NAME
mk_vmgm — automated creation of titleset menus of the DVD (VTSM)
SYNOPSIS
mk_vtsm [options] image-file(s)
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_vtsm, which create one or more titleset menus (VTSM) 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/vtsm]
- -x | --xml filename
-
Print dvdauthor XML-specs into this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.xml]
- -h | --help
-
print this lot out
DVD-specific options
- -N | --tvnorm <norm>
-
TV-Norm to use. Norm may be PAL or NTSC. [PAL]
- -V | --tvsize WidexHeight
-
Visible Area on TV-Screen. [660x530]
- -R | --menuratio aspectratio
-
Menue background aspect ratio. Aspectratio may be 4:3 or 16:9. [4:3]
- -M | --menu language
-
Define language to use in menu items [en]. Strings are defined in config file.
Title-specific options
- -t | --vts number
-
Titleset number on the DVD where the menus should belong to. [1]
- -c | --chaptersperrow number
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Define how many chapter thumbnails will fit in a row. [3]
- -b | --vtsmbg filename
-
Filename of background picture for this titleset.
- -r | --bgratio <aspectratio>
-
Define aspect ratio of menu background and thumbnails. Aspectratio may be 4:3 or 16:9. [4:3]
- -ms | --vtsmsound filename
-
Soundfile to be used as background sound for the menu. If empty, a silent audio track will be produced. Can be any format, ffmpeg recognizes and will be converted to ac3, if necessary.
- --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.