DVD Studio Pro

I'm wondering if what I want to do is even possible before I start
figuring out how to do it.

I'm putting together a family movie DVD that contains a bunch of small
clips. Basically, I'm trying to figure out a way to deliver just the
clips the person wants, either by name, era, subject, etc.

So if:

clip #1 is Bruce's wedding
clip #2 is Harold's wedding
clip #3 is Harold's Bar Mitzvah
clip #4 is Alan's Bar Mitzvah


I'd like to be able to have a button that says: "Harold" which would
show me #2 and #3 or a button that says "Bar Mitzvah" that would show
me #3 and #4 or a button called "Wedding" that would show me #1 and #2.

Is it possible to have a complex relationship between these elements
without duplicating the individual clips on the DVD?

Thanks!
Bruce

On 2006-12-21 22:41:22 +0000, "bruce.dumes@gmail.com"
<bruce.dumes@gmail.com> said:

> I'm wondering if what I want to do is even possible before I start
> figuring out how to do it.
>
> I'm putting together a family movie DVD that contains a bunch of small
> clips. Basically, I'm trying to figure out a way to deliver just the
> clips the person wants, either by name, era, subject, etc.
>
> So if:
>
> clip #1 is Bruce's wedding
> clip #2 is Harold's wedding
> clip #3 is Harold's Bar Mitzvah
> clip #4 is Alan's Bar Mitzvah
>
>
> I'd like to be able to have a button that says: "Harold" which would
> show me #2 and #3 or a button that says "Bar Mitzvah" that would show
> me #3 and #4 or a button called "Wedding" that would show me #1 and #2.
>
> Is it possible to have a complex relationship between these elements
> without duplicating the individual clips on the DVD?
>
> Thanks!
> Bruce

All simple to achieve in DVD Pro all you have do is read the manual..

Mike

iBallooka wrote:
> On 2006-12-21 22:41:22 +0000, "bruce.dumes@gmail.com"
> <bruce.dumes@gmail.com> said:
>
> > I'm wondering if what I want to do is even possible before I start
> > figuring out how to do it.
> >
> > I'm putting together a family movie DVD that contains a bunch of small
> > clips. Basically, I'm trying to figure out a way to deliver just the
> > clips the person wants, either by name, era, subject, etc.
> >
> > So if:
> >
> > clip #1 is Bruce's wedding
> > clip #2 is Harold's wedding
> > clip #3 is Harold's Bar Mitzvah
> > clip #4 is Alan's Bar Mitzvah
> >
> >
> > I'd like to be able to have a button that says: "Harold" which would
> > show me #2 and #3 or a button that says "Bar Mitzvah" that would show
> > me #3 and #4 or a button called "Wedding" that would show me #1 and #2.
> >
> > Is it possible to have a complex relationship between these elements
> > without duplicating the individual clips on the DVD?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Bruce
>
> All simple to achieve in DVD Pro all you have do is read the manual..
>
> Mike


That's excellent news, thanks! I like to use the manuals for my
workout, so I'll have to unscrew them from the barbells. :-)

But seriously, I was amazed when I purchased my 20" iMac and Final Cut
Studio at the same time and found that the boxes weighed almost the
same!

Thanks again, very much appreciated.

In article <1166740882.057434.165100@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
"bruce.dumes@gmail.com" <bruce.dumes@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it possible to have a complex relationship between these elements
> without duplicating the individual clips on the DVD?

Yes.
--
W. Oates

In article <1166740882.057434.165100@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
<"bruce.dumes@gmail.com"> wrote:

> I'm wondering if what I want to do is even possible before I start
> figuring out how to do it.
>
> I'm putting together a family movie DVD that contains a bunch of small
> clips. Basically, I'm trying to figure out a way to deliver just the
> clips the person wants, either by name, era, subject, etc.
>
> So if:
>
> clip #1 is Bruce's wedding
> clip #2 is Harold's wedding
> clip #3 is Harold's Bar Mitzvah
> clip #4 is Alan's Bar Mitzvah
>
>
> I'd like to be able to have a button that says: "Harold" which would
> show me #2 and #3 or a button that says "Bar Mitzvah" that would show
> me #3 and #4 or a button called "Wedding" that would show me #1 and #2.
>
> Is it possible to have a complex relationship between these elements
> without duplicating the individual clips on the DVD?
>
> Thanks!
> Bruce
>

Yes. The technique involves scripts where you set register values for
your different combinations and then test the registers (conditional
execution), using these scripts as the "End Jump" values for your
different tracks.

For example, your "Wedding" button script might set GPRM 0 to 1, a
"Harold" button script that sets it to 2, and a "Bar Mitzvah" button
script that sets it to 3. Then, you would have scripts attached to the
end jump that ran the tests, such as clip 2's end jump script would be
jump to clip 3 if GPRM 0 is 2, else return to the menu and clip 1's
end jump script would be jump to clip 2 if GPRM 0 was 1, and so forth.

--
Spenser

In article <211220061743233325%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invali d>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> Yes. The technique involves scripts where you set register values for
> your different combinations and then test the registers (conditional
> execution), using these scripts as the "End Jump" values for your
> different tracks.

It's less complicated than that for what the OP wants. It's just
connections and end jumps. Unless he wants to do a "play all," I guess.
--
W. Oates

In article <458b5897$0$30648$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates
<warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <211220061743233325%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invali d>,
> sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Yes. The technique involves scripts where you set register values for
> > your different combinations and then test the registers (conditional
> > execution), using these scripts as the "End Jump" values for your
> > different tracks.
>
> It's less complicated than that for what the OP wants. It's just
> connections and end jumps. Unless he wants to do a "play all," I guess.

Warren,

I don't see "just connections and end jumps" for his situation. Clip 2
can be either the first of two or the second of two, for example, so
its end jump has to be conditional upon which button was selected.
(Unless something was adding in DVD SP 4 -- I'm still happily using
DVDSP 3.)

--
Spenser

sbt wrote:
> In article <1166740882.057434.165100@i12g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>,
> <"bruce.dumes@gmail.com"> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to be able to have a button that says: "Harold" which would
>> show me #2 and #3 or a button that says "Bar Mitzvah" that would show
>> me #3 and #4 or a button called "Wedding" that would show me #1 and #2.
>>
>
> Yes. The technique involves scripts where you set register values for
> your different combinations and then test the registers (conditional
> execution), using these scripts as the "End Jump" values for your
> different tracks.

I'm far from being an expert, but I believe the 'story' option makes
things like this very easy indeed.

Good luck. Cheers,

Ol.

In article <211220062047113607%dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invali d>,
sbt <dogbreath@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:

> I don't see "just connections and end jumps" for his situation. Clip 2
> can be either the first of two or the second of two, for example, so
> its end jump has to be conditional upon which button was selected.
> (Unless something was adding in DVD SP 4 -- I'm still happily using
> DVDSP 3.)

I guess I didn't read the original post very well. The jump to the
second clip I guess depends on what button was pressed. You're right,
I'm wrong, you can sing tHe "I was right" song ...
--
W. Oates