A basic system is composed of a DVD controller (Museum Technology Source Inc.'s DVD-204 or DVD-212), a Pioneer DVD player (Model DVD-V5000, DVD-V8000 or DVD-V7400), and a television monitor. DVD-212 allows up to twelve video segments from a DVD disc. Both units allow for an additional attract or idle segment to play when no segment has been chosen. Single pole, normally open switches, such as pushbuttons mounted in exhibit material, are plugged into the back of the 204 and 212 controllers. If pushbuttons are used, they may be illuminated to give visitors an indication of which video segment is playing. Other such switches, such as motion detectors, timers and, capacitance switches may also be used as inputs. The Pioneer DVD player is connected to the back of the controller by an MTS provided cable and the TV monitor is, in turn, connected to the pioneer player. Instructing the system on what part of the video is to be called up by each button or activator is a painless task of following a straightforward menu of prompts. This is done by temporarily connecting the Controller to a PC via a cable (available from Museum Technology Source, Inc.) and pressing a rear panel button labeled program. A menu of simple choices will appear on the screen of the PC, which will permit the assignment of particular video segments to particular buttons. A segment may be either the chapter of the disc, a section of the disc defined by a start frame number to a stop frame number, or a section defined by a start chapter and an ending frame number. Several other choices are available such as button options which permit lockout (where pressing the button will not interrupt play) or interruptability (where pressing another button will cause the player to go to another segment). The DVD controllers have non-volatile EEPROM memories with programming software resident in the controllers. Loss of power to the controller will not effect the programmed information, and the controllers can be reprogrammed by once again connecting them to a PC. For test and setup purposes, the front panels also have illuminated pushbuttons, which correspond to selections.