Posted by Ken Maltby on 06/13/06 18:29

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:37:59 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>> Semantics, most likely.
>
> I wish it were.
>
>> The "Main" menu in TDA is the top menu that lets you select
>>the from VTS/Titles (which are described as tracks in TDA).
>>So it could be described as a menu of Titles, or the Title Menu.
>
> Whatever name TDA has for it, the devices (WinDVD and ILO DVDR) call
> it Title Menu. I have to use the "Title" key on the remote for the
> DVDR - the "Menu" key won't work at all. There is no entry under "Root
> Menu" in WinDVD - it's empty.
>
>> In TDA you can also have a menu for each Title/VTS where
>>you can select the chapters within the title. This is called a
>>track menu in TDA. You could also describe it as a menu of
>>the chapters within a particular title/VTS/Track, or a Chapter
>>Menu. Since TDA is using the term "track" for Title, you might
>>consider it the Title's Menu also.
>
> I am aware of that.
>
>> So do you have a menu that lets you select from among the
>>tracks/VTS/Titles you have on the DVD or does it let you
>>select from the chapters of a single track/VTS/Title ?
>
> It allows me to select among the various titles.
>
Then it is functioning as intended for a "Main Menu".

> My problem is that I have to use the Title key on the ILO remote
> because I do not have it programmed into my main remote since I have
> never had to use it. With ordinary DVDs, the Menu key works.
>
With some of my players the "Menu" key works with the "Main
menu only" TDA DVDs as well; with others it doesen't.

> I think this is a bug that came about because the Japanese do not
> understand how people use their remotes. But I can live with it - I
> will have to mark the discs to remind me to use the original remote
> with the Title key. It would have been so much simplier if the
> developer had just done it right from the outset.
>

You and Alpha, anything that works differently than you want
or expect is a "BUG".

If you want the Main menu again just restart the DVD, assuming
you have the firstplay action set to "Display Main menu". Your
remote should be able to do that with the press of a couple of
buttons.

Luck;
Ken

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