Adobe Encore and End Action
Understanding how to create navigation in a DVD can sometimes be overwhelming and confusing. Well one of the greatest misunderstood navigations is the end action. There are many ways you can navigate after your clip or menu ends. The end action specifies what happens when an item finishes playing, or when you have specified a duration for a menu and the viewer takes no action within that time.
End actions specify the destination to display next; this could be a menu (including the button to highlight), a timeline (including the chapter from which to begin), or any other DVD element. If a DVD contains video clips that can be viewed individually or in succession (such as outtakes or topics in an educational DVD), you might choose to have the end action of each clip take the viewer to the next clip, or instead, you could have the end action lead back to the menu from which the viewer accessed the clip.
End actions for menus are optional. You use them when you want to control the display if a viewer does not activate a button on the menu. Menu end actions are useful in DVDs that remain playing in a public place or educational setting. If a viewer leaves, for example, the menu can jump back to the main menu after a reasonable wait period, to be ready for the next person.
There are many link types in Adobe Encore and I will explain the different types and how to use them in up and coming entries.
