Posted by Bob on 11/15/98 11:50

On 16 Jun 2006 09:03:03 -0700, afn03488@afn.org wrote:

>Yet here you are bitching about TDA when it is quite obvious you
>have neither taken the time to understand it or DVDs in general.

Why should I have to? TDA is supposed to be a 1-click solution.

>> Clearly the author of TDA did not understand American remote
>> menus. -- Bob

>To the contrary, it is you who do not understand.

Indeed. And I do not want to understand.

>>> BTW, what is the make and model of this remote? -- me

>> URC 8910 http://www.ofausa.com/remote.php?type=URC%208910 -- Bob

>OK, this beastie tries to control a multitude of devices. It
>provides four "learning keys" L1-L4. When you enter the codes
>for your DVD player, what functions do they perform?

Most other keys are reprogrammable.

>I suspect that at least
>three of those keys were mapped to invoke the "Angle Menu", the
>"Subtitle Menu", and the "Audio Menu" to provide the functions
>contained on most remotes accompanying a DVD player.

I get the same response from the original remote, so it is not
misprogramming.

>>> If you will download and install PgcEdit and drop me an e-mail,
>>> I will step you thru the procedure to create a "Root Menu" for
>>> each VTS which does nothing but invoke your "Title Menu". -- me

>> Thanks, but I rarely use TDA. I am into AVIs. -- Bob

>So you'd rather bitch than learn enough to solve YOUR problem.

You are the one doing all the bitching. Just listen to you -
everything out of your mouth is a personal attack on me.

>> I am concerned that the DVD does not operate the way commercial
>> DVDs operate. -- Bob

>But it does; the DVD goes precisely to where you tell it when you
>press the "Menu Key" which is NOWHERE because YOU fail to provide
>a location to go. If you used "Track Menus", they would respond to
>your "Menu Key". See below.

No one ever said anything about that.

>I repeat my earlier assessment that you are a one click
>wonder who demands instant comfort.

You got that right.

>> Is it asking too much that the author of TDA fix his s/w so that
>> DVDs produced by it behave the same as commercial DVDs?
>> Apparently it is. -- Bob

>I agree. If you would take the time to understand DVD structure and
>player operation, you wouldn't have such naive expectations.

But I am a 1-click wonder who does not want to learn any more that it
takes to produce a DVD that works like the commercial ones.

>Lastly, why are you putting your clips in seperate tracks?

Because that is how people recommended I do it.


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will make violent revolution inevitable."
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