We all know the pain and suffering that comes with being forced to endure warnings and trailers before we can get to our movie. They do it to us in the theater and at home, leaving you with a half eaten bowl/bag of popcorn in the process. Bullocks if you ask me. Although we may not be able to fight it in the theater, we can sure try to at home.
We all might have our own secrets and tips (feel free to share below) but today’s came courtesy of Digital Inspiration (bookmark it, trust me).
How to Skip Trailers and Ads on DVD Movies – DVD discs often have a UOP flag set that is used for displaying copyright notices, FBI warnings and commercials that cannot be skipped. However, if your DVD player hardware ignores the UOP flag, the commercials can be bypassed. The easiest way to skip (or fast forward) all the ads, warnings and trailers from the DVD movies is this — just press the Stop button on the DVD remote followed by the Menu button and it will take you straight to the main menu from where you can play the movie. However, if this age-old method for skipping trailers doesn’t work with your DVD player, try an alternate trick from Tom Merritt in the video below, other tricks after the jump.
If the above trick doesn’t work for your DVD, try this sequence suggested by Richard Rider. Instead of pressing the STOP button on your DVD remote twice, press it three times followed by PLAY and it should skip all the trailers and previews. To repeat, the sequence becomes STOP –> STOP –> STOP –> PLAY.
If you are watching the DVD movie on your laptop computer where you don’t have an external remote to skip the ads, try Rick Brodia’s suggestion. Insert the DVD into the computer and when the first splash screen appears, hit the Stop button. “I popped in a DVD and fired up Windows Media Player. When the first splash screen appeared, I clicked the player’s Stop button. Then I clicked Play, and the disc skipped ahead to the previews. I repeated the process — Stop, then Play — and it advanced to the FBI warning. I did it a third time and presto: I landed right on the movie’s menu screen.“
