Understanding end actions


    End actions are navigation settings used when a timeline finishes or when you have specified a duration for a menu and the viewer does not activate a button within that time. End actions specify a destination to display next, either a menu (including the button to highlight) or a timeline (including the chapter from which to begin). 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.