want to add startup message

[linybob]

Simliar to the FBI warning, I'd like to add a screen of my own at the beginning of my DVDs that run about 10 secs or so. In PgcEdit, I see that there is a macro Import First Play clip or Inport Title Startup Clip. Those look interesting to me - how do I create the clip that I'd import? How do I create a "DVD" that I could import from or whatever?

I also have done a lot of work using Still Frame Menu (http://home.tiscali.be/debie.roland/pgcedit/third_party/r0lz/still_frame_menu/still_frame_menu.html) but it replaces the actual VMGM menu in the original DVD. One DVD I'm working on has a lot of code in its VMGM and replacing it makes parts of the DVD not work anymore. Is there anyway I can add my Still Frame Menu to the VMGM and keep the existing VMGM? This would be my preferred solution if I could get it to work.

I also own Sony DVD Architect - maybe that could help somehow but I really like using PgcEdit for the programming ability.

I'm no expert at all with DVDs (yet) so please go easy on me... I've tried to do a lot of research but I'm stuck for now. Thanks!

[2COOL]

Welcome to the forum! :)

Originally posted by linybob
how do I create the clip that I'd import?What exactly do you want as your intro? Do you want a "still" image that will display for certain amount of time and then go on?

How do I create a "DVD" that I could import from or whatever?If you want a still image clip, you need a BMP file. Either you capture it using PowerDVD, WinDVD, or even PgcEdit. You can edit the BMP file any way you want. In fact, you can start from scratch and create whatever you want in an image editor software like Paint or Photoshop. Read here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86199&perpage=20&highlight=bitmap&pagenumber=2) for BMP sizing.

Once you have your BMP, you can use the method in link I have provided or use Muxman to author as it can also input BMPs. Read here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&postid=658528#post658528) if you are going to use 16:9 BMPs. Current Muxman doesn't work right with 16:9 BMPs but there is a workaround.

What I have explain to you above is getting a still image clip complete with IFOs and BUPs. As for time playing, you have up to 254 seconds or infinite (255). All you need to do is edit your cell time in your new files using PgcEdit in PgcEditor dialog.

[linybob]

Thanks for the reply! I am planning on using bmp images - stills for 10 secs. I have already done this using the Still Frame Menu directions and got it to work fine. The problem is that when I import my still frame menu, it totally replaces the DVD's existing VMGM. I'd like to be able to import my external menu and append it to the existing LUs in the VMGM.

I need to understand a way in which I can import my still menu without wiping out the code that's already in the LUs of the VMGM of the original DVD. I've thought of using "New Dummy PGC" and then copying the code from the original DVD to the new LU and I suppose that would work, but it seems like a workaround to me and not very elegant.

The DVD I'm working with has 5 LUs (or whatever the proper term is) in the VMGM of the original DVD, and each one has code in it that is needed to play "Extras" in the disk. If I import my Still Frame Menu, all that code is lost. That is my problem!

Could I author a new DVD with my still frame and then somehow import that as a new VTSM/VTST or whatever in PgcEdit so I don't lose my original VMGM?

[2COOL]

My method in this thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93850) had me adding a new title as my intro. So my new navigation flow would be First Play PGC > new Title (intro)> First Play PGC > Continue on to original navigation.

[linybob]

I think I've come up with a method that will preserve the original VMGM while (fairly) easily allowing me to insert a Still Frame Menu. Tell me if this procedure is sound.

1) File -> Import VTSM Titles : navigate to the ripped DVD's files and load any original DVD title, it doesn't matter., don't import VOB. This will create a new VTSM which is the most important thing. The menu type is Title which I change to Root later on.

2) Right click on the new VTSM and Import Menu. Here you import the Still Frame Menu, copy VOB -> yes

3) On the VTST, I right clicked and selected blank out all VTST titles as I only want the VTSM really. The menu is the thing, not the title within this set.

4) Also I did Edit-> delete all commands to clean things up in the VTST.

5) In the TitleM of this VTSM, I made the command LinkPGCN 2 which is the still frame menu.

6) Change the menu type to Root in this new VTSM to allow jumping from the VMGM.

7) In the Still Frame Menu (3b) of this VTSM, I set a gprm to 1 and then Jump to VMGM TitleM and continue normally.

8) I also need to do a conditional Jump to VTSM ##, Root menu of the new VTSM if the gprm is not set. I do this in the VMGM.

All this will create a nice new VTSM for me to put my Still Frame Menu separate from the original DVD's VMGM and yet I get the same effect as in roLZ's site as far as I can tell.

[r0lZ]

Great, especially for a newbee! Your method is indeed a verry good example of what can be done wirh PgcEdit. :)

However, if you wants just a still frame displayed for 10 seconds (without the ability to click to continue), you should try this verry easy method:
- Create a new DVD with your BMP using MuxMan.
- Import First-Play clip with PgcEdit. Specify Still Frame and a delay of 10 seconds in the GUI.