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)