Tools menu

The Tools menu is a configurable menu in which you can define external programs, which can be run from inside PgcEdit.  One tool is already pre-configured – FixVTS (within the current domain).  When called for the first time, PgcEdit will ask you to select the FixVTS.exe file on your hard drive.

 

Configure Tools: Configuration of the Tools menu.  As an example, here’s how to configure IfoEdit.

 

(a)   Select the Configure Tools menu item and click on the Add New button.

(b)   In the Label field, type IfoEdit.

(c)   The Application field must contain the complete path to IfoEdit.exe.  Navigate to it by clicking on the “…” at the right of the field.

(d)   Click on the “?” to the right of the Arguments field and examine the definitions of what these mean and choose what’s best for each application you configure.  In this case it is “%p\%i” (with quotation marks), which means the VIDEO_TS folder and the current IFO filename.  (A good one for VobEdit would be “%p\%v”).

(e)   Click on the “…” on the right of the Working Folder field and choose the appropriate folder for your application.  In this case, it’s the VIDEO_TS folder and PgcEdit automatically inserts %p for you.

(f)     Then, if you want both applications to remain open and be able to independently work on the DVD, check only Run application in background. Caution: there is a risk you might modify the same file in two different programs so use this option only for programs that do not modify the DVD (e.g. your software player).

(g)   If, on the other hand, you want IfoEdit to be launched as a function of PgcEdit:

(i)                  Uncheck Run application in background

(ii)                Check Save DVD before launching application (this is not strictly necessary if you are just testing some changes and do not plan to make other changes)

(iii)               Check Iconify PgcEdit when application is running (this will minimise PgcEdit to the taskbar and not permit it to be opened) and

(iv)              Check Reopen DVD after application is closed (this will reopen the DVD in PgcEdit after you’re done in the other app).

(h)   This way when you launch IfoEdit, PgcEdit will save the IFOs, then will be disabled while IfoEdit is running, and finally will reload the IFO files (possibly modified by IfoEdit), before being activated again.  This is the safest way of running a program which modifies the IFOs or VOBs (e.g. VobBlanker, DVD Shrink, IfoEdit, VobEdit, MenuShrink).

(i)      To finish, click on OK, then on Save (to preserve the setup on HD) or on Use (for the current session only).

(j)      Test your newly configured application by pressing Test

(k)   Once all is complete, pressing F1 on your keyboard will now launch IfoEdit with the IFO you are currently working on (the VTS highlighted in the PGC Selector).

As you configure more tools, they will correspond to other Function keys in order.  You may change the order of your applications with the Move up and Move down buttons in the Configure Tools submenu.  Note:  The separator does not take up a Function key – it is just a way of bunching up like applications together.

Tick Display application output to enable the application’s DOS output to the console in a dialogue box.

You can, of course, launch anything that has a CLI from PgcEdit.  Typical applications include those mentioned in (h) above plus your software players.