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DVDSP for Newbies!
Apple's DVD@cess function is a very cool tool, and it pretty simple to implement - in fact, it only requires a few guidelines for its proper use.
@CESS ON A MAC:
For this function to work on a Mac, you must be running a Macintosh with Apple DVD Player 2.4 or greater, and you must "turn on" the DVD@cess function in the DVD Player. To do so, launch the Apple DVD Player, go to Edit>Preferences, and under the Advanced tab, check the check box to "Enable DVD@cess Web links". It looks like this:
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| Check this to activate DVD@cess |
If you are running an older Mac, with DVD Player 1.3, you should install the DVD@cess software handler (it's in the Recources folder in your installed DVD Studio Pro application folder)
@CESS ON A PC:
If you are trying to create a cross-platform Web-enabled DVD using DVD@cess, the @cess Installer must be included in your finished DVD so the PC client can install the software required to use this function. PLEASE NOTE:
Currently, DVD@cess is not working reliably on every PC, although I have heard recent reports that Windows XP actually does work with the @cess installer. This is being looked into by Apple, and a fix is hopefully forthcoming.
The @cess installer will automatically be included in your finished DVD if you use the BUILD and FORMAT command. Using this command with DVD@cess links programmed will cause DVD Studio Pro to include the @cess installer software in the ROM portion of your finished DVD disc - both installers [Mac and PC] are included.
HOW TO PROGRAM DVD@CESS WEB LINKS IN YOUR DVD:
To link to an Internet URL , you must program that URL into the @cess property of a Track, Menu, or Marker. To "click a button" and link to a web site, program the button to navigate to a placeholder MENU that contains the @cess property. The proper syntax for a URL @cess link is the standard web URL:
http://www.yoursite.com.
WARNING! DVD@cess can NOT currently (V1.2) process a URL that contains an underscore character!
If your URL is like this: http://www.mywebsite.com/This_page.html you will not be able to directly program that URL! Redirect from a different web page instead.
USING FILES INSTEAD OF WEB LINKS:
You can also link to a file on your DVD disc if you use this protocol in the @cess link:
file:///discname/foldername/filename.ext
Discname means the name of your finished DVD disc.
Foldername is the name of any folder enclosing the destination file. If you have it nested in more than one folder, the path should be foldername/foldername/foldername/ for as many levels of folders you need.
Filename.ext means the actual NAME of the desired file, followed by the three-letter file extension. Typical ones include .htm (for PCs) or .html (for Macs), .txt, .pdf, etc.
Web browsers are VERY powerful in terms of what applications ("helpers") they can launch in response to a file request, so it IS technically possible to load a .doc file, or a .mov file into your browser from DVD@cess, and have the browser launch the application required to handle the playback - QuickTime player, MS Word, MS Excel, and more.
This creates some very interesting possibilities for creating educational DVDs using DVD@cess .
Hope you have fun enjoying this powerful technology!
Bruce
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