My DVD disk and a few questions about improvements

[Marcin Zaja;czkowski]

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?

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?


Regards
Marcin



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[Marcin Zaja;czkowski]

On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:15:16 +0200
Marcin Zajączkowski <mszpak@...> 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?
>
> 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.


Regards
Marcin



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[Z F-2]

Dear Marcin

--- On Sat, 8/22/09, Marcin Zajączkowski <mszpak@...> wrote:

> From: Marcin Zajączkowski <mszpak@...>
> Subject: Re: [QDVDAuthor-users] My DVD disk and a few questions about improvements
> To: qdvdauthor-users@...
> Date: Saturday, August 22, 2009, 5:14 PM
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:15:16 +0200
> Marcin Zajączkowski <mszpak@...>
> 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
 


     

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Marcin Zajączkowski wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:15:16 +0200
> Marcin Zajączkowski <mszpak@...> 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?
>>    

This is probably the best way to achieve this.
>> 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?
>>    
Did you try to modify the Post command for the video source file ?

>> 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.
>
>
> Regards
> Marcin
>
>
>
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[Marcin Zaja;czkowski]

Hello guys. Thanks for your replies!

->ZF: yup, that's some workaround, but I treat it as a last resort.
Ability to do that at a QDVDAuthor level would be a nice feature.

On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:39:15 -0400 QDVDAuthor wrote:
(...)
> >> 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?
> >>    
> Did you try to modify the Post command for the video source file ?

No, I did. I think I excluded it at start because I thought it could
interfere with "play multiple file". But in fact it works.


Best
Marcin



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