DVDShrink Plugin in PgcEdit

[Dashiell]

This seems like a good place to ask this!

I have discovered the benefits of the DVDShrink plugin for PGCEdit. However, I have one question that I can't seem to find discussed anywhere...

When using the "Redo Authoring" feature of the plugin, a strange thing happens to the final result...

All of the chapters disappear from the display features of any set-top dvd player. I don't mean to say they're removed... they're not. You can still forward and reverse through the chaps, it just doesn't "show" them in the display properties of the title. (CH 2/20, etc.)

Here's the kicker! The timecode is gone as well. Instead of seeing the minutes and seconds tick by on the front of a player, all that is shown is the word "play" through the entire title. I've seen other DVDs (Professional ones) authored this way, usually when episodic content is involved.

My question, basically, is this... is this supposed to happen? If not, can it be changed?

[bigotti5]

Never tried this plugin but the plugin sets Prev/NextPGC and Goup links in titles.
From the spec there should only be entries > 0 if the title is not_one_sequential (more than one pgc in the title). Further SPRM_7 (PTT register) and timemap is only valid for one_sequential_titles.
So some players (like yours) disable chapter and timecode display assuming the title is not one_sequential because of the entries for Prev/Next/Goup.