man mk_vmgm (1): automated creation of main menu of the DVD (VMGM)

SYNOPSIS

mk_vmgm [options]

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.

One of these sub-scripts is mk_vmgm, which create main menu of the DVD (VMGM) for authoring a DVD with dvdauthor.

OPTIONS

General processing

-C | --config-file filename: filename of dvdwizard-configuration file [~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf]
-o | --output directory: Path where the created menu mpegs will be stored [BASEDIR/vmgm]
-x | --xml filename: Print dvdauthor XML-specs into this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.xml]
-h | --help: print this lot out

DVD-specific options

-T | --vmgm string

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

-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.

Title-specific options

-t | --vts string: Titlestring for this titleset. Will be ignored for single-titleset. DVDs, if -T is given.
-b | --vtsmbg filename: Filename of background picture for this titleset.
-r | --bgratio <aspectratio>: Define aspect ratio of menu background. Aspectratio may be 4:3 or 16:9. [4:3]
-ms | --vtsmsound filename: see -MS, but only applies to this titleset.
--hasaudio: Title has multiple audio tracks. A button to jump to the audio selection menu will be created.
--hassubtitle: Title has at least one Subtitle-Stream which may be activated in a subsequent subtitle-menu.
--hasinfo: Title has EPG information available. A button to jump to the info panel will be created.

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).

Every new -t marks a new titleset on the DVD. Subsequent options -b, -r, -ms, --hasaudio, --hassubtitle and --hasinfo apply only to that titleset.

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.