Select Aspect ratio in menu

[Markus1970]

Just wondering how I would incorporate two versions of the same video in a menu, it's a concert with the original 4:3 and a cropped 16:9 version.

I have the 4:3 and 16:9 version of the same concert .

I have decided on a menu with a play button and a link to a chapter menu.

So not sure where and how I would implement the control for aspect ratio to be played.

Would I create a menu structure like below.

Main menu

Play 16:9 version

Chapters menu 16:9 version

Aspect Ratio Aspect menu

Aspect Menu

4:3 Alternative Menu

16:9 Back to Main menu

Alternative Menu

Play 4:3 version

Chapters menu 4:3 version

Aspect Ratio aspect menu

Thanks in advance

[Alexey Kolesnikov]

Yes, you can. You can store the selected version in GPR.

[Markus1970]

I've read the quite informative guide in the downloads section and I can see references to different angles/views which you can assign to the red button etc but is this the same approach to take when you have both the 4:3 and 16:9 version of the same video.

[Markus1970]

Hi again

Going back to this topic .

What I would like to accomplish is to have the user set the video stream like you can with multiple audio files.
So he can set either 4:3 or 16:9 and also change this in the popup menu also.

You mention GPR but I havnt gota clue how to achieve what I want.

Thanks

[Markus1970]

So reading the user guide the one with 465 pages https://blu-disc.net/download/user_guid ... ard_mx.pdf there is a section detailing how to change movie angles and the one below changing from a colour to B&W version of the same movie with a UDF action.

In this UDF script it also sets language and subtitles which I don't need as I only have one audio and no subs.

I can modify the script below to have classic and wide-screen and only one audio no subs.

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public void UDF_SwitchBWorColour() {
// switches same movie between black/white or colourized
int PlaylistID;
int SubtitleID;
int AudioID;
long Playtime; // time is returned in nanoseconds
// Step 1. find current movie ID and set language and 
subtitle
PlaylistID = getPlaylistID();
SubtitleID = getCurrentSubID();
AudioID = getCurrentAudioID();
// Step 2. Increment the playlist ID or return to main 
movie
if (PlaylistID == 'Wonderful Life bw')
 {PlaylistID = 'Wonderful Life colour';}
else {PlaylistID = 'Wonderful Life bw';}
// Step 3: find current playing time
Playtime = getMediaTime();
// Step 4: switch movie to new version
playVideoFrom(PlaylistID, Playtime);
// Step 5: audio and subtitle streams the same as before
selectAudioSubtitleStream(PlaylistID, AudioID, SubtitleID, 
true);
}

Would this be correct.

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public void UDF_SwitchAspectRatio() {
// switches same movie between 4x3 and 16x9 Aspect ratios
int PlaylistID;

long Playtime; // time is returned in nanoseconds
// Step 1. find current movie ID
PlaylistID = getPlaylistID();

// Step 2. Increment the playlist ID or return to main
movie
if (PlaylistID == 'Title 4x3')
 {PlaylistID = 'Title 16x9';}
else {PlaylistID = 'Title 4x3';}
// Step 3: find current playing time
Playtime = getMediaTime();
// Step 4: switch movie to new version
playVideoFrom(PlaylistID, Playtime);
}

[Markus1970]

With the above can you also select the option before you start the movie like you do when choosing audio tracks to play.
Not just a option in the pop menu to change video track .

Also what I'm trying to get my head around is when you normally have a chapter menu it will point to the chapter of the movie.

So for example chapter 1 b&w version of the movie but if I have a udf to choose either b&w or color version of the movie would it overide the chapter pointing to the b&w version.

[Alexey Kolesnikov]

So for example chapter 1 b&w version of the movie but if I have a udf to choose either b&w or color version of the movie would it overide the chapter pointing to the b&w version.

Two versions - are two separate playlist. Each playlist has its own "current chapter number" and resume time.
If you want to synchronize them you need to do it manually, something like this:
manager.saveResumeTime('Movie color', manager.getMediaTime());
if you run this code in the BW playlist or
manager.saveResumeTime('Movie color', manager.getResumeTimeReg('Movie BW'));
if you run this code in the main menu

[Markus1970]

Thanks for that, where exactly do I put that code and reference to it.

[Markus1970]

Hi sorry to ask but the code you put above , where and in what do I put the code and how to reference it.
Thanks

[Alexey Kolesnikov]

When you're switching from one version to another, when returning to the main menu, and a lot of other possible places.

The problem with complex menus and using code is that you need to go deep into the programming and you need to have programming knowledge.