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genius
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Posted: 27th Oct 2003 05:07
How do you make the dvd main menu to work with a DVD?
IanM
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Posted: 27th Oct 2003 09:06
You don't - unless you code it yourself ... didn't I answer this a few days ago? Ah, yes - takes 10 seconds to find it using the built-in search ...
genius
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2003 17:32
How do you code it yourself?

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IanM
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Posted: 23rd Nov 2003 22:31
By 'code it yourself' I meant that you write a menu system to allow you to do the navigation - you can't access the menu information held on the DVD ... at least I believe you can't

There are loads of posts for creating menus - just do a quick search
Andy Igoe
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Posted: 24th Nov 2003 14:52
I have not worked out how to program a DVD menu in DBPro yet but I can give you some of the fruits of my research into the same problem over the last week.

A DVD film has to be in the folter VIDEO_TS. The filename has to be VIDEO_TS.IFO. (I think it was IFO, not sure now I think about it!). The IFO contains the menu's and the film data, and I am unsure as to the actual format of the file. I do know that other files can be indexed from the VIDEO_TS.IFO file but as far as I can tell they must be in the VIDEO_TS folder.

To overcome the deadline pressure I faced I used a DVD menu builder called MySonic DVD. This allowed me to create a DVD menu and burn a DVD formatted disk. The only problem was that there was a delay between cutscenes and you cannot make your own visual style without Photoshop (although I had some success in modifying the existing templates to my needs). The MySonic DVD software came with my Aunts DVD writer.

I would love to be able to write my own DVD menu in DBPro, so if anyone has any information to add I too would like to hear it. Unfortunately the internet DVD community seems to be focused very much on how to pirate commercial videos and where completely unable to give any help at all with regards to how to author a brand new DVD. Very dissapointing.


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genius
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Posted: 28th Nov 2003 23:53
Thanks ANDY IGOE, that help a lot.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 29th Nov 2003 01:41
Pinnacle has some nice software for creating dvd menus. It came with my burner, but I've only played with it a little. A friend of mine does a lot of film editing on his G4, so I don't worry about this stuff, I let him do it.
Phaelax
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Posted: 29th Nov 2003 01:46
You can view the contents of the IFO file using dvd decrypt. From what it shows me, it contains the following data: compression format, tv system, aspect ratio, display mode, bit rate, resolution, letterboxed yes/no, and mode.

Oh, I just found this.
http://mpucoder.kewlhair.com/derrow/
IFO Edit program. Maybe that can help you learn what info is stored and possible what order to extract data into DB to make a menu system.
Andy Igoe
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Posted: 29th Nov 2003 06:32
Whether you extrapolate how to include your own .exe into the IFO file one problem will still remain, DVD decoders dont run Windows with DirectX and therefor stand-alone DVD players will never be able to run a DBPro application.


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