Having said that, I'm still on the lookout for computer solutions to presenting slide shows and stills. A Mac Mini connected to a projector seems simple and elegant. But what software to use to present a folder full of JPEGS and mp4 videos already in order, under the control of one pushbutton?
See my comment above about Powerpoint. Don't know if there is a Mac version/equivalent. "Director" was another option.
Is there a way to automatically link menus, assuming they are in a numbered sequence?
No. An option that does not apply to your situation is the index feature, but it is creating a new menu for each submenu it creates.
I can foresee another slight difficulty. By using menus and the Enter button as a way of creating a Blu-ray slide show, I think I've created a one-way street. There's no going back once started. I can't see any way around that one. But the benefits are:
Right. You could use invisible buttons selected by using the number keys on the remote. E.g. 1 is advance, 2 is back (link to previous menu). But makes a difficult linking worse.
I can foresee another slight difficulty. By using menus and the Enter button as a way of creating a Blu-ray slide show, I think I've created a one-way street. There's no going back once started. I can't see any way around that one. But the benefits are:
- A blu-ray player can be used for the presentation.
- Easier to set up and more reliable than any computer – connect the player and projector, insert the disk, and within seconds up comes a start screen which stays there until Enter is pressed.
- No concern about dissolves or high-bit rate h.264 videos causing computer software player to falter.
I'll bet there are more computers with enough power than there are bluray players even today.
An odd project like this from Encore, would be too likely to fail on a particular bluray player that you have not tested. Easier to keep your H.264 bitrate under control.