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3 video menu help

Blue Toast

July 15, 2010 23:50

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I have a client that comes to me once a year and asks for something new for their display. I use the bright author only once per year. I'm a javascript/actionscript/dvd programmer in need of help. Here's the skinny needed: 1. static image as menu with three selectable videos 2. 3 videos with a return to menu function Here's what I've done: 1. created a static image with three images inside of it to represent the buttons. 2. Added a video/image zone called "Home" and made it interactive, adding the videos and static image to the playlist. I used a link zones command with a parameter I defined. 3. created three more zones for the "buttons" called "btn_1, btn_2, btn_3" and added a transparent ping image to their individual playlists and making them interactive. What I can't do: 1. Send the parameter to play the videos within the "Home" zone. HELP??????????

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  RokuLyndon July 16, 2010 00:00

  
  
  Is this menu always on the screen? I don't understand why you need to link zones and can't just play the video and then return to the menu when the video is done.  Maybe, I misunderstand.
  
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  Blue Toast July 16, 2010 00:11

  
  
  Perhaps I've implemented it all wrong. When anyone asks about using on-screen buttons, the zone linking tutorial is recommended.
  
  The client wants 3 buttons on the screen. When one is pressed, the corresponding video plays and then it returns to the home menu. I've used a static image with simulated buttons imbedded in the image.
  
  Nowhere in the documentation or tutorials is screen pressing addressed. The interactive tutorial assumes you have GPIO buttons...
  
  To achieve this, ZONE "HOME" is a video/image zone covering the screen. Initial state is a static image with simulated buttons. In the playlist for ZONE "HOME" I have 3 videos and 1 static image.
  
  Over that ZONE "HOME" I have 3 individual image zones. I want the user to press any image zone and have the ZONE "HOME" playlist activate the appropriate video.
  
  Any help would be appreciated.
  
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  RokuLyndon July 16, 2010 02:19

  
  
  I tried to make you a video twice, but ms expression kept crashing once I finished each video. So, I"m adding a screenshot, and a project file from brightauthor 2.0 that has a touchscreen project defined. You can see the menu image, and the touch events connecting that image to the three files.
  
  
  
  BrightAuthor 2 Project file
  BrightAuthor 2.0 build 40