---
name: "mk_vmgm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvdwizard"
version: "0.7.1-2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mk_vmgm"
---

# mk\_vmgm(1)

automated creation of main menu of the DVD (VMGM)

## NAME

mk\_vmgm — 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.

## SEE ALSO

[**dvdwizard**(1)](/dvdwizard/1.md), [**mk\_vtsm**(1)](/mk_vtsm/1.md), [**dvdwizard.conf**(5)](/dvdwizard.conf/5.md)