18 buttons limit, pop-up window for raising limit

wideseen wrote on 8/14/2016, 2:02 PM
I was playing around creating menus and buttons and suddently got a pop-up window asking to set the limit of buttons on a menu page. It defaulted to 18 but I could scroll it up way beyond 18.
I know the theory goes that 18 is the Sony-given max and no way around it. But there it was - a way around it. But now I can't make the pop-up appear again. A hidden feature?

I use DVD Architect Pro 6.0 build 237. My project is DVD/MPEG-2/16:9. I know 4:3 allows >18 buttons but believe me, the pop-up came for a 16:9 setting.

Anyone knows how to get to the set-max-buttons-per-menu-page pop-up?

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videoITguy wrote on 8/14/2016, 4:45 PM
Subject: RE: Title: Multiple End Actions
Reply by: videoITguy
Date: 6/12/2013 11:57:01 AM

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When you use the DVDAPro helpfile the following numbers entered into a search box will tell you more:

99 - for chapters, media assets, button links
1023 - for menu pages per title per single video title set
18 - for max number of buttons per menu/page matrix per title in widescreen -
36 - for max number of buttons per menu/page matrix per title in SD television format 4:3 aspect -

250 - for max buttons per Blu-ray title
999 - for chapters per Blu-ray title
255 - for markers within in a playlist per title per single video title set

musicvid10 wrote on 8/17/2016, 5:28 AM
Why on earth would anyone want 18 buttons on a DVD menu page?
videoITguy wrote on 8/17/2016, 9:11 AM
Authoring is an art form as much as it is a technical function.

Try adding 36 buttons in a 4:3 format.

These numbers 18 and 36 come from the original DVD spec - note it is about the menu/page matrix per title - which DVDArchitect plays coy with that...
wideseen wrote on 8/17/2016, 3:39 PM
Sure, I know - that is why I was so surprised to get a pop-up where I could increase the number. I just can't reproduce the trick. It might not produce compliant 16:9 DVD's though. If you stumble upon the answer for my question, please tell!
wideseen wrote on 8/17/2016, 3:50 PM
@musicvid10
Good joke §:o)
Why on earth would anyone want DVD's?
Why on earth would anyone want more than 1MB memory?
Why on earth would anyone want their own computer at home?
Why on earth would anyone want books over 30 pages?
Why on earth would anyone want cars going faster than 30 mph?
All these fantastic questions have actually been asked in history by clever people.
There are so many basic existential questions out there my friend §:o))

If you stumble upon an answer for my question, I will be so grateful.
musicvid10 wrote on 8/19/2016, 6:08 PM
It wasn't an existential question.
It was a reality-check question for the target consumer.

Q: Why would anyone want an 80" uhdtv?
A: To be able to read 20+ items on a 480i menu.

Just don't try to out-Sheldon me, ok?
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