dvdwizard1

General processing

-C | --config-file filename

filename of dvdwizard-configuration file [~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf]

-o | --output directory

Path where the final DVD will be stored [BASEDIR/dvd]

-x | --xml filename

Print dvdauthor XML-specs into this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.xml]

-l | --logfile filename

Write Log-Messages to this file [BASEDIR/dvdwizard.log]

-y | --yes

Allow all target directories to be overwritten

-D | --debug

Logging with console debug infos

-h | --help

print this lot out

-v | --version

print version and exit

--restart step

Do not start from beginning but from step. Step may be dvdcpics, mk_vmgm, mk_vtsm, author.

--xmlonly

Do not author final DVD, only create menus and xml and remove temp. DVD structure.

--xmlkeep

Like --xmlonly, but keep temporary DVD structure.

DVD-specific options

-T | --vmgm string

Titlestring for the whole DVD; if not specified no title will be printed on the main 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.

-WS <option>

Widescreen-Option for whole DVD may be nopanscan or noletterbox. Can be overwritten by -ws for a specific titleset.

-P | --palette filename

Name of palette file, needed i.e. for subpictures.

-A | --Audio lang[,lang2,...]

Language for audiotracks [en]. Languages are applied to audiotracks in order they appear in the mpeg stream. Applies to all titlesets on the DVD, can be overwritten by -a for a specific titleset.

-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.

-W | --pause number

Wait a number of seconds as pause at the end of each titleset.

Title-specific options

-t | --vts string

Create a new titleset on the DVD with the subsequent options and mpeg-files. -t must be followed by a filename or a string or the word "auto". "auto" determines title-string from filename of first mpeg-file, if -t is followed by an existing filename, that file is considered to be the first mpeg in this titleset, else the string is used as movie title for this titleset.

-c | --chapters <spec>

Chapter-Specification may be 0|file|timecodes|interval. [300] 0 means no chaptering except for different mpeg-files.

-b | --vtsmbg filename

Filename of background picture for all menus concerning this titleset.

-ar | --aspect <aspectratio>

Aspect-Ratio-Option aspectratio for correcting detected value of video stream. May be 4:3 or 16:9.

-ws <option>

Widescreen-Option may be nopanscan or noletterbox for this titleset.

-a | --audio lang[,lang2,...]

Language for audiotrack of this titleset. [en]

-s | --subpic lang1[,lang2,...]

Pass subpicture information to dvdauthor.This is a string like "en" for english, "de" for german etc. More Languages by Comma Separation, i.e. "-s de,en". Each language may be followed by an optional "+hi" to indicate a subpicture track for hearing impaired, i.e. "-s de,de+hi".

-i | --info filename

Points to a text file containing description and the like for the movie.

-ms | --vtsmsound filename

see -MS, but only applies to this titleset.