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NAME

       movie-make-title-simple  -  Creates  a  simple title sequence that can be used to create a
       menu with movie-title

SYNOPSIS

       movie-make-title-simple  -o output  -m mode  [-i image [-s]]  [-b background]   [-a audio]
              [-n animation]

DESCRIPTION

       This  program  allows  you to create a simple menu background for use with the movie-title
       program, which can then be used to create menus for DVDs with more than one menu on them.

       You have the option of telling the program to use an empty background of a specific  color
       (black  being  the  default  color)  or  to  use  an  image  that you supply to put in the
       background (optionally scaled to fit the screen).

       Further, you have the option of supplying an audio track to be played while  the  menu  is
       being displayed.  If you do not specify an audio track, no audio will be played: this also
       means that the menu is completely static, and animated picture-in-picture versions of  the
       movies  that are displayed in the menu are not possible, only static pictures are possible
       in this case.

       The best way to grasp how the system works is by trying it out for yourself.

OPTIONS

       The following options are available:

       -o output
              Specifies the name of the directory that should  be  created  and  will  contain  a
              number  of  JPEG files and a WAV file for the audio of the title sequence after the
              program is done.  Personally, I usually use  the  name  title  (short  and  to-the-
              point).

       -m mode
              Specify  either  pal  or  ntsc, depending on whether you are creating a PAL or NTSC
              DVD.  NTSC is an American TV standard, PAL is usually  used  in  Europe  and  other
              parts of the world.

       -i image
              If  you  specify this option, you can supply the filename of an image in any format
              that the ImageMagick suite understands, and that image will  be  displayed  in  the
              background  of  your DVD menu.  The image will be displayed in its original format,
              unless you specify the -s option (see below).

              A PAL menu is 720 pixels wide and 576 pixels in height.  An NTSC menu is 720 pixels
              wide  and 480 pixels in height.  The aspect ratio of either is not exactly 4:3, but
              is close enough.

              If your picture is larger than the resolution of the menu itself, it will be scaled
              down  (keeping the aspect ratio intact) to fit on the screen.  If your picture does
              not have the same dimensions as the menu and leaves borders,  the  color  of  those
              borders can de determined using the -b option (see below).

       -s     This option may only be specified if you specify the -i option as well.  Otherwise,
              the program will complain and abort.

              This option, if specified, causes the image that was specified using the -i  option
              to be scaled to the size of the menu itself (making it as large as possible without
              any pixels falling off any edge).  If your picture is not the  same  shape  as  the
              menu  and leaves borders, the color of those borders can de determined using the -b
              option (see below).

       -b background
              Using this option, you can determine the color of the background of the  menu  that
              is  not covered by the optional image that may be supplied using the -i option.  If
              the -i option is  not  used,  this  option  determines  the  color  of  the  entire
              background.

              The  color  must  be in the format rgb, #rgb, rrggbb or #rrggbb.  The latter is the
              same color notation as is used on the web.  Examples are:

              000000    Black
              000088    Dark blue
              0000ff    Bright blue
              008800    Dark green
              00ff00    Bright green
              880000    Dark red
              ff0000    Bright red
              008888    Dark cyan
              00ffff    Bright cyan
              880088    Dark magenta
              ff00ff    Bright magenta
              888800    Brown
              ffff00    Yellow
              888888    Grey
              ffffff    White

              There  are  numerous  color  choosers  out  on   the   web,   one   of   which   is
              http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html.   Using the color chooser, you
              can pick any color you like.

              As you can see from the syntax of the argument, the hash sign (#) is optional.   If
              you  want  to use the hash sign, be sure to place the entire color specification in
              single or doubles quotes, because the hash sign can confuse some shells: they think
              the  hash  sign is the start of a comment, causing the rest of your command line to
              be ignored, causing an error because the -b will not have an argument in this case.

       -a audio
              Using this option, you may supply the filename of an audio file to use in the menu.
              May  be  an  MP3  file,  a  WAV file or anything else that mplayer can play without
              needing extra options.

              If you use audio in the menu, this will open up the possibility of  using  animated
              picture-in-picture  versions  of  the movies in the menu (see the -n option below).
              If you do not supply an audio file, this will  not  be  possible  to  use  animated
              picture-in-picture  versions,  only static images or no previews at all (again, see
              the -n option below).

       -n animation
              Using this option, you can tell the program what kind of menu  you  would  like  to
              create.   The  possible  arguments  are none (which will cause a menu to be created
              that will have no previews of the movies, but  will  only  display  the  background
              color/image,  the  titles  of the movies and the navigation buttons), static (which
              will cause a menu to be created that will display a preview image  of  each  movie,
              but  that  is  not  animated) and animated (which is only possible if you supply an
              audio file using the -a option, see above, and  which  will  cause  a  menu  to  be
              created that will display picture-in-picture animated previews of the movies).

              If  you  don't  specify  this  option,  the  default will be to use animated if you
              supplied an audio track to be used and static if there is no audio.

DIAGNOSTICS

       If this program is called with a incorrect set of parameters, it will print  a  diagnostic
       message telling the user what went wrong.  Also, it will then print its usage information,
       listing all the options and their meanings.

       The program tells you what it is doing while it is running.

EXAMPLE

       The command line that I use most often is:

              movie-make-title-simple -o title -m pal \
                    -i background.jpg -s -a nice_music.mp3

SEE ALSO

       videotrans(1), movie-title(1), movie-make-title(1), movie-to-dvd(1), movie-compare-dvd(1),
       movie-rip-epg.data(1)

AUTHOR

       The  author  is  Sven  Berkvens-Matthijsse  (sven@berkvens.net).   Please send any project
       related e-mail to videotrans@berkvens.net.

BUGS

       None known. Please report any bugs to videotrans@berkvens.net!

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