MORE SETTINGS DIALOG WINDOW
This window pops up when the user clicks on More Settings button in Switches area of the main window.
In this dialog the user can preset additional settings.
Note there is a paths configuration dialog. where the user has to configure external tools (like Muxman)
The settings are stored in Windows Registry Keys
Reduced to Still area (Global Settings):
The switches in this area are used in “motion2still” feature, available in menus, in both cases reducing to still with and without audio.
Blank cells without buttons: | Blanks all cells without buttons in Menus PGCs selected to be reduced to still. No-buttons cells are usually intros or transitions, which are useless when reducing to still, unless you are keeping audio. The recommended value is checked. |
Selection of I Frame: | Default selection method of I-Frame when reducing to still. Auto (default) means the largest I-Frame. Middle is also a very good option. |
Reduced to Still area (Motion2Still without audio):
The switches in this area are used in “motion2still” feature, available in menus, but only apply in the case of reducing to still with without audio.
Minimum Still time in button cells: |
When reducing to still without audio, cell still time is taken from original duration. This setting guarantees a minimum still time in cells with buttons. |
Maximum Still time in no-button cells: |
When reducing to still without audio, cell still time is taken from original duration. This setting guarantees a still time in cells without buttons lower or equal to this maximum |
Use one sec still in blanked cells: |
When reducing to still without audio, forces one sec still time in blanked cells. This improves the compatibility in some settops. |
Menus/Titles PGCs areas
The switches in this area control some options in titles and menus domains
Clear audio/subs status when blanking: | Clear audio/sub status in blanked PGCs. This should be done by default to be compliant, but there are some DVDs where it can produce a non working audio selection menu, due the absence of the selected track in a blanked intro. No issues are known unsetting this check. The default values are unchecked in titles and checked in menus. |
Next PGC pointer to itself | Changes Next PGC pointer to the PGC itself if it is currently null, the PGC is not empty, there are postcommands, there are no still times and the PGC has no buttons. This trick allows the “next chapter” button in the remote to finish the playback of the current PGC in the last program. Useful to skip intros/transitions by next chapter button in the remote.
Note this option causes the PGC to be a no one-seq-title, so the direct navigation is disabled in some players (particulary WinDVD) |
Previous PGC pointer to itself | Changes Prev PGC pointer to the PGC itself if it is currently null, the PGC is not empty and there are no still times. This trick allows the “prev chapter” button in the remote to restart the playback of the current PGC in the first program. Useful to go back in first chapter using previous chapter button in the remote. Note this option causes the PGC to be a no one-seq-title, so the direct navigation is disabled in some players (particularly WinDVD) |
VOB internal pointers area
The switches in this area control some options in titles and menus domains
Fix always VOB SYNCI/SRI internal pointers in Titles | Do in any case a calculation of these pointers in Titles domain (located inside the VOB, in each Nav pack) and modify the values. VobBlanker usually keeps the original values (which is faster), except if they have to be calculated (needed if cutting, or stripping). |
Fix always VOB SYNCI/SRI internal pointers in Menus | Do in any case a calculation of these pointers in Menu domain (located inside the VOB, in each Nav pack) and modify the values. VobBlanker usually keeps the original values (which is faster) because currently (up to VB 2.1) there is no action in menus that requires a new calculation. |
Postcommands into precommands when blanking VOB internal pointers area
The switches in this area control some options in titles and menus domains
Change post into precomm (Safely): |
Change postcommands into precommands when blanking title |
Change post into precomm (Always): |
Unconditionally change postcommands into precommands when blanking titles (See note). |
Note: Beware, if you are going to replace a blanked title with a new one (running VobBlanker twice), do not use these options when blanking (the first run), they are not easily reversible.
VOB Layout
The switches in this area control the final VOB layout
Reorder VID/CID sequence (if needed): | Checking this control, VID/CID will be the key to order the cells, instead of its original order in the VOB. |
Complete VID/CID sequence with blanks: | Used to fill “holes” in VID/CID sequence. Only enabled if previous checkbox is activated. |
Use blank cells in unref “middle” ones: | Unreferenced cells (already present or created by VobBlanker process) in the middle of the VOB are outputted as blank cells. Unchecking this box, they will be deleted (VID/CID sequence can be broken). |
Use blank cells in unref “last” ones: | Unreferenced cells (already present or created by VobBlanker process) at the last of the VOB are outputted as blank cells. Unchecking this box, they will be deleted (VID/CID sequence CANNOT be broken, because they are the last ones). |
Renumber VID/CID to be consecutive | Useful if the
unreferenced cells are removed (instead of being substituted by blank ones)
or the original DVD has CID/VIDs non consecutive, Renumbers the CIDs in each VID to be consecutive and starting from 1. Also, renumbers the VIDs to be in order inside the VOB file to avoid unused VOBIDs. |
Update STC discontinuity flag according VOB: | Checks and updates all the STC discontinuity flasg stored in PGC Playback tables in the IFOS. The flag is updated based on the STC clock initial and ending values of each cell in the written IFO. |
Replacing area
Fix elapsed time replacing cells: | Applies to Cells, not to PGCs. Not really needed, except if the replacing cell is a previous cut of a cell. Solves navigational problems resetting to zero the elapsed time in the first nav pack. STC/PTSs are not modified |
Fix VOB SYNCI/SRI pointers when replacing PGCs | Not really needed if the replacing PGC is muxed correctly. Recalculates all VOB internal pointers when replacing PGCs. |
Copy PGC Sub palette from replacing IFO: | Copy Subs palette from replacing IFO. There is a different palette per each PGC. |
Copy PGC Stream Control from replacing IFO: | Copy stream control tables from replacing IFO. There is a different set of stream control values per each PGC. |
Copy VTS Audio/Subpicture tables from replacing IFO: | Copy Audio/Subs attribute tables from replacing IFO. Be careful, these tables affect to the whole VTS, not only to a single PGC. |
Fix Sub stream indexes if Aspect Ratio changes | If AR changes from 4:3 to
wide: -- Copies stream index used in 4:3 to the ones to be used in wide and LB. -- Forces automatic Letterbox. If AR changes from wide to 4:3: -- Copies stream index used in wide to the one used in 4:3 -- Disables LB and PS modes. Because AR is related to the whole VTS, these changes are done in all PGCs. Note this setting is not useful if you are coping the Stream Control tables (the ones which contains the stream indexes) from the replacing IFO. |
Scan VOBs area
Auto Scan VOBs when loading a DVD | Automatically start VOB scan process when load a new DVD. Not applicable in CLI mode. |
Scan one VOBU each # VOBUs | Scan opnly one VOBU each "n". The higher, the faster, but less accurate. Default 5. |
Smart GAPs IFO-BUP area
At least 32KB between IFO-BUP and more | Creates or grows the menu VOB with an unreferenced blank cell and padding packs to guarantee not only at least 32 kbytes distance between IFO and BUP but also calculates the optimum distance in kbytes to position the IFO and BUP files just with one half turn offset. |
Preview area
Do not use overlay (Tiny and Preview pane) | Do not use overlay mode (usually faster, but less compatible in Linux using wine). |
Auto play when opening (Preview pane) | Self explanatory. |
Disable Tiny Preview | Self explanatory. |
Auto Play selections in Tiny Preview | Tint preview starts playback immediately when one PGC or Menu is loaded in tiny Preview (selected in the main dialog). Nor there is a minimum of sectors and frames required to start playback |
Show menus (full domain) in Tiny Preview | When a VTS (or the Video Manager) is selected, but no PGC is selected, the full menu is loaded in Tiny Preview. |
Start PGCs at 10% in Tiny Preview | When loading a PGC in Tiny Preview, automatically seek up to 10% of the duration (based on size). This help to skip the first frames , which are usually black. If not checked Tiny starts at the beginning of first cell. |
Backup Folder
The switches in this area apply if you are working in Input Folder (Use input folder checked)
Use Backup folder in VIDEO_TS | VobBlanker_backup folder/s is/are located in VIDEO_TS folder. This setting can be dangerous if you are going to use Nero to burn. Unchecked uses Root (parent) folder to store VobBlanker_backup/s. |
Multiple Backup Folders: | This setting allows VobBlanker to rename the current VobBlanker_backup folder instead to delete its content. Renaming is done using the folder creation time. |