vobs, menus and chapters

[Elks69]

I've been thinking about getting the A3, primiairly for the VOB playing capability, however I still had a few questions...

If I were to direct copy a video_ts folder to the player, could I play the dvd menus by opening the .ifo files or something? or does the A3 only
allow you to select .vob files specifically and therefore the typical 3 to 4 1GB files in my video_ts folder are all the options I can open and play
(ie no menu access)?

If I have to open the .vob files in my video_ts folder directly, can I still seek to chapter points? Is there an ability to resume playing where I
left off a .vob file? Anotherwards if I turn off the a3 and turn on later, can I quickly get to a chapter because it recognizes them, or is there
another way to resume playing the vob? I wouldn't want to get half way through a .vob and be forced to start from the beginning again next time.

Thanks.

[Nodnol]

Firstly, the A3 can only play unencrypted VOB files. Not INFO files or menus.

Also, when you create the VOB it is best to keep it as a single VOB file under 2GB in size. The A3 will play VOB files in order in a directory, but there will be a pause between loading the files which isn't too bad; but if you can create a single VOB file < 2GB this will be better. It cannot play files > 2GB due to a filesystem limitation.

Other than that the A3 handles VOB files excellently. Even with 5.1 DD surround sound :)

[Elks69]

Thanks for the reply Nodnol.

All my dvds are authored with standard dvd authoring software which will create the 1GB splits. Good that I could play the video_ts directory and have it play them in order I guess since there is no menu support. I'm still curious if there is a way to seek into a location in the middle of a vob easily though?

[Nodnol]

Sorry, I meant to mention that in my last reply.

This is simple - go to Recent Files and click on the file you want to play - it will start where you left off watching it.

[Elks69]

Great, thanks again. Sounds like this will work well enough as a replacement for my old hefty portable dvd player, plus I like all the other audio features too.