---
name: "dvdwizard.conf"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvdwizard"
version: "0.7.1-2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dvdwizard.conf"
---

# dvdwizard.conf(5)

configuration file for DVDwizard

## NAME

dvdwizard.conf — configuration file for DVDwizard

## 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.

The configuration file dvdwizard.conf can be found as global file at /etc/dvdwizard.conf. For each user there can be found a configurable copy of the global file in ~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf.

## SYNTAX

### Some directories:

- BASEDIR="$(pwd)"

  All persistent files will reside here.

- TMPDIR="$BASEDIR"

  Put temporary files here.

- DESTDIR="$BASEDIR/dvd"

  Where your final DVD structure will be.

### Some filenames:

- XMLFILE="$BASEDIR/dvdwizard.xml"

  dvdauthor XML-commands.

- LOGFILE="$BASEDIR/dvdwizard.log"

  Logfile.

- CMDFILE="$BASEDIR/dvdwizard.cmd"

  Commands used during this dvdwizard run.

### Optional Input files:

- INTROMPG=""

  MPEG-File to be played as intro movie

- MENUSOUND=""

  Soundfile for menus (if empty, a silent track will be produced).

### Some processing defaults:

- NICE="0"

  Nice-Level of tools called within dvdwizard

- XMLONLY=0

  1 = build only menus and xml file, 0 - build DVD as well.

- NOTITLE=0

  1 = don't print Titlestring on VMGM menu, 0 = print it.

- TVNORM="PAL"

  PAL or NTSC.

- TVSIZE="660x530"

  Size of region visible on the TV screen.

- CHAPTERSPEC=300

  Chapter interval.

- TIMEOUT=inf

  automatically start a title after the vmgm menu has been displayed for $TIMEOUT seconds without having pressed a button.

- PAUSE=2

  Pausing after end of title.

- LOOP=0

  - **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.

### Colors

See "convert -list color" for available color names. Can also be specfied as "**rgb\[a\](r,g,b\[,a\])**" or "**#RRGGBB\[AA\]**"

- TITLECOLOR="white"

  Color used for titlestring

- HEADCOLOR="white"

  Color used for menu headers

- TEXTCOLOR="white"

  Color used for larger texts (e.g. About and Info panel)

- NORMCOLOR="white"

  Color of normal text

- HICOLOR="orange"

  Color of highlighted buttons and text

- SELCOLOR="green"

  Color of selected buttons

- ACTCOLOR="lime"

  Color of actual menu entry

### Font faces & sizes

Change size with caution, results of large changes may look ugly. See "convert -list font" for available font faces on your system.Empty String means ImageMagick default font. Usually imagemagick take an italic fontstyle (DE: kursiv). Pay attention for available fonts on your system!

- TFONTTYPE=""

  Font Face of Titlestring on VMGM-Menu

- TFONTSIZE=46

  Fontsize of Titlestring on VMGM-Menu

- HFONTTYPE=""

  Font Face of Menu Headers

- HFONTSIZE=24

  Fontsize of Menu Headers

- MFONTTYPE=""

  Font Face of Menu Entries

- MFONTSIZE=20

  Fontsize of Menu Entries

- BFONTTYPE=""

  Font Face of Button Entries

- BFONTSIZE=20

  Fontsize of Button Entries

- OFONTTYPE1=""

  Font Face for small vertical overlay text

- OFONTSIZE1=18

  Fontsize for small vertical overlay text

- OFONTTYPE2=""

  ont Face for big vertical overlay text

- OFONTSIZE2=40

  Fontsize for big vertical overlay text

### Layout of Menus

- VTSMBG=""

  Background image to use for VTSM menu (blank: use builtin)

- VTSTITLE="auto"

  Determine Titles from MPEG-Filename

- CHAPTERSPERROW=4

  Nomber of thumbnails per row in chapter selection menus

- THUMBRATIO="4:3"

  Aspect ratio of thumbnails (only used if not specified when calling mk\_vtsm)

- THUMBBORDER=2

  Width of border around chapter buttons (in Pixel)

- THUMBSPACE=3

  Width of spacing around chapter buttons (in Pixel). Note: The actual space between buttons will be twice the value.

- MENU\_CANVAS="gradient:white-black"

  Background texture for menu pictures

  - Examples:

     "gradient:white-black"\
      "plasma:blue-yellow -colorspace gray"\
      "/path/to/nice\_picture"

- DUMMY\_CANVAS="xc:none"

  Canvas for dummy pictures, if no bg picture specified

  - Examples:

     "xc:none"\
      "plasma:"

### Audio Track languages

Add more languages as desired into the config file.

- DVDAUDIO="de,en"

  Default languages.

### Multilanguage Menus

- MENU="EN"

  Language for all menus.

## 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.

## SEE ALSO

[**dvdwizard**(1)](/dvdwizard/1.md), [**mk\_vmgm**(1)](/mk_vmgm/1.md), [**mk\_vtsm**(1)](/mk_vtsm/1.md)