[ just 1 mpeg2 file: 2 kind of playing ! ]

[julienb]

Hello everybody

I would like to do the following DVD:
one movie
a menu to choose:
+ the whole movie
+ theme1 (ex: 1st scene followed by 3rd scene followed by 7th scene)
+ theme2 (ex: 2nd scene followed by 8th scene)

etc etc

the main target is :
if we want to view the whole movie we can choose
if we want to view only the car's scene, only the night's scene, we can do it !

I think I have to create chapters at the beginning of each scene.
Maybe, there will be a test in post commands
if "whole movie" is pressed then go to next chapter
if "theme1" is pressed then go to x chapter
etc etc

may I follow a good way ??
I use Scenarist and I know I can do everything with it ..

see U

[SaSi]

OK, from what I understand what you want to build is a DVD with a movie and a menu that allows you to either play the whole movie in normal sequence or (by selecting another menu entry in the main menu) play the movie segments in a different order.

It's possible and your thoughs are correct. You need to import the movie, define the segments you want as chapters, build the menu so that selecting one of the options stores an appropriate value (e.g. 1,2,3...) to a GPRM register and - finally, enter after commands for each cell so that they navigate to the proper cell depending on the GPRM register which acts as a "theme selector".

If value 1 means play the movie in normal sequence, cell n should have a command "IF GPRM# = 1 then Jump to Cell n+1". This should be added to each cell (chapter).
If value 2 means after chapter 1 play chapter 5, then at the end of Cell 1 (chapter 1) add an after command (IF GPRM# = 2 Jump to Cell 5).

This is the general idea of how it's done. For perfect results, you would like to have reverse navigation also, in other words, if Ch.5 is to follow Ch.1 in Theme 2, then playing the video in reverse order, when playback reaches the beginning of Ch.5 it should jump to the end of Ch.1.

[julienb]

Hello Sasi !

sorry, I never answered to your post
Thanks you very much ..

I'm going to test this ...