Script to determine how a DVD player is configured and enable the Stream

Hi
Does anyone know how to use scripts to detect the configuration of a DVD Player (I am interested in aspect ratio settings) and then using another script, choose the appropriate subtitle stream to use for that player?
Cheers
Barry

Hi...Thanks I figured it out... the script is as follows if you want to know and is set as the first play...
1 mov GPRM 7, 512
2 mov GPRM 6, 3072
3 Goto 5 if (GPRM 7 = SPRM 14)
4 Goto 7 if (GPRM 6 = SPRM 14)
5 Set System Stream St(Subtitle Stream 1)(On)
6 Jump Intro
7 Set System Stream St(Subtitle Stream 2)(On)
7 Jump Intro
We are making Education DVDs that go with a book... each exercise is a separate video clip which could be used in more than one book, at different stages. We need to apply an exercise number over the video but do not want to do it in FCP as this would mean having many outputs for one file. We are creating a library of exercises so there fore we place a graphic in FCP for the text to sit on. The most efficient way to add the exercise number is in DVDSP using subtitles. But because of the way DVDSP handles subtitles for wide-screen letterboxed video there is a difference to the way a DVD Player displays the subtitle if the DVD Player is set to 16:9 Wide Screen compared to 4:3 letterbox... if we do not do this then if the text is in the correct place for 16:9 widescreen DVD settings it will be in the wrong place for a 4:3 letterboxed DVD Player...
I hope that makes sense... anyway, thanks for your help. I seem to have solved the issue with your help.
Much appreciated..
Barry

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