My view is that the challenge of figuring out the DVD is half the fun. <GRIN>
Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Karl Smith wrote: > I have gotten so irritated by the variations in DVD format and my inability > to get any kind of common hold on how my DVD player works I have turned to > watching them on my PC. At least this way JAWS will read the menus and I > can eventually figure out where I want to go. > > Karl > > > > ____________________ > > Karl Smith > Access Technology Specialist > Axis > 4304 South El Camino St. > Taylorsville, Utah 84119 > > Phone: 866-824-7885 > Fax: 866-824-7885 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No one will ever go broke underestimating the intelligence of the human > race. > > - H. L. Menkin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 6:41 AM > To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Subject: Re: User friendly DVD payer > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > As mentioned before that depends on the dvd itself. I'll give a perfect > example of two different tv series which have a completely different > structure. First is Friends. The way all ten seasons are set up is just the > way you would like. You start the dvd, press play once and the first episode > starts. If you press the forward button you go to the next episode, and so > on and so forth. The reason this works this way is because what they did is > make all six episodes on each dvd one large movie for simple terms. Each > episode then is basically like a chapter in that movie. What they then did > is take each separate episode and put it on the dvd as well a second time as > individual chapters so in essence, each episode is on there twice. One as > part of all six episodes together and two as separate episodes. I believe > the reason they did this was so that one could either continuously play all > episodes back to back using the first method or so one could play one > episode at a time using the second method. I still have not figured out how > to use the second method but I have not really tried as using the first > method has worked well for me. > > Now onto the second example of tv dvd structure. I use Star Trek Deep Space > Nine series for this. When you start the dvd you are presented with what is > called the main menu for simple terms. This main menu just has four options. > Each option is an episode name as there are usually four episodes per dvd. > With most newer dvd players simply pressing the number on the keypad and > then pressing menu or play will activate that menu item. So if I wanted to > watch episode 3 on the dvd I'd press the number 3 on the keypad and then > play. This then loads episode 3 and takes me to the episode menu. This one > is similar to the first menu one sees on a regular movie dvd. It has play, > language, setup, scene selections, etc, and lastly, return to main menu. On > most Star Trek dvds this is option 4 so to return to the main menu showing > the four episodes I press 4 on the keypad and then play. While in this > episode menu I can press 1 and then play or just play by itself and the > episode starts playing. While watching this episode it has chapters which > can be moved to by pressing the forward button, I can also use the backward > button to go to previous chapters within this episode only. > > I hope all this makes sense. > > > joanne said the following on Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 07:24:39AM -0500: >> Raul and others: what Terri and I are both wanting is a DVD player >> that would be easy to use as far as going between episodes on, say, a >> TV series DVD or one like this with different chapters or episodes. >> With the Sony Raul mentions, I'm wondering if, by pressing the forward >> button on the player (not using the remote) will this take you to the >> next episode and will the back button take you to the previous? While >> you may think this a silly question, I'm asking specifically because >> my daughters have DVD players and they use these complicated menus to >> go to a chosen episode and they tell me you have to use arrow keys on >> the menus to find episodes and not just hitting a forward or rewind >> button as you do with CD players. I know DVD's are formatted >> different from CD's, but we're hoping we can simply use a forward or >> backup button without having to use menus or a remote to go to >> different episodes, and so far the ones I've seen don't seem to allow >> this type of ease when changing to a new show on the DVD. Not really >> understanding how DVD's are formatted, didn't know if it was possible to > simply forward and back up with the same ease you have with a CD player. >> Hope someone can help. >> > > > - -- > That's always the way when you discover something new; everyone thinks > you're crazy. > -- Evelyn E. Smith > Raul A. Gallegos ... 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