(solved) Takes ages for the DVD to start

josh · Last edited by josh on Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:43 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi, I made a backup of Saw, but when I put it in my standalone player (jvc) it takes 30 seconds or more before the menu appears. It goes faster with software players. I didn't have this problem before. I'm using Dvd Remake 3.1.4. I hide some buttons in the menus and hide some entire blocks. I attached the original and remake ifo files in this post. thanks in advance! Josh

toaddub · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 1988

You cannot compare the speed of standalones with software players. Of course, the software players are always faster. How fast your DVD is accessed is dependent on how fast your standalone. Some will be faster than others. Guessing here, it looks like you hid the logo and it goes through 5 different previews in each vts before going to the main menu. That's why it takes long as the laser moves back and forth. So when you hide blocks, did you enable Auto Bypass in the Options menu? This will help speed up a bit.

josh · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:43 pm Post subject:

Thanks toaddub! Well, I know that software players are faster than standalone players, but here it took pretty long for the standalone to start playing. And as you said, the laser goes indeed back and forth many times. Maybe this is the first DVD I back up where it has that many trailers before the menu.... I will check tonight if I enabled Auto Bypass and let you know. Wink

Mirx · Respected Member Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 696

Even if you use auto-bypass, it can be slow if it does VMG/VTS changes. Then you need to optimise your firstplay, by eliminating these changes.

josh · Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject:

Well, AutoBypass is always enabled here. Mirx, optimising firstplay ... is that only in the Pro version? I'm using DRM 3.1.4. How can I do that and what does it mean? Wink

gnutellafan · Junior Member Joined: 31 Jul 2004 Posts: 74

Mirx · Respected Member Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 696

http://www.dimadsoft.com/other/mirx/first_play.zip Don't really know if you need pro for this or not, but my guess would be that you do need it.

toaddub · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 1988

Sorry for late reply, somehow I cannot access the site yesterday. @josh, to skip all these junks and jump to the main menu right away, there's only one line you need to modify: On VTS1, Menus en, PGC 3, change line 4, "Jump VMG PGC 2" to "Jump VMG PGC 22".

josh · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks all for your support guys! I just upgraded to DRM Pro! Smile

toaddub, I owe you one. I did exactly what you said, that means, changing only one frikkin number "PGC 22" and the DVD starts immediately now! Now I have two more questions for you experts: 1. What is the logic behind toaddub's solution? How can I change this myself the next time I have a DVD with 20 previews? 2. What's the best site for learning about DVD structure? I'm a total rookie, but want to use DRM Pro to the fullest in the end. Again, thankx all! J.

toaddub · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 1988

josh · Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:

Great! I'll get into it right away! Very Happy

Thanks again for all the help! Wink

josh · Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:53 pm Post subject:

Hey toaddub buddy! I just traced my first DVD by myself and changed successfully one value (Skeleton Key) to make it start faster. Just as you did. Feels so good. Very Happy

PgcEdit is a nice little useful tool to trace. And DVDRM does the rest. Wink

toaddub · Moderator Joined: 12 Sep 2004 Posts: 1988

Congratulations! You're getting the hang of it. Very Happy

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