man DVDwizard (1): automated creation of DVD structure

SYNOPSIS

dvdwizard [options] mpeg-file [mpeg-file2 ...]

DESCRIPTION

DVDwizard is a wrapper-script which incorporates a fully automated creation of a DVD-structure with chapters and menus from one or more mpeg-streams. This is done by several "sub-scripts" and various freely available tools.

OPTIONS

General processing

-C | --config-file filename: filename of dvdwizard-configuration file [~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf]
-o | --output directory: Path where the final DVD will be stored [BASEDIR/dvd]
-x | --xml filename: Print dvdauthor XML-specs into this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.xml]
-l | --logfile filename: Write Log-Messages to this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.log]
-y | --yes: Allow all target directories to be overwritten
-D | --debug: Logging with console debug infos
-h | --help: print this lot out
-v | --version: print version and exit
--restart step: Do not start from beginning but from step. Step may be dvdcpics, mk_vmgm, mk_vtsm, author.
--xmlonly: Do not author final DVD, only create menus and xml and remove temp. DVD structure.
--xmlkeep: Like --xmlonly, but keep temporary DVD structure.

DVD-specific options

-T | --vmgm string

Titlestring for the whole DVD; if not specified no title will be printed on the main menu.

-N | --tvnorm <norm>

TV-Norm to use. Norm may be PAL or NTSC. [PAL]

-V | --tvsize WidexHeight

Visible Area on TV-Screen. [660x530]

-M | --menu language

Define language to use in menu items [en]. Strings are defined in config file.

-WS <option>

Widescreen-Option for whole DVD may be nopanscan or noletterbox. Can be overwritten by -ws for a specific titleset.

-P | --palette filename

Name of palette file, needed i.e. for subpictures.

-A | --Audio lang[,lang2,...]

Language for audiotracks [en]. Languages are applied to audiotracks in order they appear in the mpeg stream. Applies to all titlesets on the DVD, can be overwritten by -a for a specific titleset.

-I | --intro filename

MPEG-File to be played when inserting the DVD in the player.

-L | --loop value

Playback mode of the DVD. Possible values are:

0: return to vmgm menu after each title,
-1: display vmgm menu before the first and after the last title,
-2: display vmgm menu only before first title and loop all titles endlessly,
num: num is a value between 1 and 9. Suppress vmgm menu and loop all titles endlessly, starting from specified title.

-MS | --vmgmsound filename

Soundfile to be used as background sound for all menus (may be overwritten for specific titlesets with -ms|--vtsmsound). If empty, a silent audio track will be produced. Can be any format, ffmpeg recognizes and will be converted to ac3, if necessary.

-W | --pause number

Wait a number of seconds as pause at the end of each titleset.

Title-specific options

-t | --vts string: Create a new titleset on the DVD with the subsequent options and mpeg-files. -t must be followed by a filename or a string or the word "auto". "auto" determines title-string from filename of first mpeg-file, if -t is followed by an existing filename, that file is considered to be the first mpeg in this titleset, else the string is used as movie title for this titleset.
-c | --chapters <spec>: Chapter-Specification may be 0|file|timecodes|interval. [300] 0 means no chaptering except for different mpeg-files.
-b | --vtsmbg filename: Filename of background picture for all menus concerning this titleset.
-ar | --aspect <aspectratio>: Aspect-Ratio-Option aspectratio for correcting detected value of video stream. May be 4:3 or 16:9.
-ws <option>: Widescreen-Option may be nopanscan or noletterbox for this titleset.
-a | --audio lang[,lang2,...]: Language for audiotrack of this titleset. [en]
-s | --subpic lang1[,lang2,...]: Pass subpicture information to dvdauthor.This is a string like "en" for english, "de" for german etc. More Languages by Comma Separation, i.e. "-s de,en". Each language may be followed by an optional "+hi" to indicate a subpicture track for hearing impaired, i.e. "-s de,de+hi".
-i | --info filename: Points to a text file containing description and the like for the movie.
-ms | --vtsmsound filename: see -MS, but only applies to this titleset.

EXAMPLES

Every new -t creates a new titleset on the DVD. Subsequent options -c, -b, -a, -ar and mpeg-file(s) apply only to that titleset. To create a DVD with two titlesets and a special background, use for example:

: dvdwizard -t auto -c 30 title1.mpg \

-t auto -b bckgrnd.ppm title2.mpg

NOTES

BASEDIR defaults to the current directory if not stated otherwise in the config file (either default ~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf or specified with the -C option).

For more information, sources and executables of DVDwizard see at the homepage http://sf.net/projects/dvdwizard.

AUTHOR

DVDwizard was written by Wolfgang Wershofen <itconsult at wershofen.de>. Since 2009 DVDwizard will be developed by Joo Martin <joomart2009 at users.sf.net>.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.