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Branching to the same script
When using a menu while digital video is playing, you should not use a hotspot that branches to the same script it is in. Even if your script contains a video transition command, transparency will not be cleared correctly. When it is re-established with the DV_Transp command and a DV transition, it will not function properly.
The work around for this is to have the hotspot branch to an intermediate script. This script needs to have a Cut, Curtain, or Wipe video transition to clear the transparency, and a branch to the original script.
If you want to allow the user to simply replay the digital video and not the entire script, you should use a hotspot with the $DV_JUMP_timecode digital video command, rather than the intermediate script method described above. Use the SMPTE timecode where you want play to begin, typically 00:00:00:00 or the INTIME used, and the command will start play of the digital video at that point. Since the original transparency is still enabled, you should not experience problems with it.
NOTE: You must use theEPLoadcommand to load an entrypoint file when you use the$DV_JUMP_timecode command.
Branching to a different script
If you have a menu with a hotspot that branches to another script while digital video is playing, you need to ensure that transparency is cleared, by using a Cut, Curtain, or Wipe video transition, before attempting to establish any type of transparency again. This includes not only the DV_Transp command for digital video, but also highlighting hotspots, the Transparency command for animations, or any other effect or Plug-In that uses transparency.
Failure to clear the transparency established via DV_Transp will result in problems with transparency in your title. While such problems may not be evident at first, they will occur. If you are using a menu with a hotspot that branches to another script while digital video is playing, you need to check that transparency will always be cleared, no matter how the flow of your title goes.
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