Re: A DVD that only runs on some players

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:54:05 -0700, Philip Walden wrote:
>
>    
>> I have a set of 3 webcams monitoring motion events outside the house.
>> I use a perl script and DVDStyler to produce a DVD with 4 months of
>> daily motion movies.
>>      
> If you’re scripting the authoring process, why bother going through a
> GUI front end at all?
>    
The perl script generates the first pass DVDStyler file. The output sort 
of looks like a calendar with seasonal photos as the background picked 
automatically from my catalog of photos. The DVDStyler automates the 
menu generation and the gui gives me the ability to quickly clean up 
button colors and placement.
>    
>> So have I exceeded some limit I am unaware of, or is the Sony player
>> deficient? Or is the "but only 12 [buttons per menu] at once for
>> widescreen" biting me with the newer player as they are always
>> widescreen?
>>      
> All I can suggest is, try producing cut-down test versions of one of
> your DVDs, to see if they fare any better. As a starting point, just do
> half the days in the month. If that doesn’t help, try halving some other
> number instead.
>
> The player itself should not be “widescreen” or “narrowscreen”—unless
> the player no longer has the option to output to a narrowscreen TV.
>    

I'll give it a shot by scaling back until it works and let you know.

Thanks


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