Play All script using IFOEdit help

[LionelS]

I have created a project via Pinnacle Studio 9 then burned project to harddrive. My project goes for 2 hours and is of school concert performance. There are 30 songs of performances so I created a menu that has a Play All or Song Selection option. Simple first menu (Menu 1) has two chapters only. Chapter one is start of concert which is song 1 (called Play All) and Chapter 2 is called Song Selection and is linked to a second menu (Menu 2) where there are 12 chapters (or songs) for individual selection. As I was having trouble creating a second and third page I created Menu 3 which has the next 12 songs (or chapters) and Menu 4 that has the balance. Menus 2,3 & 4 all have Return to Menu flag on them so after a song you select is finished it goes back to that particular menu to choose another. Problem is when I use Menu 1 to PLAY ALL it gets to the end of the first song and returns to the menu (it obviously does not know it is in menu 1 and not one of the others that have instructions to return to menu). I was told to use Ifoedit to fix this up and was directed to instructions and screen images at http://davetong.tripod.com/PlayAll/ My question is, if this is the easiest way to do this, what is the reference to under Post Command line to "Change the value from 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 to 71 00 00 08 00 01 00 00 This is the code to set the content of register 8 to 1. I chose 8 because it wasn't being used anywhere else in the DVD - it's up to you to verify if it's safe to use in yours. Just change the 08 to a different value in this and all subsequent edit commands." I have 8 in the dvd as chapter 8. Does this mean because I have 32 chapters or PGC 32 the number 8 has been used and I use 33 instead of 8? Is there anyone out there that can help me undertsand this?

[toaddub]

The guide says to use an unused register to assign to 1. Register 8 (GPRM( 8 )) is used as an illustration. You can use any unused register you want. It determines whether to jump to the next title (song) or go back to the menu. The drawback of this guide is if you start at title 1, it will always go to title 2 and so forth, just like PLAY ALL selection. What if you just want to play title 1 and then go back to the menu. Another drawback is if you have already started at title 1 and now on title 2, and you press the Root menu button to go back to the menu, then select song 2 (title 2), after song 2 finishes it continues to title 3 and so forth instead of going back to the menu as intended. This is b/c the GPRM( 8 ) is not reset until the last title is played. Anyway, IfoEdit is not the best in editing VM commands. Use PgcEdit or DvdReMake Pro instead. But as r0lZ mentioned in doom9, the "Play All" title macro in PgcEdit would be the best and easiest method for you. The remaining task is to relink the Play All button to point to the newly created title (last title number).

[LionelS]

You have a point toaddubb. Sound like Ifoedit may not be the best for this. I have come across a link that goes through the steps you need to do using Pgcedit for this (as you suggested). I will put the link here for anyone who does a search on the same subject and needed help as I did. By the looks of the tutorial it is simple enough for even a beginner because of all the screen shots. The example is specific to video created using Pinnacle Studio (as was my case) but may still help others. Those interested check out: http://videofriends.goldenpenproductions.com/tm.asp?m=7062

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