DVD Studio Pro 2 - Too many combined chapters and end actions in movie
In addition to the limit of 99 chapter markers per track, DVD Studio Pro 2 has a combined limit of 106 chapter markers and individual chapter end jump settings per track. This is normally not an issue except in special cases where the author decides to set an end jump for each chapter marker.
Products Affected
DVD Studio Pro
If your track has 54 chapter markers, each configured with an end jump, the result is a combined 108 markers and jump settings, which causes an error message to appear when you build the project. Since setting end jumps on chapter markers prevents the track from playing seamlessly from start to end, you can instead divide the track into two tracks, each containing a portion of the markers, avoiding the 106 setting limit.
Why Would You Do This?
You might use chapter markers with end jumps set to "edit" a track into multiple small clips. If you configure a menu button to jump to a specific chapter marker, the track starts playing at that point. Once the next marker is reached, the end jump directs the DVD player back to the menu, resulting in only a small portion of the track playing.
The advantage of this is that you can easily configure a track to play as short clips and not worry about running into the 99 tracks, stories, and slideshows per project limit. The disadvantage is that you cannot play the track from start to end. As soon as the first marker that has its end jump set is reached, the player jumps to that setting.
Using Stories
You can accomplish a similar result by creating a story that plays only from one chapter marker to the next. The disadvantage of doing this is that if you have a lot of these that you want to configure, you will quickly run into the 99 tracks, stories, and slideshows per project limit.
Why Would You Do This?
You might use chapter markers with end jumps set to "edit" a track into multiple small clips. If you configure a menu button to jump to a specific chapter marker, the track starts playing at that point. Once the next marker is reached, the end jump directs the DVD player back to the menu, resulting in only a small portion of the track playing.
The advantage of this is that you can easily configure a track to play as short clips and not worry about running into the 99 tracks, stories, and slideshows per project limit. The disadvantage is that you cannot play the track from start to end. As soon as the first marker that has its end jump set is reached, the player jumps to that setting.
Using Stories
You can accomplish a similar result by creating a story that plays only from one chapter marker to the next. The disadvantage of doing this is that if you have a lot of these that you want to configure, you will quickly run into the 99 tracks, stories, and slideshows per project limit.