Edit Menu Templates

[DawnB]

Will we ever be able to Edit Menu Templates? I know you can do minor edits but I can't get a template to do what I want:

I need to make a Blu ray with 3 movies, no chapters, A simple menu with 3 thumbnails that have pictures of the movies & that's it.



I created that in ConvertXtoHD, (each movie poster is select-able to start that movie) but I'd rather use DVDFab. I've been a user of DVDFab since V8 & keep hoping this ability will be added. Right now I can only use DVDFab to create DVDs/Blu rays if I'm doing a single video with no menu.

[sieveis]

Have you tried using the Streaming Menu Template in Blu-Ray Creator? It will pull information and Images from the Internet when you load a file.

[HuckFinn]

I need to make a Blu ray with 3 movies, no chapters, A simple menu with 3 thumbnails that have pictures of the movies & that's it.

I am a beginner with this system and too am puzzled that I can't make one simple menu to click on a collection of titles. I am making DVD, not BLU-RAY, but same situation.
There have been tools around to do this job for more than a decade, but they are discontinued and don't necessarily work with Windows 10.

Thank you for your comment to confirm that I am not doing things wrong. Perhaps there are templates that can be downloaded that implement this commonly
desired structure. A new template seems preferable to editing the existing templates. Somebody may advise us.

For now I am satisfied to just treat "chapters" like "titles" and do one extra click from the main menu. It works well enough for my personal use.

[HuckFinn]

Have you tried using the Streaming Menu Template in Blu-Ray Creator? It will pull information and Images from the Internet when you load a file.

Looks like it might work for some. This template is only available for Blu-Ray, not DVD creation.

The streaming template only appears to download info for the first title. The titles are always ordered alphabetically for both BLU-RAY & DVD templates. You can choose
which title is displayed first (and appears on the main menu in the case of DVDs) by renaming the files you import.

[littlebluealien]

Will we ever be able to Edit Menu Templates? I know you can do minor edits but I can't get a template to do what I want:

I need to make a Blu ray with 3 movies, no chapters, A simple menu with 3 thumbnails that have pictures of the movies & that's it.



I created that in ConvertXtoHD, (each movie poster is select-able to start that movie) but I'd rather use DVDFab. I've been a user of DVDFab since V8 & keep hoping this ability will be added. Right now I can only use DVDFab to create DVDs/Blu rays if I'm doing a single video with no menu.

Totally agree HuckFinn -I've also requested new menu templates for Blu-ray Creator to make it far easier to create bespoke multiple title thumbnails. I do use the current template provided with the slanted diagonal thumbnail ( a real pain-in-the-arse to make a personalised image fit). Perseverance does pay off in the end, with numerous trial and error resizing of images etc -I use Serif Photoplus x8 to manipulate my images for thumbnails. I also add bespoke background wallpapers to my Blu-rays. Mona has picked up my forum post in relation to this, now it's down to the Blu-ray Creator designer to take it on board and (hopefully) come up with some 'new' and 'user-friendly' template downloads...