Setting Default Streams

[grannyGeek]

a noobish question ---

DVD Shrink in Reauthor Mode lets you Set Default Streams, and assign the default audio and subtitle stream (or HIDE the subtitles by default, which is my goal.)

Is there a way to do this using another software, perhaps by editing the IFO files or something? If so, a recommendation and quick explanation would be greatly appreciated.

(sorry if this is too dumb, but my google skills are obviously lacking for this subject.)


Thanks in advance for any advice.

[guns1inger]

PGCEdit lets you do this, I believe.

[grannyGeek]

ah, guns, still rescuing little old ladies in distress, eh?

I had read through the PgcEdit help file, but failed to see the process I was looking for
(searching "Domain Attributes", "Stream", and a few other terms.)

I know I will feel really dumb once I find out how it is done!


granny
(re-tired, but back again....)

[guns1inger]

It should be as simple as double-clicking on the VTS in question after opening the disc, and altering the stream order on the page that opens next.

Of course, I could be lying because at the moment I cannot find a multi-audio DVD structure on my HDDs that I can test it on.

[grannyGeek]

I will find out after I get home in a bit --- just knowing now that PgcEdit holds the power allowed me to do a search, and found an old 2Cool guide of "how to disable subtitles by default". (now why didn't I type that into my google window in the first place? must be the senior moments.)

I'm hoping this process will just hide them, not disable them completely --- I've had 3 players in a row that insist on playing subtitles automatically, and it is annoying. But I still need them available.


Thanks for the boost!

[manono]

There are a couple of ways to use PGCEdit to do what you want:

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showpost.php?p=296707&postcount=1

That one is for changing the default streams. This next one is for both setting the default streams as well as turning off a default stream, which you also asked about:

http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/third_party/2cool/subtitles/subtitles_off_d...lt_pgcedit.htm

Unless a subtitle steam is set as the default explicitly, in which case you can run the trace to track down and change or remove the command, there shouldn't be a default subtitle. You might check and see if you've turned on a subtitle language in the DVD player menu, as I have.

Oh, I see you found the 2Cool guide to which I just linked. Yes, it just keeps them from being turned on automatically. You can still turn them on in the Subtitle menu or using the remote control.

[grannyGeek]

manono, thank you for the links.

Now I will be able to assign default audio, and keep subtitles from displaying until I ask for them.


Gosh, I take a year off from video, and come back to find you guys still solving our problems.
You guys (STILL!) rock!

[guns1inger]

manono, thank you for the links.

Now I will be able to assign default audio, and keep subtitles from displaying until I ask for them.


Gosh, I take a year off from video, and come back to find you guys still solving our problems.
You guys (STILL!) rock!

And so desperately need a life, apparently . . . . . . .

(Has it really been a year ?)

[grannyGeek]

well, closer to 8 months, but isn't that about 12 months in video-years ?
(something like dog years, ya know)

[Instant Martian]

What if there is already a "SetSTN" in the pre-commands list?