Dear Marcin --- On Sat, 8/22/09, Marcin Zajączkowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Marcin Zajączkowski <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [QDVDAuthor-users] My DVD disk and a few questions about > improvements > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:14 PM > On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:15:16 +0200 > Marcin Zajączkowski <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > > > I have created a DVD disk and it generally works fine, > but today I > > played it on a DVD player box (not from VLC as > earlier) and by the way > > I would like to ask about something. > > > > DVD contains 5 video files and I wanted to have an > ability to start > > every movie from a button from the main menu. In > addition I wanted > > to have a button to play all of them (and at the end > return to the > > menu). > > > > Problems/questions: > > 0. I put every movie in separate group/title and use > "play multiple > > files" to play all of them. Other buttons just jump to > the group. Is > > it the best way to do that? Or can it be done better? > > > > 1. Is there a simple way to return to the main menu > after a playback > > of *single* movie/title? By default it shows a DVD > menu when I can > > resume playback (not the main menu). > > I could workaround it using "play multiple files" and > select "return > > to the menu", but maybe it could be done easier? I do not know how this can be done with qdvdauthor, but it certainly can be done by editing the dvdauthor.xml file generated by qdvdauthor. It is done by introducing (possibly additional) internal register (g10) g (and some number) and assigning this register some values. When "play all" is pressed the register might be assigned the value of 2. when "individual play" is used, the value could be 1. At the end of each title the value of this register is checked and if it is 1, a jump to the main menu is made. If not, the jump to the next title (or titleset) is made. Unfortunately, dvdauthor is not very well documented so you might have to "play" with this logic to make it work, > > > > 2. I placed an image button to start a playback and in > front of it a > > text with description. In VLC and Totem it worked > fine, but my DVD > > player box ignored all text and there are not shown. I > could > > integrated text with an image (in GIMP), but maybe > there is an easier > > way to show text in front of an image directly in > (Q)DVDAuthor? > > The last one was probably caused by the reorder operation. > After click > an image button became the front one. Two other questions > are still > valid. > Yes, unfortunately, software DVD players are often forgiving and guess what you actually wanted to do. Errors in DVD design are better revealed on a real DVD box (which means you have to waist some DVD blanks). I have an old Panasonic DVD player (like 8 years old) whenever, it did not play my disk the way I wanted, I found an error in my design. Unfortunately, I can not say this about DVD boxes of my relatives and friends. Those demonstrated so much crap... Soft players often do not reveal all the errors in the disk design. With best wishes ZF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ QDVDAuthor-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/qdvdauthor-users
