IFO Edit Auto-Menu

[Teslacuted]

I backed up a Family Guy Episode DVD using Doom9's guide to the Big 3. I had some problems with the IFO files at the end but found another solution on this forum: Update the IFOs with IFO Update and then Get VTS Sectors with IFO Edit. Now when the I play the DVD the dummy file that replaced the piracy warning is played but once it's done nothing happens. To reach the next step (main menu) I have to manually instruct the player to go to the root menu. Is there a method to instruct the player to either skip the dummy file altogether and go straight to the menu or to head to the menu after it's done?

[blksnday]

Does this problem also happen when you play the DVD on PC or only happen on standalone DVD player? What brand of DVD player you use?

[idbirch2]

Try editting the following command in VIDEO_TS.IFO:

1. Open up VIDEO_TS.IFO in IFOedit and navigate to VMGM_MAT -> First Play PGC
2. Scroll down to the 'PGC Command Table' and look at the last Pre-Command in the list (its usually the last but its the one that says 'jump to' or 'call' <something>)
3. Right-Click it and choose 'Edit Command'. Change the command to '(JumpSS_VMGM) Jump to VideoManager Menu' and choose 'Title-Menu' (usually the only option)

Now save the IFO and try again - I've found this works on 95% of DVDs when you want to get straight to the menu.

Hope this helps.

[Teslacuted]

Thanks for your help, I think you're on the right track but your solution didn't work. I analysed the titles a little more and discovered that when title 1 is played it jumps to title 11, both of which are blank, as is title 10. The title menu also seems to jump to title 11 when selected. What I need to do is jump to the Root menu is there a method of doing this as I don't see the option in the IFO Edit pulldown box.

[idbirch2]

I think its the fact that you've replaced that warning with something else. Put the original warning back in then use IFOedit to do as I described. If it doesn't work refer to 2Cool's excellent guides on the subject:

Here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48566)

And here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50245)

Using the method I already described in combination with what I learned in those 2 guides I am yet to beaten by a DVD when attempting to bypass all the crap and get straight to the menu.

[maa]

I was getting very frustrated with a movie that had all its logos in the menus of Video_ts.IFO/VOB
- in this case all 4 menus were playing crap and had no end of complicated IFs and SETs that were being called on by vts_01_0.ifo / VTSM_PGCs.

So I did something radical and it worked imediately!

In Video_ts.ifo / VMGM_PGCI_UT / PGC-MENU #
I simply set:

"Number of Programs" to "0"
and
"Number of Cells" to "0"

Thats all - and it played perfectly - not only in PowerDVD but after burning on my two DVD Players !

Quick and dirty ;)