DVD Studio Pro Question

Hi 'Demon,

I think so - if i understand you correctly, your 'normal' play would be the extended version minus some clips?

Regardless, I would create chapters for various sections of your footage and then make 'stories' based on which chapters you want to make your 'normal' play and your 'extended' play.

You might also be able to use scripting, but i found that a large part of what scripting can do, stories can achieve the same result.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Keebler

This can also be done using scripts. Have one of the two play options set a register from 0 to 1, and then at the end of the chapter before an "extended" part, have it jump over to a script that checks if the register is set to 1 or 0, and then either resume playing or jump over the chapter that is the extended part.

But to be honest, I believe "stories" are more appropriate than using a script, but I like scripts, so that's the way I prefer to do things.

My point is simply that there are multiple ways you can do it. Good luck!

2 Tracks

Create two Tracks, 1 normal 1 extended & import & make all your chapter markers
done.

mperkins37 said:

Create two Tracks, 1 normal 1 extended & import & make all your chapter markers
done.

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uh... that is a complete waste of space.

it is pretty easy to do with stories. takes just a couple minutes.

Id argue scripts, and a simple variable would get this done easily, quickly, and cleanly.

Create your movie, complete with the extra stuff, in the timeline, one single layer/angle.

Wherever there needs to be a jump over the extra stuff, because they chose the normal edition, youd have a marker (chapter or other, doesnt matter).

This marker will have a script attached to it.

your script will look for a variable.

this variable is set when the user selects Extended or Normal.

if the script sees the variable set by Extended, the movie continues as normal.

if the script see the variable set by Normal, it skips to the next marker.


very cursory explanation, but honestly, if you want to do this right, you gotta know a little bit.

ppc_michael said:

This can also be done using scripts. Have one of the two play options set a register from 0 to 1, and then at the end of the chapter before an "extended" part, have it jump over to a script that checks if the register is set to 1 or 0, and then either resume playing or jump over the chapter that is the extended part.

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Sdashiki said:

Id argue scripts, and a simple variable would get this done easily, quickly, and cleanly.

Create your movie, complete with the extra stuff, in the timeline, one single layer/angle. Wherever there needs to be a jump over the extra stuff, because they chose the normal edition, youd have a marker (chapter or other, doesnt matter). This marker will have a script attached to it. your script will look for a variable. this variable is set when the user selects Extended or Normal. if the script sees the variable set by Extended, the movie continues as normal. if the script see the variable set by Normal, it skips to the next marker.

very cursory explanation, but honestly, if you want to do this right, you gotta know a little bit.

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