Returning DIRECTLY back to chapter menu with remote

[urdivine]

The Basic Configuration in dvdlab-pro.

vts Root Menu [#1] with 3 movie tiles with PLAY MOVIE Links and SCENE SELECTION Links to Scene Selection Menus for each title.

I would Like to [for example].....

Go to MENU 2 of scene selections [chapters].

Watch a scene selection.

While watching that scene selection,

I would like to push the MENU button on my remote so I can go right back to that same MENU 2 to pick another chapter to watch.


The only thing that remote MENU button ever does for me is take me back to the ROOT MENU of movie titles where I have to start over to get to any particular scene.

[If I need to use the TITLE button on the remote for my objective, that's OK too.]


For What It's Worth:
I did try using the LINKS BAR in the Connections menu and changed the settings to "SELF [RSM" & "SELF"

MENU 2 -----MENU Button [on remote]------SELF [RSM]

MENU 2 -----End Link --------------------SELF

I do have an imgage of my configuration, but I don't know how to link it here, since I don't have a URL of the image.

Thanks to anyone who can or tries to help me.

[bigotti5]

Create a chapter play list for each movie and add every chapter to the respective list.
From your root menu for PLAY MOVIE link to the respective play list and from the scene selection menu link to chapters of the movie itself.
In connection window right click on the playlist - UOPs & Settings - and set the "menu button" to menu#1 , same for the movie but set the "menu button" to menu#2

[urdivine]

After a little help and many hours I've almost got it. One last related problem.

My movie has 2 menus of chapters and in the 2nd menu, after watching a chapter, I push menu [on remote] I go back to the 1st menu of chapters. How can I directly return back to the same chapter menu from which I started as I can do in menu 1.

I have;

Menu 1 [root menu - title menu]

Menu 2 [movie 1 chapter menu]

Menu 3 [movie 1 2nd chapter menu]


Tnak you

[bigotti5]

An example with 6 chapters per chaptermenu

Leave your menubutton assignment as it is (to chaptermenu 1 I suppose)

In your chaptermenus set all button commands to chapters (right click - VM command)to
LinkTailPgc
(leave the button command to main menu or the other chaptermenu as it is)

edit the postcommands of chaptermenu 1

1: GPRM4=1
2: GPRM5=SPRM8
3: GPRM5 /= 1024
4: if (GPRM5==1) goto 10
5: if (GPRM5==2) goto 11
6: if (GPRM5==3) goto 12
7: if (GPRM5==4) goto 13
8: if (GPRM5==5) goto 14
9: if (GPRM5==6) goto 15
10:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 1)
11:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 2)
12:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 3)
13:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 4)
14:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 5)
15:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 6)

edit the postcommands of chaptermenu 2

1: GPRM4=2
2: GPRM5=SPRM8
3: GPRM5 /= 1024
4: if (GPRM5==1) goto 10
5: if (GPRM5==2) goto 11
6: if (GPRM5==3) goto 12
7: if (GPRM5==4) goto 13
8: if (GPRM5==5) goto 14
9: if (GPRM5==6) goto 15
10:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 7)
11:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 8)
12:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 9)
13:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 10)
14:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 11)
15:JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 12)

edit the precommands of your chaptermenu 1

if (GPRM4 == 2) LinkPGCN x # replace x with pgcnumber of the second chapter menu

explanation:

GPRM4=1 ---- GPRM4 is set to 1 for chaptermenu 1 and to 2 for chaptermenu 2
GPRM5=SPRM8 ------ Highlightbuttonnumber is written to GPRM 5 to determine which chapter should be played
GPRM5 /= 1024 ----- Highlightbuttonnumber is a multiple of 1024 so we have to divide by 1024 to achieve 1,2,3....
if (GPRM5==1) goto line 10 ------ if GPRM5==1 go to line 10
--> line 10
JumpVTS_PTT (tt 1, ptt 1) ---- jump to movie one chapter one


if (GPRM4 == 2) LinkPGCN x
if the menu button is pressed chaptermenu 1 is called
in the precommand we can evaluate GPRM4
if it is 1 the command is ignored and chaptermenu 1 is played
if it is 2 compare is true and chaptermenu 2 is called

[urdivine]

bigotti5

I think you're assuming I'm more advanced than I am. I really need step by step instructions. Also, I want to make sure you know that all I want to do in the 2nd Chapter Menu [for movie 1] is the same thing I can now do in the first chapter menu. That is, simply, when I finish a chapter, push remote MENU button and go right back to that same chapter menu [the 2nd one]. Are you implying that there is no other way to do this than the method in your last message?

OK If so, then to start with.....

You say....

In your chaptermenus set all button commands to chapters (right click - VM command)to
LinkTailPgc
(leave the button command to main menu or the other chaptermenu as it is)

Are you saying. In BOTH my chapter menus, right click on every chapter button.....in VM Command......click on ...LinkTailPgc....then what? Highlite it and click OK?

Then you say...

edit the postcommands of chaptermenu 1

Do I do that in the Connections Tab? It looks that way. I can see by double clicking on any GPRM, I can enter other numbers, but then you've lost me. I have GPRM0 through GPRM10 and after each of those I have G0 to G10. I don't even see how to translate your next instructions to what I need to do.

Again, there is no other way to do what I want. It was so simple for chapter menu 1.

Thanks for your effort

[bigotti5]

Are you implying that there is no other way to do this than the method in your last message?

Maybe this solution is easier for you so ignore my post #4 and do following (assuming you have done your project as described in post # 2)


Step by step:

Be sure "Show PGC" is on, so PGC number is shown for each object in connections tab (red colored number left above each object)
Also the menu button in UOP & settings from movie 1 must point to chaptermenu 1

In Connections Tab
1 - right-click on your root menu - Edit VM Commands...
2 - Pre commands sequence - A Custom Pre commands - Edit
3 - Insert
GPRM3 = 0
GPRM4 = 0
4 - right-click on your Chaptermenu 1- Edit VM Commands...
5 - Pre commands sequence - A Custom Pre commands - Edit
6 - Insert
if (GPRM4 == 1) LinkPGCN x
(replace x with the PGC number of your Chaptermenu 2)
7 - right-click on your Chaptermenu 2- Edit VM Commands...
8 - Pre commands sequence - A Custom Pre commands - Edit
9 - Insert
GPRM3 = 1
10 - right-click on your Movie - Edit VM Commands...
11 - Pre commands sequence - A Custom Pre commands - Edit
12 - Insert
GPRM4 = GPRM3
GPRM3 = 0

compile and try

[urdivine]

OK Bigotti were up to Step 6
6 - Insert
if (GPRM4 == 1) LinkPGCN x

The problem now is, after clicking on EDIT in the PreCommands Sequence, I don't know where to enter........

if (GPRM4 == 1) LinkPGCN x

I don't see where to enter that in the Registers Alias list as I did in Step 3. Actually, it was never clear just where to insert.....
GPRM3 = 0 and GPRM4 = 0

I assumed it would be in the Registers Alias but now I'm not sure.

So that's where I'm at now. I've added 0s to the lines
GPRM3 and GPRM4 in the Registers Alias

The If-GOTO and IF-LINK tabs seem to be related to what you're tryng to get me to do.

[bigotti5]

Right-click on your Object - Edit VM Commands opens the "Customize VM Commands" window
there you have an option to use "Visual block editor" or "Script editor" - choose "Script editor" and set to default

In "Script editor" just copy and paste the commands

[urdivine]

Those instructions were clearer, but in playing a chapter from a chapter menu, it would go back to the title menu when pushing MENU on the remote and then would hang up the DVD player. I'd have to unplug it & plug it back in to get the DVD out. It did this twice.

So if we assume your instructions are the right ones, then I may have messed something up before I was able to get what you were saying.

I'm going to try it again with an older .DAL file, BUT before I do I want to make sure I have the proper settings in my LINKS BAR. I did mention my new settings [based on a previous persons advise], but you never mentioned anything about it. So I left them. If you think that could be a problem, I'll post the settings I have for all the objects.

[bigotti5]

Post or send me the .DAL file and I will take a look what is wrong

bigotti (at) gmx (dot) at