DVD Studio Pro 3: In the Studio

Script Commands

You choose script commands from a pop-up list in the Inspector, as shown in Figure A-5. You configure one line of your script at a time through this interface.

As you can see, all commands can have comments. Where appropriate, commands can take arguments. Most commands also enable you to place a condition on them. Each command listed in the following sections shows a full screenshot of its Inspector window and enumerates the valid arguments and whether conditions are applicable.

For quicker reference, we listed the commands here in alphabetical order.

Figure A-5. The various commands available for your DVD scripts

Exit

The Exit command shown in Figure A-6 leaves a script.

Note that exiting a script—rather than jumping to another item—will halt play-back of the title. This can be useful for things such as password-protected titles or mismatched region codes.

Figure A-6. The Exit command

Exit Pre-Script

You can use the Exit Pre-Script command (Figure A-7) only in a pre-script. It jumps directly to the item using the pre-script.

It's important to use this operation to leave your pre-script and get on with playing the item associated with the pre-script. Using the Exit command will halt playback altogether.

Figure A-7. The Exit Pre-Script command

Goto

The Goto command (Figure A-8) enables ...