RSM in Scenarist / change angle ----> the one who has the solution will be rewarded

[rody]

Ok I have a problem with resume function.

I have a movie with a couple of buttons. By clicking one of the buttons you will go to the root-menu(CALLSS RSM=1,rootmenu) in the rootmenu it calculates which button was selected(SPRM8). Then it is selecting the subpicture that is corresponding with the button that was selected. And then it is resuming to the movie all within the pre-commands. So you don't even see the mainmenu. It must look like the movie just continues only the subpicture is changing.

But I have tested it on three different players and it isn't working on any of them.

- on 2 standalone players it showed the subpictures but the movie started all over again.
- And on the otherone it was resuming to the place it should have but it wasn't showing the subpictures.

Does anyone know what it could be? Could it all be to fast for the standalone?

[GM006]

Hm... it seems to be the RSM=1 that is causing it to start the movie over. Instead, you need to set the RSM to the cell where you're button is located. Example:

Cell1 - No button

Cell 2 - button

Cell 3 - button

Cell 4 - no button

If the user hits the button in cell 3, set your RSM=3. That should resume at the beginning of Cell 3.

As for the DVD Players acting differently, that is a player thing. Some plays automatically resume wherever you leave off, regardless of subs/audio/angles selected. Others actually read the DVD and check if they can resume or not.

[mpucoder]

Of course, if you leave RSM out of the command (equivalent to RSM=0) then resume is automatically to the exact place where the CallSS was, and not the start of the cell.

[rody]

I don't have multiple chapters but I do have multiple angels. And the angels can be changed by clicking one of the buttons during the movie. In the pre-command of the rootmenu will be calculated which angele and subpicture should be called and then go back to the movie on the same position it had left.

I thought it would crash on the angel. Maybe it does but the angle is working on all the three standalone-players I had tested it on. And as I already said on two of them it's showing the subpicture but is starting at the beginning and on the otherone it's not showing the subpicture but it is resuming on the right position.

Some other question: Could SPRM2(subpicture) be e.g. 72? I see it in the simulation window sometimes.

[mpucoder]

SPRM2 == 72 means subpicture stream 8. SPRM2 contains the stream number and the on/off flag. 64 is added to the stream number to turn it on.

[rody]

Now I get it so SPRM == 8 means stream 8 off.

What I sometimes was doing was set subpicurestream to GPRM0.
GPRM0 was always a number between 1 and 32. But it is working so do I still have to add 64 to GPRM0?

[rody]

I haven't found the solution yet.

But it must be possible doesn't it. Has anyone ever done this before?

Summary:
So I can change the angle an subpicture stream within the precommand of the root menu and then resuming to the movie with the different angle and subpicture stream.



I the mean time I've done some testing.
And something strange happened.
The 2 players that didn't resume, started over again, but did show the right angle and subpictire. Are now working as the other player as I mentioned. Only for the angles. The main videostream is starting all over again but is showing the subpicture. But when I change the angle it is resuming from that point but is not showing the subpicture. Like the other one did.

I have now spilt the movie in two scenes at the same time as the buttons over video started. With buttoncommands saying: callSS rsm=10. I can't find any difference between the main video and the anglevideo.

I hope someone can help me.

[GM006]

Ok... what exactly are you trying to accomplish? Changing angles with a Subpicture Button during play? Turn on/off Subpictures? Resume where you leave off? I don't think anyone has quite understood what you're trying to do.

[rody]

Ok I'll try to explain it more clearly.

I've made 9 videotracks with After Effects and encoded it with TMPGEnc. So the bitrate etc. must all be the same and I closed the GOP. And I have 20 subpictures. The 9 tracks are about 19 seconds long.

What I want is if one of the buttons is selected. You will jump to the main rootmenu or any other menu. There will be calculated which button was selected and which angle and subpicture must be shown.
And then it has to resume even within the pre-command of the rootmenu so you don't even see the rootmenu and it just look like the movie is continueing. I can't give the button-commands show angle1 and show subpicture8 because it will be different each time you click on the buttons, so the rootmenu has to calculate it.
But that works, that is not the problem. The problem is/was that it started the movie all over again. Now it is resuming on the right position but is not showing any subpicture.

I hope that you understand my problem now, if not I will explain it once more.

[GM006]

Send me a copy of your script file and I'll have a look. email address is - chrisdvd006@yahoo.com