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), mk_vtsm(1), dvdwizard.conf(5)