Re: [SLUG] playing dvd's

From: Bob Stia (rnr@sanctum.com)
Date: Thu Jan 19 2006 - 22:41:47 EST


On Thursday 19 January 2006 15:21, Paul M Foster wrote:
> Mike Branda wrote:
> > DVDs have a playback structure. You somehow are stuck in the top level
> > "menu". Normally after playing through this if shifts to the next level
> > which is where the actual menu is. Did you try pressing the menu button
> > to see if it would shift you?
>
> Yeah. Got nothing. I brought up the menu of navigation commands, but
> none of them seem to do anything, and I don't really even know what
> they're supposed to do.
>
> FWIW, this particular DVD gives you (this is from memory), a whole
> little program it runs first, making you think you have a virus and
> asking you to respond, before you actually get to the "Play/Scene
> Selection/etc." menu. It's a little bit of humor from the film's
> director, I suppose.

Ummmmm....I sincerely doubt that. Is it a Sony DVD? Maybe one of those new
"copyright protection" ones that tries to install a program on your computer?

Bob S.

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