Audio Please Please

[Tariq]

Hi Cona nearly there,

please help me with the commands below I am no good at this and I just want to get this job out.

(MENU 6) Family Video Menu 6 - This is A menu with 4 buttons
1: Play video 1
2: Play video 2
3: Play video 3
4: Commentary On
5: Commentary Off
6: Title Main Menu

How do I work audio buttons I am simply trying to do the following.
If the user presses commentary on, he can then go and play and video and listen to the commentary which is on stream2.
If he then goes to the Title menu and then back into the Family Video
and presses Video 1 it will still be playing with commentary On.

At the moment It works with the command
SetSTN audio=2 but it changes the whole projects audio to stream 2.
I just want it to change the audio in the Family Video Videos.

(MENU 7)My DVD SET UP - 5 buttons
This is my other menu what commands do I Put on these to work in the same way? I know i have to save them in GPRMS but I am crying here I cant get it done really need your help.
If I press AC3 then go into my 1 hour footage it should play ac3
If I then go into the Family Menu that should ignore what ever audio track is selceted and rememeber what the Videos where last set to i.e Commentary On or Off.

1) 5.1 SOUND
2) PCM
3) AC3
4) SubTitles ON / OFF
5) Title Menu

PLEASEEEEEEEE HELP.

I tried this and thought it would work but I cant see why it isnt working.

On my Family Menu I have put the pre command
SetSTN audio=8 I think this means play watever audio is stored in GPRM8
then on my Commentary On button I have put
SetSTN audio=2 LinkTailPC button=0
This then sets the the audio to stream 2.

Then on pre command of my Tracks I have put the command
SetSTN audio=GPRM8 surely that means whatver audio track is stored in GPRM8 should play? but its not working.


On my post command of the menu I have put the code

[cona812]

At the moment It works with the command
SetSTN audio=2 but it changes the whole projects audio to stream 2.
I just want it to change the audio in the Family Video Videos.Once again --> GPRMs. Buttoncommand = mov GPRMx, 1, ... Precommands for Family video: 1. mov GPRMy, SPRM 1 2. SetSTN Audio=GPRMx Postcommands for family video: 1. SetSTN Audio=GPRMyThis is my other menu what commands do I Put on these to work in the same way? I know i have to save them in GPRMS but I am crying here I cant get it done really need your help.
If I press AC3 then go into my 1 hour footage it should play ac3
If I then go into the Family Menu that should ignore what ever audio track is selceted and rememeber what the Videos where last set to i.e Commentary On or Off.[list=1] 5.1 SOUND PCM AC3 SubTitles ON / OFF Title Menu[/list=1]That will work automatically if you do the first suggested (put a default value in GPRMx for example 1 in precommands of your First Play PGC).On my Family Menu I have put the pre command SetSTN audio=8 I think this means play watever audio is stored in GPRM8No, this selects the 9th audiostream (only 8 are allowed, so it's completly useless). To set the audiostream to a GPRM value you have to check the GPRM-radiobutton at the SetSTN dialog and choose the specific GPRM.
IMPORTANT:
The value of SPRM1 (current audiostream) starts counting from 0. So for the second stream your GPRM value (SetSTN Audio=GPRMx) have to be 1.

[Tariq]

Hi Cona, your a genius this worked perfect.
I was wondering if this is possible?

At the moment if i go to my audio menu and change a stream to stream 2 then go and to the title menu, and then go to main movie menu and then play a the main movie and change its audio stream by clickin the audio stream icon it changes to the 3rd stream, if i then go to back to the main menu and go into chapter menu and play a track the 3rd stream is playing just fine.

However if I start the dvd go to the title menu, then to the main movie menu and then play main movie and change its stream to stream 2 then go to the title menu then to the chapter menu and play a chapter it still plays stream 1.

The commands I have are as follows.

Root Menu for main movie
pre command SetSTN audio=GPRM3
post command SetStn audio=GPRM2

and the same for the root menu for chapter menu.

any ideas how I can make this possible?

[cona812]

I really don't understand what you're trying to do :confused:.

I don't know why you're make all this stream1, stream2, streamx jumping. Way to complicated.

Make all Tracks with the first audiostream as default stream. So you don't need all this SetSTN... in all your Precommands and save only one GPRM for audiostream number.pre command SetSTN audio=GPRM3
post command SetStn audio=GPRM2One GPRM...just to keep overview. Which value are saved in these registers? Why are you setting the audiostream to the value of GPRM3 in your precommands and after the PGC was played to the value of GPRM2?????

To author a complex DVD you have to have a plan how the DVD will be authored befor you begin. Plan where to put menus, titles; where to put which commands; which GPRMs to use for what values. If you begin whitout any planning befor it wouldn't take long you're stucking at a dead-end. After you reached this pointed it's very heavy to find mistakes or change something. At that point it's much easier to discard the project and start again with a new project.

I'm really sorry i'm no more help for you, but i lost the overview. It's hard to understand a complex problem i can't take a look on.
try to keep it as simple as possible

Cona

[Tariq]

Hi Cona,

I understand exactly what you are saying and I will do that next time, I am really close at the moment its all working pretty well,

the commands below work great if I use an audio menu.

Buttoncommand = mov GPRMx, 1, ...
Precommands for Family video:
1. mov GPRMy, SPRM 1
2. SetSTN Audio=GPRMx
Postcommands for family video:
1. SetSTN Audio=GPRMy

But my question is what if the user does not actually choose a stream by pressing a button in the dvd, what if the user was to use the remote control to change streams?

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What I was wondering is if the dvd is inserted into the drive and the default stream is in my 1st stream and I naviagate in the following way.

Put DVD into drive
taken to the Title menu
I press main video menu.
I Press main 1 hour video (this takes me to my 1 hour film)
I then changes the audio using my remote control to stream 2.
I then press the menu button on the remote control (which takes them back to the main video menu)
I then press go back to title menu button on the main video page (which takes me back to the Title menu).
I then they press chapter menu (which takes me to my chapter menu, which from then I press a chapter i.e chapter 4,
I wanted it to still be on the last selcted audio stream (which is stream 2).

that would be great because I would love it to work in that way. Other wise when the user plays a chapter having already changed the audio stream to two with the remote they would have to change it again.

Hope this helps, I know its a lot but I am so close now and when this project has gone I will be doing much simpler dvds:)

[cona812]

Don't think that much. How probable is that? Take a look on some Holywood Titles and the mistakes are made there. In your stead i wouldn't care, just not perfect ;). But i know what you mean i for myself want everything perfect too.