Setting
Button Links
On a computer,
viewers can use a mouse to select and activate buttons onscreen as they
watch your DVD. On set-top boxes, though users must navigate with the
remote control. So you must program your buttons to work with a remote
control.
 The
inspector allows you to program the arrow keys
on the console to navigate through your buttons. It also allows
you to define what happens when a user chooses other buttons on the remote
control.
1. To make DVDSP
automatically link each new button to the previous button, go under Settings>Auto
Assign Buttons Now in the menu editor. DVDSP looks up, down,
left and right and finds the closest button to link to.
 2.
You can also manually program the navigation in the inspector.
Click on the button inspector's button tab for layered
menus and the inspector's advanced tab for overlay
menus.
Previewing
Button Navigation
 1.
In the outline view, control-click the
menu you want to preview and choose simulate.
Setting
Your First Play
Don't
forget to set your First Play, which will be the start-up action , or
the first asset that plays when someone puts a DVD in the player.
1.
Select your disc in the outline view.
2.
In the inspector dialogue box, choose First Play
and highlight what you want the user to see when they put the
DVD into their computer or set-top box. Sometimes this will be an intro
movie, other times it may just be your main menu.
Assigning
Remote Control Buttons
1.
The Disc Inspector's Remote Control area of the General
tab allows you to eset the functions of several important remote
buttons, includingt Title, Menu and
Return.
2.
Higher up on the tab you'll find the Stream remote buttons,
which allow you to set specific audio streams, track
angles or subtitle streams when users press
certain remote buttons.
3.
You should think about creating a navigation uniformity so that the user
can expect certain behavior when they choose certain buttons. Pressing
the Title button on the remote control, should always
bring the user back to the main menu, for example. The Menu button
will bring them back to the menu that they just came from.
4.
Each track, menu and slideshow has its
own remote control area. By default, these will take
on the remote button definitions that you have given
the disc. If you want to change these, though, you can
manually set them for the menu that you are on. This
is the one place where you should program the track or
menu to return to the menu and
button that it just came from.
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