DVD Command when Menu Button is pressed?

[pcexpress-guy]

What exactly or what command per se is given to the DVD player when the menu button is pressed on the remote control?

Is there a command issued such as that found in the DVD Virtual Command Set?

http://www.dvd-replica.com/DVD/vmcmdset.php

I suppose some value is set somewhere to say to the player... hey if this guy hits the menu button, go here? Is this how it works. Where is this global DVD playback value held, so it can be edited?

Thanks!

[GbMedusa]

From the Video Manager (VMG) page:

2. VIDEO_TS.VOB contains the contents required for the title menu. The title menu is usually designed to get access to video titles present on other VTS, and is displayed when the "Title" button on the remote control is pressed. Short video clips without audio such as FBI warnings, copyright messages are usually stored in this file of the VMG. This file is not required and may or may not be present on a DVD-compliant disc.

Does this help? I would guess it is a function of the player, not coded into an IFO or VOB. Otherwise, some smart alec could code their DVD to go straight to the end credits or such.

But, like I said, it's only a guess.

[pcexpress-guy]

Thanks! I am not sure if I can use that.

The dvd i am working with here, is sort of complicated.

The VIDEO_TS.VOB does NOT contain the unwanted matterial or menu's.

The main movie is on VTS_02_0.VOB

The Unwanted stuff is elsewhere and later VTS's. (out of order)

My goal would be greatly complete if some application could show the normal playback flow of what is being seen at any given time. Kind of like a flow chart or something. (perhaps a log of what is being read on a player in terms of VTS, and other specs like what values have been added to the registers or whatever.)

I think the Scenarist application does this in a graphical way, but I don't have that app. Is there something else which will do this?

Anyway, I figure because the root_menu button and title_button goes to any place on the disk(i.e title set), that some programing of this function must occure somewhere on the DVD when it is read into the machine. I just haven't figure out where this happens or how exactly this happen.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[petar]

What exactly or what command per se is given to the DVD player when the menu button is pressed on the remote control?

To play the root menu PGC of the VTS where the current play is.

[halogen]

Thanks for this link, exactly what I was looking for to fix my problem with pre-post commands. Anyone using IFOedit should bookmark this link.

halogen
www.radionuclear.com

[halogen]

The link referring to the 1st link in this posting, not the website listed in my last post of course.

[Arky]

Thanks! I am not sure if I can use that.

The dvd i am working with here, is sort of complicated.

The VIDEO_TS.VOB does NOT contain the unwanted matterial or menu's.

The main movie is on VTS_02_0.VOB

The Unwanted stuff is elsewhere and later VTS's. (out of order)

My goal would be greatly complete if some application could show the normal playback flow of what is being seen at any given time. Kind of like a flow chart or something. (perhaps a log of what is being read on a player in terms of VTS, and other specs like what values have been added to the registers or whatever.)

I think the Scenarist application does this in a graphical way, but I don't have that app. Is there something else which will do this?

Anyway, I figure because the root_menu button and title_button goes to any place on the disk(i.e title set), that some programing of this function must occure somewhere on the DVD when it is read into the machine. I just haven't figure out where this happens or how exactly this happen.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

it's a pity you were so quick to rebuff my suggestion of using a certain MAC program, recently, because this same program caters for exactly what you require - namely, a command interpreter. It might surprise you how powerful some MAC software is, and I say this as someone who uses both MAC and PC machines, depending on the task at hand.


Arky ;o)

[pcexpress-guy]

"it's a pity you were so quick to rebuff my suggestion of using a certain MAC program, recently, because this same program caters for exactly what you require - namely, a command interpreter. "

it was a joke. I try better next time.