know what I mean...