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LB
1st June 2003, 02:54
Problem:
The button I created to activate the subtitles doesn't work.

What I Have Done:
1. Added the subtitles to sub-stream (1) for my movie.
2. Created an activation button on the main menu.
3. Created a link to a command sequence for that button:
1 SetSTN Au(1) An(1) St(1-On)
2 Jump to Menu1b(#5)
#Note: Menu1b is the duplicate of the main menu1b which just contains a different graphic showing that the subtitles are now "ON".
4. Set the Initial StreamSetting for the subtitles to (1) in the DVD properties.
5. And, just to be EXTRA safe, I used the "Stream Pre-Selection" to activate the subtitles for (1) when the button is pressed.

What Happens During Simulation:
When I went to the navigation simulator and clicked the button which activates the subs it correctly went to the next menu, so I know my command sequence is working, but the in the "system parameters" it still showed "18-Subtitle" equal to 65535. Not 1. ;(

What Happens In WinDVD:
After compile, you can obviously guess that from this post, clicking on the Subtitle Activation button I created doesn't select the subtitles. Also on the main menu, if I right click the mouse to manually look for a subtitle stream nothing appears. It just says disabled. However, if I play the movie, I can select a subtitle stream during the movie, so the subtitles DO exist.

So, anyone got an answer to this weird problem?

LB
1st June 2003, 06:35
Ahh... After hours and hours of banging my head against the wall I finally figured it out. Here was my DVD layout:

Intro - No Subs
Episode - Subs
Ending - No Subs
Preview - Subs

Well, no matter how I tried I couldn't get subs to appear for the episode or preview. While getting sick of compiling 3gb files I deleted it all the crap and just left the preview. And walla (heh nice word eh?) the subs worked! Well, I've come to the following conclusion. Every MOVIE track must have subtitles if you want your buttons to work right.

Solution to the above problem? Simple, click on the subtitle track for the intro and the ending and just add a sub with no text. This solves all the problems. ;)