[vdr] Re: DVD-Navigation

[Andreas Schultz <aschultz@cs.uni-magdeburg.de>]

apieper@gmx.net wrote:

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> [vdr] Re: DVD-Navigation
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> apieper@gmx.net
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> 04 Feb 2002 14:15:24 UT
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> vdr@linuxtv.org
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [vdr] Re: DVD-Navigation (04-Feb-2002 9:44)
> From:    rr@cubeoffice.de
> To:      vdr@linuxtv.org
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>>apieper@gmx.net wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>is it meanwhile possible to navigate in dvd-mode?
>>>
>>>I am using vdr0.99pre4 and up to now there
>>>is no usable dvd-navigation.
>>>
>>>I tried the aio-patch, but i have various
>>>problems with that (dvd stays black etc.).
>>>
>>I had hoped to have fixed that. Which DVD's have you problems with?
>>
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> As stated before, if i select dvd screen stays black.


Again, all DVD's or just some?

>>>Aside from that i don't need the other patches
>>>inside aio like lcd etc.)
>>>
>>The latest AIO patch has the latest and complete -nav7 patch.
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> I tried the latest aio, see above.
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>>>Does the dvd-nav-patch add a progress-display
>>>and ff/rew or a goto-function?
>>>
>>no, it doesn't (yet), aside from the functions that have always been there.
>>
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>>>If so, is there a download-page for the dvd-nav-patch?
>>>(the link from linuxdvb.tv don't point to the right page).
>>>
>>http://www.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~aschultz/dvd/
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> thx.
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>>>The ability to replay dvd through vdr is great,
>>>but without a progress-display and the ability
>>>to jump to a specific time it's impractical
>>>(every time i want to resume watching a dvd i
>>>have to search very ponderous for the point 
>>>where i stopped watching).
>>>
>>Most DVD's have szene selection menues, that are accessible with the 
>>-nav patches. Might that help?
>>
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> I can jump from scene to scene (without aio-patch).


should still work with the aio-patch.


> Because i never found the nav-patches on the net and
> the aio-patches only showed black screen in dvd-mode
> i used vdr to replay dvd very rarely.
> 
> Maybe i have very special needs, but how do you watch dvd ?


very rarely at the moment

 
> For me it would be optimal if the dvd-replay-behaviour
> would be the same as the vdr-replay-behaviour, wich means:
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> 1. progress-display


That is not as easy as you migth think and has therefore a very low 
priority.


> 2. if playback is stopped the next playback-start is at the same point


mhh, good idea, lets see ....

> 3. 'jump-to'-function (no 'must' if 2. is there)


normal navigation functions on DVD already provide that.


 
> Don't missunderstand me: It's really great if vdr can replay dvds,
> but why so uncomfortable (vdr showed how comfortable playback can be).


I'm not sure what you mean by "uncomfortable". My goal is to make VDR 
act like a "normal" DVD player (with some extras).

Andreas

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