WebDVD Products & Techniques, Pt. 2
  February 12, 2001

by Ralph LaBarge

Figure 1: StarGaze WebDVD
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Over the past two years interest in "WebDVD" products has grown tremendously. There are a number of different ways to add Internet connectivity to a DVD-Video title. In Part 1 of this article, we discussed products from three different companies, InterActual Technologies, SpinWare and Microsoft, that are designed to integrate high quality multimedia content stored on a DVD disc with the graphics and textual content stored on the Internet. In Part 2, we will now take a look at how one specific WebDVD title, StarGaze, was implemented.

Contents:
    —   Sample WebDVD Title
            –   StarGaze DVD-Video Development Issues
            –   StarGaze Web Site Development Issues
    —   StarGaze WebDVD JavaScript Development
            –   Programming the Buttons
            –   Playing DVD-Video Content
            –   Selecting Subtitle Language
            –   Selecting Audio Tracks
            –   Full Screen Playback
    —   Summary & Conclusions