[VCDImager-GUI-devel] Re: last question about this topic...

[Herbert Valerio Riedel]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, delphi.stuff wrote:
> I have a last question about this topic:

> Now, if I put by default to all MPEG sequences a <default-entry>, even
> if their are no entry points, what is the best practise in <selection>
> or <playlist> to put in <play-item ref="..." /> (sequence or chapter
> ?)

in theory it should not make any difference, if the (S)VCD was burned
properly...

and if not (e.g. either TOC is right and ENTRY table becomes invalid or
the other way round), both variants have their pros and cons... but that
depends on the playing device...

on the other hand, common practice seems to be to use sequence
id's... I would recommend to do that too... :-)

> For Example

> <sequence-item src="PAL1.mpg" id="sequence-00">
>   <default-entry id="chapter00-00" />
> </sequence-item>
> <sequence-item src="PAL2.mpg" id="sequence-01">
>   <default-entry id="chapter01-00" />
> </sequence-item>
> <sequence-item src="PAL3.mpg" id="sequence-02">
>   <default-entry id="chapter02-00" />
> </sequence-item>
>
>     <selection id="selection-000">
>       ...
>       <play-item ref="sequence-00"/>
>     </selection>

> or

>     <selection id="selection-000">
>       ...
>       <play-item ref="chapter00-00"/>
>     </selection>

> In case your answer is use "sequence" instead of "chapter", should I
> put default-entry even if there is no other entry point in the
> sequence ?

it's no error, and it doesn't change any bit in the outputted image...

so it's up to you whether you want or not... do what's easier to
implement for you :-)

> Thanks again for all you efforts... ;-)
np... :-)

I hope this answers are usefull to the rest of you hanging on the
vcdiamger-devel-gui list...

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