User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0
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2 InthePropertiespanel,specifyadestinationforEndAction.Formoreinformationaboutendactions,see“Link
types” on page 170.
3 Select a destination for Menu Remote. For more information about the Menu Remote, see “Link types” on
page 170.
To return viewers to the last menu they viewed, choose Return To Last Menu from the Properties panel menu.
See also
“About timelines” on page 133
Working with playlists and chapter playlists
About playlists
A playlist is a group of timelines, slide shows, or chapter playlists, that play sequentially (from each one’s specified
chapter) and can include one end action. Playlists provide more efficient navigation possibilities than overrides
alone. After creating a playlist, you populate and edit it by using the Playlist Properties panel. You can specify
different audio and subtitle tracks for timelines accessed from a playlist also. You can choose playlists as a link or an
end action from other elements. A playlist plays back all the timelines included and cannot be interrupted, except by
the viewer using the remote. You can also chain multiple playlists together using end actions.
Note: Playlists govern multiple timelines. To order chapters within a single timeline, use chapter playlists.
Playlists let you set overrides for several elements at once, making DVD authoring more efficient. For example, if a
project includes a collection of short films, with director interviews and critical reviews for each, all contained in
separate timelines, you can organize them in a variety of ways using playlists. You could create a menu with a Play
All button to play each short film, the interview, and critical reviews in a linear fashion. The Play All button links to
a playlist that contains all the timelines laid out in a linear order (first short film, interview, review, second short,
interview, review, and so on). To play only the shorts, you’d create a Play Shorts button that links to a playlist that
contains only the short films’ timelines. If the project includes several films by the same director, you could make a
button for that director, which links to a playlist that contains the director’s short films, interviews, and reviews—
and present them in any order you wish.