NAME
dvd-menu - Creates a DVD navigation menu with buttons.
SYNOPSIS
dvd-menu -t <ButtonText1> ... -t <ButtonTextN> -f <XML_file1 |
MPEG_file1> ... -f <XML_fileN | MPEG_fileN> [-o <output directory>] [-n
<DVD Title>] [-b <background jpeg>] [-e <embed image>] [-a <audiofile>]
[-p] [-c] [-D] [-W] [-mp2] [-iso] [-nomenu] [-L]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a simple top-level DVD menu with buttons that link to movies.
Accepts the output XML files from dvd-slideshow or your own
self-defined MPEG movies.
OPTIONS
-t <Button text>
The button text visible on the menu which will link to each
corresponding (in order passed) -f option. Use this option
multiple times with -f to define multiple titles/buttons.
-f <Input file>
Can be an XML file output from dvd-slidshow or a full-scale
mpeg2 video in the proper format (.vob). No error checking is
done if you pass a MPEG2 .vob input file, so you are on your
own. Use this option multiple times with -t to define multiple
titles/buttons.
[-o <Output directory>]
Directory where the final DVD filesystem files VIDEO_TS/ will be
written.
[-n <DVD Title>]
This will be printed at the top of the DVD menu page.
[-b <Background jpeg>]
Image to use for the background DVD menu. If no file is
specified, a blue gradient will be used for the menu background.
[-e <embed image>]
Embed an image in the menu screen. This image will show up to
the left of the menu buttons.
[-a <Audio file>]
Audio file to play while the menu is active. Supports mp3, ogg,
or wav formats at this point.
[-mp2] Use mp2 audio by default (requires ffmpeg with ac3 encoding).
The default audio format is now AC3 instead of mpeg2 sinceI have
found that many DVD players do not play the audio when it is in
mp2 format, so this may be a better, more compatible option for
most people.
[-p] Use PAL output video format instead of NTSC.
[-c] Use continuous <post> commands within dvdauthor. This will make
each video play one after another without going back up to the
main menu until the last video is finished. If this option is
not used, the dvd will return to the top menu after playing each
track.
[-D] Do not call dvdauthor. This will tell dvd-menu to create the
menu and output xml files to pass to dvdauthor, but will not
actually run dvdauthor. Useful for people who want to modify
their xml file before running dvdauthor.
[-W] Do not generate 50% transparent white background overlays under
the title and menu buttons.
[-iso] Create iso image with mkisofs when finished.
[-nomenu]
Do not create a menu. Useful for just finishing the dvdauthor
xml file from one video that you want to just start playing when
the user puts it into a dvd player.
[-L] Create a low quality, half-slize menu. This works with
dvd-slideshow so you can render your whole project in
low-quality mode and still test everything quickly.
[-theme <themefile>]
Use the given theme when setting variables/colors/etc. Themes
are installed in /opt/dvd-slideshow/themes or in a local
directory ~/.dvd-slideshow/themes
[-fadein]
Fade in from background before menu
[-fadeout]
Fade to background after menu buttons are pressed.
[-vcd] (alpha) Create vcd .cue and .bin files (requires vcdimager)
[-svcd]
(alpha) Create svcd .cue and .bin files (requires vcdimager)
-h Prints help file (basically this manpage).
CONFIGURATION
Settings can be passed on the command line, in a default
~/.dvd-slideshow/dvd-slideshowrc file, or in a theme file. The order
in which the script reads the settings is as follows:
Default script settings --> ~/.dvd-slideshow/dvd-slideshowrc --> theme
--> command line
so each successive setting will over-ride the previous settings if they
are already set.
~/.dvd-slideshow/dvd-slideshowrc:
With the syntax shown below, the following variables can be
specified in the ~/.dvd-slideshow/dvd-slideshowrc file. All
lines are optional, and everything after the # character is not
read.
# general:
menu_continuous_play=0 # set to 1 to play one file after another
without going back up to menu.
menu_fadein=0 # set to 1 to fade in to menu
menu_fadeout=0 # set to 1 to fade out from menu after a button
is pressed.
menu_background=steelblue # or, use hex #RRGGBB
#menu_background="#882211" # use a hex RGB color if you
wish
#menu_background="mybackground.jpg" # specify a real image
if you want
## pick other colors here:
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/color.php
menu_fade_to_image="black" # image to fade to/from
before/after menu
#menu_fade_to_image="#ff3344"
#menu_fade_to_image="myimage.jpg"
#menu_title_font="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n019004l.pfb" #
Helvetical bold URW font
menu_title_font_size=40
menu_title_font_color=black
menu_title_white_height=125
menu_title_location_x=80
menu_title_location_y=50
#menu_title_justify=center
menu_panel_height=28
menu_panel_width=288
menu_panel_location_x=360
menu_panel_location_y=175 # distance of the top of the first
menu item to the top of the screen
#menu_button_font="/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/n019004l.pfb"
# Helvetical bold URW font
menu_button_font_size=21
menu_button_font_color=black
menu_button_hilight_color=red
#menu_audio=myaudio1.mp3
THEMES
A theme is just a file containing a list of configuration variables,
and possibly also background images, fonts, or audio in the same
directory.
Any of the configuration variables can be placed in a dvd-slideshow
theme file to control dvd-menu also.
This will be explained more later...
FILES
dvd-slideshow
dvd-menu
gallery1-to-slideshow
dir2slideshow
jigl2slideshow
EXAMPLES
There are a few heavily-commented examples available in the examples
section of the dvd-slideshow webpage, which you can find at
http://dvd-slideshow.sourceforge.net
AUTHORS
Scott Dylewski <scott at dylewski dot com>
http://dvd-slideshow.sourceforge.net
SEE ALSO
dvd-slideshow(1)