RE: [xine-user] Some Minor DVDNAV Nits

[James Courtier-D. <Ja...@su...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xin...@li...
> [mailto:xin...@li...]On Behalf Of Bill Fink
> Sent: 07 November 2001 05:23
> To: xin...@li...
> Cc: Bill Fink
> Subject: [xine-user] Some Minor DVDNAV Nits
>
>
> Hi,
>
> DVDNAV overall works great, but there are a few items I'd like to
> report (with latest released 0.9.4 xine-lib/ui and 0.9.3 xine-dvdnav).
>
>     1.  When playing "The Matrix" DVD, after pressing the "Play Movie"
>         button, the little green box that's the menu highlight remains
> 	on screen for the subsequent playing of the movie.  This is a
> 	little annoying.  Is there any switch to turn off the menu
> 	highlights?
Known bug, just turn on subtitles, wait for a subtitle to appear and then
disable subtitles.
That will clear the hightlights.
>
>     2.  With xine 0.9.2, when in full screen mode, it was difficult to
>         find the upper left corner position that activates the main menu.
> 	I was going to suggest changing this to be the upper left of the
> 	screen when in full screen mode rather than the upper left of
> 	the video box.  However, things seem to be worse with xine 0.9.3/4.
> 	Playing "The Matrix" DVD, I can no longer find the spot at all to
> 	bring up the main menu.
Press the ESCAPE or F1 keys. Mouse method will not work anymore.
>
>     3.  Again, using "The Matrix" DVD, under the Special Features section,
>         if you click on the "Follow the White Rabbit" entry, I believe it
> 	basically sets a special angle for subsequent playing of the movie,
> 	whereupon in certain scenes of the movie a white rabbit appears
> 	on the screen and clicking on the white rabbit allows you to
> 	watch a special section about the special effects used to make
> 	that scene.  However, no white rabbits ever show up so I guess
> 	the special angle setting isn't getting done.  It would be cool
> 	if this would actually work with xine.  I've also tried using
> 	the PF1 and PF7 keys (which only seem to have any effect with
> 	NumLock on) to manually set the angle, but so far haven't had
> 	any success.  Actually in trying it again just now, the PF1 and
> 	PF7 keys aren't having any effect at all (maybe the earlier tries
> 	I was remembering were actually with xine 0.9.2).
Known problem. Should be fixed when (1) is fixed.
Currently "Auto-Select buttons" feature is not present.
>
> On the positive side, with xine 0.9.2, there was a noticeable delay of a
> few seconds before the audio would start, which was especially noticeable
> with the special features (some transitional audio wouldn't
> happen at all).
> With the latest xine 0.9.4, this no longer seems a significant problem,
> although I haven't done extensive testing (as you can see most of my
> testing is with "The Matrix" DVD, and I also use "The Highlander" DVD
> for testing of an unencrypted DVD).
I am one of the developers, and I only have 2 DVDs. :-)
1) The Matrix, UK edition.
2) There's something about Mary.
>
> 						-Thanks
>
> 						-Bill
>
>
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