How to edit the menu of a DVD?

[Metallo]

Hi guys,

I'm new to PgcEdit, therefore forgive me if the questions I'm gonna ask sound elementary...

I have created a complete DVD Slideshow using MemoriesOnTV.
As you know, MOTV is a simple program but easy to use for this kind of things.This means that it is also limited in certain areas.

So, my slideshow has got 4 Menus (better too say submenus):
What I cannot do in MOTV is to have a Menu that acts as a Main Menu, with two buttons links:

- 2002 - click and go to Submenu 1
- 2003 - click and go to Submenu 2 which in turn will be linked to -> 3 and -> 4.

Is there any chance to add Main menu to my existing DVD in PgcEdit?

Second question:

My 4 submenus have 3 button links each, on the right side of every button I have written a text so that I know what refers to what.
The text editor in this case allows me to choose the type of font but not its size.

Any chance to increase the size of the existing text in PgcEdit?

Thanks guys for your patience and support.

Alex

[mazinz]

not sure about pgcedit, but dvdremakepro can do what you want

and for your second question, dvdremakepro does offer a somewhat button editor for size, but I am unsure if it would be able to resize the font text for you

[Bjs]

You can use dvdauthorgui to reproduce this too include the additional menu .

Dvdauthorgui requires 1 title and audio in order to work .
Use something like dolby's logo .

Use vobedit to demux your menu via cell id.
Use vobedit to demux each of these to grab m2v stream .
These are imported into dvdauthorgui as menu's .
Add buttons as required , link these for the moment too title 1 .
Link title 1 to return to main menu for now .
Author to folder .

Open pcgedit , then use the open dvd command to open authored dvd .

Now the tricky bit depends on how those slide shows stackup .

Use vidchanger or vobblanker , to open main video_ts.ifo of that dvd that MemoriesOnTV created to learn the structure of the slideshow .

It maybe each slide show has a different vob id , or use different cell id's
If you had 4 slideshows , this will show up .

Depending on what is found :
If vob id's match number of slideshows , use vobedit , open first vob file , sellect demux by vob id , sellect , demux complete title set , and go .

If its cell ids , then same process as above , but by cell id .

Playback each of these to tell which is which slideshow .

Create a folder with a name , say if this first one is slideshow part1 , then folder name is one .

Each time , run ifoedit , sellect create ifo's , sellect this vob file in folder "one" , and let it rip .

Repeat this process for each slideshow vob unit .

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Back in pcgedit , which has the authored dvd open , you may now import vst titles , choose copy .

You are ready to connect the dots when all slideshow (vst titles) are imported into project , now save dvd .

Close pcgedit , reopen it , open dvd authored project , let scan go .

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From here on it gets a tad tricky not having the files here to see where I am going , but I'll point out some advice .

In the left hand pane at the top is "first play pgc"

I would include maybe 8 vmgm lu's pgc's under it , so if none are below it , right click it and choose new menu , then right click that one , and add new dummie pgc'.

That should be enough , I normal add a pgc for each title , just too keep things clearer .

So you have 4 titles , and yes , that includeds one from dvdauthorgui ...

These direct play of titles .
pgc 8 (pre) 30 02 00 00 00 05 00 00
pgc 7 (pre) 30 02 00 00 00 04 00 00
pgc 6 (pre) 30 02 00 00 00 03 00 00
pgc 5 (pre) 30 02 00 00 00 02 00 00


vgm first play , (pre) 30 06 00 01 00 c0 00 00
vmgm pgc 1 , (pre) 30 02 00 00 00 01 00 00 (plays dvdauthor title)
vmgm pgc 2 , (pre) 30 06 00 01 01 83 00 00 (main menu)

Title 1 (post command) , 30 08 00 02 01 c0 00 00
Returns after play to pgc 2 , kicks too main menu

For simpler action :

Each title post command will be
(post command) , 30 08 00 02 01 c0 00 00
returns them all too main menu

This should take care of most of the commands for titles .

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Go to any vacant pgc's we havent used , and delete all their commands .
Now go to menu's , delete all here as well for each one .

Each menu that has buttons will have this as a post command
56 00 00 00 04 00 00 00
(sets button one as default highlight , on each menu)

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Double click each menu item in the left pane .
In new window , if menu is still .

there are 2 area's with "still time" .
The one with (255=infinite) , should be 0 , not 255
Leave the other 255 alone .

Do this for each menu that use's stills .

Any motion menu's , leave them alone , they should be fine .

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Hopefully all you now have left are the button commands to work out

Remember how I was using pgc's , and they pointed too titles .

buttons should be "call pgc ?" , which ever one relates to the function you need .

If button one here is used too call the playback of slide show one , then its command would be 30 08 00 05 01 c0 00 00

If button two on this menu calls playback of title 2 , then it would be 30 08 00 06 01 c0 00 00

Hopefully you understand how these links are working .

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Now if each menu has a button that gose back to main menu , then it is 30 08 00 02 01 c0 00 00 .

We have 2 pgc's free , and a button on each sub menu linking between each other

Submenu 1 will use 30 08 00 03 01 c0 00 00 (gose to pgc 3)
Submenu 2 will use 30 08 00 04 01 c0 00 00 (gose to pgc 4)

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Go to pgc 3 , add
(pre) 69 00 00 00 00 01 00 00
(pre) 30 06 00 01 01 83 00 00

Go to pgc 4 , add
(pre) 69 00 00 00 00 02 00 00
(pre) 30 06 00 01 01 83 00 00

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Go back to main menu now .

(pre)20 24 00 00 00 00 00 02
(pre)20 24 00 00 00 00 00 03

These nembers on the end relate to menu's lu's numbers .

So if main has "1" , sub2 = "2" and sub3 = "3" , they should work .

You could also try
(pre)20 26 00 00 00 00 00 02
(pre)20 26 00 00 00 00 00 03

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Buttons that jump between menu's can also use
20 04 00 00 00 00 00 0? (? = number)

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Now before we forget , we still need to provide post commands for all titles , except for title 1 which we already done , so we have our four titles left .

All titles related to submenu2 use post command 30 08 00 03 01 c0 00 00
All titles related to submenu3 use post command 30 08 00 04 01 c0 00 00

Then you want to get greedy , thats those "set" and "if" statements , alot of fun , but get them in the wrong place and you'll running about in circles . I refer them to push or pull ...

If you have more titles , just add another pgc for them ...

I have seen massive amounts of commands used in pgc's which can lead to confussion , or cause problems for dvd players , it's why I like keeping things this way , clean and neat .

My music video guide contains info on how to setup that if a button calls a title to play , when title ends , it is dirrected back to the menu it was called from , and that button itself now appears highlighted ... to remind you what you pressed before .

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=270620

I hope this helps you get a better grip with pgcedit , its hard enough to explain without having the actual info of whats in the project , ie , exact number of menu's and slideshows ...

After all this work , you bet I saved a copy , just too remind myself ...

PS: After re-reading your message I see you state 4 menu's .

If you want to add a main menu to navigate between them , then the info I have just explained should be easy to work out how many pgc's you will need , and there relative commands .

Yes , you can use as fewer pgc's as you like , but you would then need too use "set" and "if" commands to get things working correctly

As for menu's , and that text size problem , I use the gimp to create my menu's , then use dvdauthorgui to create m2v's which can be be imported as menu's .

On with my next guide ... soon ... its hugh