.TH "MK_VMGM" "1" "September 11, 2009" "DVDwizard 0.6" "DVDwizard documentation"
.SH "NAME"
mk_vmgm \(em automated creation of main menu of the DVD (VMGM)
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBmk_vmgm\fR [\fBoptions\fP]
.SH "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.
.PP 
One of these sub\-scripts is \fBmk_vmgm\fR, which create main menu of the DVD (VMGM) for authoring a DVD with dvdauthor.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.SS General processing
.TP 
\fB\-C | \-\-config\-file\fR \fIfilename\fR
filename of dvdwizard\-configuration file [~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf]
.TP 
\fB\-o | \-\-output\fR \fIdirectory\fR
Path where the created menu mpegs will be stored [\fIBASEDIR\fR/vmgm]
.TP 
\fB\-x | \-\-xml\fR \fIfilename\fR
Print dvdauthor XML\-specs into this file [\fIBASEDIR\fR/dvdwizard.xml]
.TP 
\fB\-h | \-\-help\fR
print this lot out

.SS DVD\-specific options
.TP 
\fB\-T  | \-\-vmgm\fR \fIstring\fR
Titlestring for the whole DVD; if not specified no title will be printed on the main (VMGM) menu.
.TP 
\fB\-N  | \-\-tvnorm\fR \fI<norm>\fR
TV\-Norm to use. Norm may be \fIPAL\fR or \fINTSC\fR. [PAL]
.TP 
\fB\-V  | \-\-tvsize\fR \fIWidexHeight\fR
Visible Area on TV\-Screen. [660x530]
.TP 
\fB\-M  | \-\-menu\fR \fIlanguage\fR
Define language to use in menu items [en]. Strings are defined in config file.
.TP 
\fB\-I  | \-\-intro\fR \fIfilename\fR
MPEG\-File to be played when inserting the DVD in the player.
.TP 
\fB\-L  | \-\-loop\fR \fIvalue\fR
Playback mode of the DVD. Possible \fIvalues\fR are:

.RS
.PD 0
.TP 
\fB0\fR
return to vmgm menu after each title,
.TP 
\fB\-1\fR
display vmgm menu before the first and after the last title,
.TP 
\fB\-2\fR
display vmgm menu only before first title and loop all titles endlessly,
.TP 
\fBnum\fR
\fInum\fR is a value between 1 and 9. Suppress vmgm menu and loop all titles endlessly, starting from specified title.
.PD
.RE

.TP 
\fB\-MS | \-\-vmgmsound\fR \fIfilename\fR
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.

.SS Title\-specific options
.TP 
\fB\-t  | \-\-vts\fR \fIstring\fR
Titlestring for this titleset. Will be ignored for single\-titleset. DVDs, if \fB\-T\fR is given.
.TP 
\fB\-b  | \-\-vtsmbg\fR \fIfilename\fR
Filename of background picture for this titleset.
.TP 
\fB\-r | \-\-bgratio\fR \fI<aspectratio>\fR
Define aspect ratio of menu background. Aspectratio may be 4:3 or 16:9. [4:3]
.TP 
\fB\-ms | \-\-vtsmsound\fR  \fIfilename\fR
see \-MS, but only applies to this titleset.
.TP 
\fB\-\-hasaudio\fR
Title has multiple audio tracks. A button to jump to the audio selection menu will be created.
.TP 
\fB\-\-hassubtitle\fR
Title has at least one Subtitle\-Stream which may be activated in a subsequent subtitle\-menu.
.TP 
\fB\-\-hasinfo \fR
Title has EPG information available. A button to jump to the info panel will be created.
.SH "NOTES"
\fIBASEDIR\fR defaults to the current directory if not stated otherwise in the config file (either default ~/.config/dvdwizard/dvdwizard.conf or specified with the \fB\-C\fR option).
.PP 
Every new \fB\-t\fR marks a new titleset on the DVD. Subsequent options \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-ms\fR, \fB\-\-hasaudio\fR, \fB\-\-hassubtitle\fR and \fB\-\-hasinfo\fR apply only to that titleset.
.PP 
For more information, sources and executables of DVDwizard see at the homepage http://sf.net/projects/dvdwizard.
.SH "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>.
.PP 
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.
.PP 
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.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBdvdwizard\fR(1), \fBmk_vtsm\fR(1), \fBdvdwizard.conf\fR(5)