PgcEdit 0.5

[CoNS]

Thank you veru r0lZ. Can PgcEdit get any better, now?! Your hard work with this excellent tool is very much appreciated.

(BTW, small detail, you forgot to update the name of the thread to "PgcEdit 0.5.2 released"...!!)

[r0lZ]

Thanks, and Right. Done now.

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by selyb
If you can't reproduce this very easily then i doubt you will be able to do it with any ifos i send you
this happens to me every time that i open a dvd while one is already open
if i use the "Open DVD" command under File or if i use the "Open DVD" button on the toolbar and even if i open the same dvd that i already had open i get the error message
BUT: if i use the "Reopen DVD" button or menu command, i do NOT get the error
i had a problem before (an error message using MPClassic) that you could not reproduce
i am willing to bet that these have something to do with my setup
check this out:
I have Windows XP SP2 installed into C:\win\
Program files folder is C:\PF\
Common Program Files is C:\PF\Common\
My Documents is E:\Stuff\
Profiles Dir is C:\DAndS\
PgcEdit is installed to E:\Programs\Authoring\
MPC is installed to E:\Programs\MPC\
i believe i never did use any of the 'install' options included in PgcEdit

i will email you some ifos anyway just in case it might help

I doubt that your config may be guilty. Anyway, I'll have a look at the IFOs...

Request: Option to name Incremental backups as a number instead of the date
e.g. PgcEdit_Backup_1

Why? The backups are already stored in increasing order, and the date/time is useful to remember when you've modified it for the last time.

Request: Menu command to restore from a list of current Incremental Backup folders

You must probably restore the backups one at a time, in decreasing order, so that the VOBs files will be restored with the right IFOs. And, since PgcEdit do not restore the VOBs automatically, it's not verry usefull to automate this function. But I'll see if I can improve the restore process...

Request: When using "Popup menus on right mouse button released?" option, select the item current underneath the mouse when the button is pressed

right now what it does is nothing when i press the right button, then when i release, it selects the item and pops up the menu
i would like it to select when i press the button and pop up the menu when i release

i have written some small apps in VB and some VBS so i underestand that you can only do what you can do so please do not think i am trying to be demanding

I have added this option so that the option under the mouse cursor will NOT be highlighted anymore, for safety purposes. And anyway, I am unable to control what's happening after the opening of the popup menu: it's Tk stuff!

just to show my appreaciation for working on the right click thing im sending you another 10 Euros

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by selyb
Bug?
i set the Parental level of the Virtual Player to 1
i used trace mode and a screen asked if i want to set the parental level higher
then PgcEdit asked if i wanted to accept but it did not change SPRM(13)
so i keep going back to the same screen that asks if i want to change the Parental level and PgcEdit asks if i want to accept

if i manually change SPRM(13) to 15, it works

Well, the usage of SPRM 13 is not clear. It stores the temporary parental level. I have tested his contents on my Sony, and it is NOT changed after a SetTmpPML. So, I cloned that behavior. But parental protections are extremely rare in zone 2, so I may be wrong.

@mpucoder: How is SetTmpPML related to SPRM 13? Any idea?

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by lark
yep, definitely not high priority.
i know they don't hurt (the functionality), but when i dump all the dvd commands and search for some particular ones, i get also those that are in the unreferenced PGCs, don't i. and in that case they just fool me ;-)

btw are they (commands in unreferenced PGCs) accounted for, when pgcedit finds unused GPRMs?

Yes, the unreferenced PGCs are not remembered, so I can't test them in the other functions.
This is indeed a good reason to remove the commands from the unreferenced PGCs. I will probably add that feature, but later...

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by selyb
Request: Explore DVD Folder to use a system command for opening the folder instead of running Explorer
i use an alternative file manager

Sorry, that's too much work. I have implemented this function because it was trivial to do (under Windoze only). But what you request needs a GUI to configure the command.
Anyway, you can add your file manager in the Tools menu.

[selyb]

Originally posted by r0lZ
Sorry, that's too much work. I have implemented this function because it was trivial to do (under Windoze only). But what you request needs a GUI to configure the command.
Anyway, you can add your file manager in the Tools menu.

i think maybe you misunderstood me
if i remember correctly, it should be just as easy to open a folder as it is to run explorer.exe. doing it this way would use the installed file manager instead of a static one
the tools menu is a good idea though

[selyb]

this is from 5.2 downloaded from http://home.tiscali.be/debie.roland/pgcedt/
i only download the windows exe, not compressed

this happens when i open a dvd and then use File > Open DVD and open the same set of files

can't read "::menus(0,1,lang)": no such variable
can't read "::menus(0,1,lang)": no such variable
    while executing
"set label "$label , LU $lu ($::menus($vts,$lu,lang))""
    (procedure "pgc_label" line 48)
    invoked from within
"pgc_label "" $type $vts $lunum $pgcnum"
    (procedure "::main::display_pgc" line 12)
    invoked from within
"::main::display_pgc menu 0 1 6"
    ("eval" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"eval $cmd"
    (procedure "::main::selector_launch_cmd_click" line 7)
    invoked from within
"::main::selector_launch_cmd_click .mf.f2.selector ::main::cmdslist"
    (command bound to event)

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by selyb
i think maybe you misunderstood me
if i remember correctly, it should be just as easy to open a folder as it is to run explorer.exe. doing it this way would use the installed file manager instead of a static one
the tools menu is a good idea though

I use the "start" DOS shell command to open the folder (ie. I launch: start "foldername")

start is supposed to use the default program associated with the filetype of his option (in this case, with the folders). If it doesn't work, either your file browser is not correctly installed, or start don't work as expected.
Try to associate your file browser with the folders, if you wish.

[blutach]

@rolz - thanks again for a wonderful new version.

Unreferenced PGCs: I echo lark's thoughts about unreferenced PGCs (especially, but not only, for finding ununsed GPRMs) and you will recall jeanl's idea some time ago that PgcEdit search for a 2nd level of unreferenced PGCs after the elimination of commands in already unreferenced PGCs. This is a good thing to have IMHO and maybe we can see this in a future version.

Re cell swapping and Play All/Clone PGC utilities: If you swap a cell without doing this, as you say, it will become unreferenced if it isn't referenced elsewhere in the domain. You say you can't put it back. This is true in PgcEdit, but of course, users should be aware that it is a very simple thing in IfoEdit. I wonder whether you can program this in to PgcEdit?

Regards

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by blutach
@rolz - thanks again for a wonderful new version.

Unreferenced PGCs: I echo lark's thoughts about unreferenced PGCs (especially, but not only, for finding ununsed GPRMs) and you will recall jeanl's idea some time ago that PgcEdit search for a 2nd level of unreferenced PGCs after the elimination of commands in already unreferenced PGCs. This is a good thing to have IMHO and maybe we can see this in a future version.

OK. I will see what I can do...

Re cell swapping and Play All/Clone PGC utilities: If you swap a cell without doing this, as you say, it will become unreferenced if it isn't referenced elsewhere in the domain. You say you can't put it back. This is true in PgcEdit, but of course, users should be aware that it is a very simple thing in IfoEdit. I wonder whether you can program this in to PgcEdit?

It's not easy to do in PgcEdit, because if a cell is unreferenced, you must do a mock strip to recreate the references. As you know, PgcEdit is unable to do a mock strip. And I don't want to implement that kind of stuff, because PgcEdit is not a VOB editor (although there is now a menu buttons editor), and Tcl/Tk is too slow to process such large amounts of data.

[blutach]

Originally posted by r0lZ
OK. I will see what I can do...

Thanks - that would be fantastic!

It's not easy to do in PgcEdit, because if a cell is unreferenced, you must do a mock strip to recreate the references. As you know, PgcEdit is unable to do a mock strip. And I don't want to implement that kind of stuff, because PgcEdit is not a VOB editor (although there is now a menu buttons editor), and Tcl/Tk is too slow to process such large amounts of data.

No problems - I was really just informing folks that it is in fact a very straight forward process in IfoEdit.

Regards

[selyb]

Originally posted by selyb
this is from 5.2 downloaded from http://home.tiscali.be/debie.roland/pgcedt/
i only download the windows exe, not compressed

this happens when i open a dvd and then use File > Open DVD and open the same set of files]

ok, i got it narrowed down
this only happens when i am browsing for the new dvd files to open and i double click the file
what happens is after the browse dialog disappears, the pgc selector catches the release of my right mouse button

suggestion: disable everything on the main window until either cancel button is pressed or until the new dvd is fully opened

[selyb]

Originally posted by r0lZ
I use the "start" DOS shell command to open the folder (ie. I launch: start "foldername")

start is supposed to use the default program associated with the filetype of his option (in this case, with the folders). If it doesn't work, either your file browser is not correctly installed, or start don't work as expected.
Try to associate your file browser with the folders, if you wish.

my file manager is, without a doubt, installed correctly and folders and drives and such are associated with it (i checked my registry)

if i open a command prompt and type 'start c:\win' it uses my file manager instead of explorer

this is really trivial to me so unless you have some other reason to pursue the problem, i would just forget about it

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by selyb
ok, i got it narrowed down
this only happens when i am browsing for the new dvd files to open and i double click the file
what happens is after the browse dialog disappears, the pgc selector catches the release of my right mouse button

suggestion: disable everything on the main window until either cancel button is pressed or until the new dvd is fully opened

Oh yes. I know this Tk bug!
I can't do anything to avoid it, as it is possible to disable the main window interface only when another window is opened. But I may try to add a small delay after the file requester is closed, to allow the interface to refresh before the old variables are erased.

I think this bug should be reported to the Tcl/Tk authors. Anyway, it's not my fault.

[r0lZ]

A new beta is already available, as usual in the All Versions folder of my homepage at VideoHelp.

I have added the little delay after the file requester, and it seems to work well. selyb, could you try it?

Also, the Info -> Calls Cross References has an option to remove the VM commands of the unreferenced cells, and to clear the Next/Prev/GoUpPGC links.

It is a beta because I don't want to release 2 versions the same day, but you may assume that there are no new bugs, as I have changed only two functions, and the edits are safe.

[blutach]

Wow r0lZ - THAT was fast!!! So, if we do the remove commands from unreferenced PGCs and just keep doing this over and over, we can remove all unreferenced PGCs?

Regards

[blutach]

What if we know that but for a menu call, a PGC/title is unreferenced? Do we take that out manually with the menu editor?

Regards

[selyb]

that delay works beautifully

[r0lZ]

Originally posted by blutach
Wow r0lZ - THAT was fast!!! So, if we do the remove commands from unreferenced PGCs and just keep doing this over and over, we can remove all unreferenced PGCs?

Regards

The only thing that is not cleared are the menu buttons or BOVs commands in the unreferenced cells. But, most of the time, buttons will be present only in referenced PGCs.
(If you have button commands in the unreferenced PGCs, you should change them to NOP or LinkTailPGC manually.)

So, yes, you may probably assume that all unreferenced PGCs will be found when the function doesn't find new unreferenced PGCs anymore.