[access-uk] Re: DVD access
- From: "Tracey Kier" <tracey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 15:14:55 +0100
Hi Steve, where can I get Win-DVD from? Tracey.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: DVD access
> Hi Brian,
>
> To access audio features such as audio description with Win DVD, press A,
> simple as that. You will often find English Checked, and if you arrow
down,
> you will often see another entry for English. This is typically the audio
> description. Director's comments are often in the same category. I think
> Win DVD is tremendous. The only things we can't access is textual
> information on the DVD, such as menus and so on, but Win DVD does it for
me
> every time.
>
> All the best
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of yusuf
> Sent: 23 August 2004 19:06
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: DVD access
>
>
> HI Brian, I use Power DVD and am able to move from chapter to chapter,
fast
> forward and rewind within tracks, select and move to different titles
> (including any documentaries or edited bits).
>
> The only thing that I haven't found a way of accessing is the directors
> commentary that appears on some DVDs. This is meant to be a track that
plays
> over the top of the film.
>
> I have never found a DVD with audio-description so can't comment on how
easy
> it is to turn this off or on.
>
> The other good thing about Power DVD is that you can set it to ask if on
> insertion of a DVD whether you want to start from the beginning or
continue
> from the last chapter.
>
> Yusuf
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 6:50 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] DVD access
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > Over the past few days, I have been working with DVD software called Win
> > DVD, which I have to say is extremely accessible. In fact, I have been
> > surprised at how accessible it is.
> >
> > I can certainly play any one of our DVD's, move around the DVD chapter
by
> > chapter, and access all of the other controls without difficulty. I can
> > even set bookmarks to get back to specific parts.
> >
> > My reason for writing is to ask whether people have had success in
> accessing
> > the other special features of DVD's apart from the main movie, for
> example,
> > audio described editions of a film if one is present, background
> information
> > such as all the stuff which we did not see in the original film which
got
> > left on the cutting room floor, etc. I have noticed that, with some
> dvd's,
> > you can install additional software which may give access to the special
> > features. But I want to use my conventional software-based DVD player
so
> as
> > to lend some consistency to the whole thing. Any comments from anyone
who
> > uses DVD's on a computer would be very good to read.
> >
> > Brian Hartgen
> >
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