Hyperlink to Website on DVD

Mr teee · Post by **Mr teee** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:09 am

Anybody know a good way to add a link button that launches web browser and will link to a website or email.... Maybe some shareware or plugin that works for this?

I have a real estate client doing a series of promo discs that wants links to his website on his DVD.

Mr teee · Post by **Mr teee** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:11 pm

Am I the only person who needs to do this? I am considering other software if it is not possible with DVDWS.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:24 pm

Please view
http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic.php?t=12770

Mr teee · Post by **Mr teee** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:08 pm

Steve, Thanks for the input on this one and maybe DVDWS will realize the value for future structure being more web oriented. It will keep some of us around their product if there is an easy solution.

Future of DVD programming needs to be wide open.

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:57 pm

Steve's link points to a reference to Sonic eDVD, which apparently is no longer available. Does anyone know of a dvd authoring app that allows the insertion of hyperlinks?

If it was available as far back as 2000 you would think it would be very popular by now, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

skier-hughes · Post by **skier-hughes** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:42 pm

I'm pretty sure dvdlab pro can do it, but check first.

GeorgeW · Post by **GeorgeW** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:21 pm

skier-hughes wrote:I'm pretty sure dvdlab pro can do it, but check first.

DVDLab Pro cannot do it at this time. However, in their forums is a sub-forum for "ProEx" -- an addon for DLP. The authors of ProEx are currently working on something that when played on a PC will offer a menu with options to do a number of things (play the DVD, link to a web page, display a pdf, etc...). The authors posted something in their forums about it (including a small demo of how it might look).

But nothing is available from them at the moment (afaik).

Regards,
George

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:25 am

Thanks guys. Seems like in this day and age that's something that should be easy to do. I guess not.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:02 am

You can do things manually.

Stop and consider what happens when you insert a DVD disc in a player.
1. On a standalone DVD player it does not recognize computer programs, especially autorun.inf - therefore it will seek out your VOB files and start playing the DVD. Many standalone DVD players also recognize photographs and so can play a slideshow, and some also play music files - mostly MP3.

2. On a computer things are different. When a disc is inserted the computer looks for a special file named autorun.inf - if one exists the computer will obey the instructions in autorun.inf which will be to run a specified program and also the option of an icon to identify the DVD disc in Windows Explorer.

Here is a typical Autorun.inf file:
[Autorun]
OPEN=Autorun.exe
ICON=Setup\Autorun.ico

This instructs the computer to run a program named autorun.exe - it does not have to be named autorun.exe it could just as easily have been called setup.exe or myfantasticmenuprogram.exe and so on.

Those DVD's that appear to let you open a word document, run a power point presentation or play the video are doing nothing other than complying with the file autorun.inf and opening a purpose built program that gives you these choices. You will either have to get hold of a disc menu program by searching Google, or write a short program of your own with something like Visual Basic or C++