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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)