Method and device for composing a menu

A device for automatically composing an audio-visual menu for selection of playback of audio-visual data, the menu containing buttons for selecting portions of the audio-visual data, wherein a first portion of audio-visual data and a first portion of menu data are retrieved from a first storage medium being an exchangeable pre-recorded storage medium, and wherein a second portion of audio-visual data and a second portion of menu data are obtained from a second data source and has at least one first attribute associated, the device comprising

• means for generating an initial menu from the first portion of menu data, wherein the first portion of menu data comprises audio-visual data, the initial menu containing one or more visible, selectable buttons and at least one invisible placeholder that cannot be selected, wherein the placeholder has at least one second attribute associated;
• means for extracting said first attribute associated with the second portion of menu data;
• means for comparing said extracted first attribute with the second attribute associated with the placeholder, and for indicating that both attributes match;
• and
• means for replacing upon said indication the placeholder in said initial menu with a visible and selectable menu button;
• wherein the second data source is different from said first storage medium and wherein a data obtained from said second data source are logically connected to a file system of a data from the first storage medium, and wherein said second portion of audio-visual data comprises no menu data, and said second portion of menu data comprises audio-visual menu data, and said second portion of menu data comprises audio-visual menu data and navigation chaining information, wherein navigation chaining information defines a button to be selected next upon a user input of one of “UP”, “DOWN”, “LEFT” and “RIGHT” keys on a remote control.