vcd menu hidden command

[ying0yang]

i know some software put some password on a cd to view on pc.

so you have to enter a password to access the file .

can we do this on a vcd to view on a dvd player( tv)??

i mean some dvd can hide some extra file with a key command or somethings.. but on a vcd , possible???

thanks for help

[Ejoc]

Um, no

[Gazorgan]

Nope, can't do it.

Can't really do it on a PC, except with a proprietary file format and viewer.

[ying0yang]

thx for your time guys

why it is possible to hide some special things in dvd ???

[RabidDog]

8) "easter eggs" you mean ?? they are not really hidden just not accessible by ordinary menu commands

[ying0yang]

8) "easter eggs" you mean ?? they are not really hidden just not accessible by ordinary menu commands

yes that what i mean .

there is a way to do it in dvd , so that's why i ask for it but in vcd, possible???

[Cornucopia]

Easter eggs and code-accessable stuff are do-able on (S)VCD's in PBC mode. Check out Vitualis' VCDImager site, or look through some of my past threads on the topic.

Won't stop hardcores, but does the trick for the casual/newbie user.

Scott

[ying0yang]

thx will check it .

hope it's not too hard :P

[TurboRunner]

You could make a menu which might look like this:

1 Play Movie
2 Scene Selection
3 Special Features

So it has 3 selections there so you make it so you have a selection for what you want to hide say 8 and not put that on your menu so when you play it and you dont know about the hidden selection you will not see that selection available on the menu but if you press the number you made hidden it will play that track maybe you might make it 78 so its not that obvious.

This should work with vp5 and maybe vcdimager but may not work nero because nero makes that menu and will probably list the track you want to hide.

Have not tried this but if you do and it does not work try making a Motion Menu.

[ying0yang]

sound good ,

not all i have to do is not forget the number of the hidden command

will try it , thanks for your time

[ying0yang]

MMmmmm im not very good with theses command lines soft.

is there any soft with simple menu making that i can do what turborunner tell me ??? :P

[ying0yang]

have check all the guides articles authors .....

there is many soft i can use but , which one i can use for putting MY pressing number command (ex: for the first video 1 i want to choose 7 , video 2 number 8 .....)and not for video 1 number 1 .....

the point is if i want some vids to be unaccessible in the menu , i will just put number i only will know.

movie factory, winoncd ...which one ???

thanks for your help.

VCDIMAGER give me the opportunity to put my own number but im not very good with theses kind of command lines

[TurboRunner]

I havnt tried it just a thought but for vcdimager there are frontend like tscv or vcdeasy and so on that might help if you cant skip numbers you could just make blank numbers to go back to the menu until you get to you chosen hidden number that you are using for the video

When you author use Images or rewritables as this idea may not work.

[vitualis]

All the following menu structures are possible with VCDImager:

Example 1
"1" --> goes to choice A
"2" --> goes to choice B
"3" --> goes to choice C

Example 2
"5" --> goes to choice A
"6" --> goes to choice B
"7" --> goes to choice C

Exampe 3
"1" --> goes to choice A
"2" --> goes to choice B
"3" --> does nothing
"4" --> goes to choice C

As you can see, you can make fairly flexible menu choices... as long as you know how to author. I personally don't use VCDEasy (the best GUI for VCDImager ) very much so I don't know how flexible it is, but if you learn how to author the XML manually, all the above (including non-consecutive numerical choices) can be authored relatively easily.

For details, I suggest having a look at the guides at http://www.michaeltam.com

BTW, there is an "advanced" guide on my site on how to make a "combination lock". The principles of that can be used to make (for example), hidden info/Easter eggs.

Regards.

[ying0yang]

thanks for all your great answers,

well , i'll go for it with the old way --) try=bad try=bad try=bad....

and finally try=GOTCHA.