Scenarist – Playing in different orders!

[Atlantis]

Ok, I know that you can program the same movie to be played in different orders by selecting different chapters. I’m wondering is it possible to program it only by time? I want an option to play a video in a different order but I don’t want to necessarily put chapters at those points. Unless it’s possible to put chapters that are invisible in the other play list! What about Maestro?

[SiC]

In Maestro you can set chapter points where ever you like and you do not have to make a menu that refers to it. To set the play order all you have to do is assign the End setting for each chapter.
Example:
Movie has 5 chapters, I want to play them in the order of 4, 3, 5, 2, 1
In Maestro assign the end of each chapters to goto the next chapter you want to play so:
Set the First Play to 4, End of 4 goto 3, End of 3 goto 5, End of 5 goto 2, End of 2 goto 1, & End of 1 goto menu.
You can change these settings in the "Connection" setting tab of Maestro.

[Atlantis]

Yes but I want one option to play 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and another option to play it in 1.5, 3, 2.35, 4, 5.1. You cannot use the end connection but you have to use playlist (if I wanted to play the exact same chapters in just different order). But again I don’t want to put chapter points every where because when the user hits the next chapter on his remote, the player is going to jump to them!

[Jimi]

I want to put 8 Video tracks on a DVD, make several identical discs and then play the tracks back in different orders or even Randomly. Using Reel DVD, I cannot make a disc that allows me to use the programming function on my Pioneer standalone. Is this a limitation of the DVD-R General disc format ? Or is there something I am not doing ?

Is this possible using Scenarist or Maestro ? Help gratefully acknowleged.

[Jestorius]

Jimi - it is the limitation of ReelDVD. You can't do any advanced authoring with it.

Maestro has a playlist editor. You can make your standalone to do what ever you like.

[Jimi]

Thanks for that answer, I have never tried Maestro, I hope it's not too hard...any suggestions which version I should be trying ?

[Jestorius]

Atlantis - with Scenarist Command Sequence. It isn't a click and go operation. Random Value Stores in the GPRM the value in a randomly selected GPRM or the value of a random number.

You can do the same with Maestro.

[Jimi]

wow, you're a little ahead of me here...

What's GPRM ? Atlantis ? Would Maestro 2912 or 4 handle it ?

It seems like I need to study... Do you have links to any documents/tutorials ?

[Jestorius]

SPRM -> System Parameter Memory ->for Menu Language Descriptin Code, Audio stream number, Subpicture stream number etc. Is like your Bios in your PC.

GPRM -> Generel Parameter Memory-> Memory location available in DVD player to store a Command Sequence for later use by any other Command Sequence. It is like Ram in your PC.

Can't you just make a simple DVD with simple menu navigation? Hollywood didn't use the Title button for several years because they didn't know what the title button was.

[Jimi]

Thanks for that.

I really need to be able to program the player to play the clips in different orders - and sometimes miss some out - as seamlessly as possible and with no menus visible on screen.

Grateful for advice.

[Jestorius]

Is any logic in the random play order? Is it a DVD play action in loop?

OK,
Use Maestro Connections and Playlist editor to set up a not to easy to follow playback order.

It's all without scripting.

Otherwise Scenarist manual 12.2.2.

[Jimi]

It is important to be able to program different sequences into the player but not random, deliberately chosen each time to show, maybe, just 2 of the movies for example.

I can't understand why the program feature on my playback will not be enabled and allow me to choose the tracks to play...

Thanks for your help, I'll read up on Maestro.

[Jestorius]

http://www.guygraphics.com/cgi-bin/ib3/ikonboard.cgi?s=3c7b7fdf78a1ffff;act=ST;f=31;t=293 You have tied the same as I can see.

The only way is Command Sequences. You have ReelDVD. Export the project to Scenarist and read from 12.2.2.

[Jimi]

I'm going to begin on that right now. Totally Thanks.