DVD Class - Class 7

Class 7 - Stories, Scripts, Subtitles and Connections

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• Stories
• Able to make an "extended" version without adding disc space
• Can rearrange chapters to play in "order" (Memento, Pulp Fiction)
• Can make a "Play All" button for a series of short clips
• May notice slight pause for chapters out of sequence
  
• Limitations
• Stories can contain chapters only from same track
• Only "Chapter Markers" are available for stories


• Play All example
  1. Put all the smaller videos into one track
  2. Add chapter markers where each video begins
  3. Set each marker's end jump to target the menu
  4. Create a single "Play All" story that contains all the chapter markers
  5. Stories will ignore previous "end jumps"
  6. Set up "Play All" button

• Scripts
• Various things you can do with scripts
  • Automatically customize the title
  • Add random play after a menu times out
  • Set a menu to loop a certain number of times
• General Purpose Register Memory (GPRM) like variables
• Most scripts begin with setting a GPRM
• System Parameter Register Memories (SPRM) hold system info
• SPRM gives status of player