Hello all,
I’m just now getting into making custom sets for these despecialized editions (and hopefully the respecialized of the 97 edition). I’m pretty late to the game on all this, but a simple question hopefully - do the bluray files already come with a custom menu when actually played?
Hi thehawk,
I’m surprised nobody ever addressed this question.
The unfortunate short answer is no. The discs have chapter stops, but no menus. When you first put them into your player, it just goes straight to playing the movies from the beginning.
That said, there are ways to create your own menus, but that has proven beyond my proficiency.
HOWEVER…if you’re willing and able to do the work to create your own menu, ask for help in the “How-To’s and Technical Discussions” section:
http://originaltrilogy.com/discussion/How-Tos-and-Technical-Discussions/id/12
You might be able to pick up some pointers from the help I got for my eventually abandoned attempt at menus. That thread is here if it helps:
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Authoring-Help-with-DVDStyler-and-IMGBurn/id/48978
Here, also, are three posts with Despecialized chapter titles and stop positions, in case that’s useful:
Star Wars chapters- www.originaltrilogy.com/post/id/906589
The Empire Strikes Back chapters- www.originaltrilogy.com/post/id/906587
Return Of The Jedi chapters- www.originaltrilogy.com/post/id/906586
In any case, you will find people around here are very willing to help.
And having downloaded all three versions, but only burned DVDs straight from the DVD5 versions using IMGBurn, they are still vastly superior to anything you can buy…hence the reason for their creation!