X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=a3147baf0b4c027f3da04ac22036b498417bab14;hb=74dbe6d5a31bbffaceb99c5a28c482a898ba1e37;hp=e51a3e6c240ce2ccd36ecc2e8f12f289042fb9ba;hpb=f5d9069647f70b7aab8e656f59cf42176c419461;p=videolink.git diff --git a/README b/README index e51a3e6..a3147ba 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ VideoLink depends on the following software: - dvdauthor - expat 1.x -- Gtkmm 2.0 +- Gtkmm 2.4 or later - ffmpeg or mjpegtools -- Mozilla 1.7.8 or later, or XULRunner +- Mozilla 1.8 or later, or XULRunner - netpbm - Xvfb (from XFree86 or X.org) @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ To get a rough preview of the menus, run "videolink --preview menu-url" where menu-url is the URL or filename of the first page to show. Currently videos cannot be displayed in this preview mode. +Press T to go to the "top" (main) menu or Q to quit. + Processing To create a DVD filesystem, run "videolink menu-url output-dir" where @@ -176,39 +178,25 @@ aspect ratio and sample rate. However, each chapter will run into the next. If this is a real problem, let me know, and I may be able to provide a better solution in a later version of VideoLink. -There is a limit of 128 menus in each "domain" of a DVD, which is -further reduced by dvdauthor to a practical limit of 119 menus. -Currently VideoLink generates all menus in a single domain (the VMGM -domain). Later versions of VideoLink should support larger numbers of -menus by using multiple domains. +Currently VideoLink code can generate up to 999 menus but it may be +possible for me to raise this internal limit if you want more. There +appears to be an absolute limit of 12800 menus on a DVD. Bugs ---- -Under Mozilla 1.7, VideoLink sets the assumed screen resolution to -40 dpi, which I reckon to be the average resolution of a standard -definition TV display. This should mean that text with a font size -expressed in millimetres or points will appear around the specified -size. Unfortunately this setting has a different effect under -Mozilla/XULRunner 1.8: - -Mozilla Assumed Requested Actual size -version resolution size (pixels) (inches) - (dpi) - - 1.7 default:96 20 px 20 0.5 - 1.7 default:96 36 pt 48 1.2 - 1.7 40 20 px 20 0.5 - 1.7 40 36 pt 20 0.5 - 1.8 default:96 20 px 20 0.5 - 1.8 default:96 36 pt 48 1.2 - 1.8 40 20 px 48 1.2 - 1.8 40 36 pt 48 1.2 - -From version 0.10, until I have a proper solution, VideoLink will not -set the assumed screen resolution under Mozilla 1.8. I must advise -against using font sizes in millimetres or points since they will vary -between browser versions. +VideoLink should set the assumed screen resolution to 40 dpi, which I +reckon to be the average resolution of a standard definition TV +display. This would mean that text with a font size expressed in +millimetres or points will appear around the specified size. +Earlier versions of VideoLink did this when built to use Mozilla 1.7. +Unfortunately the resolution setting in Mozilla 1.8 actually affects +measurements in pixels and not measurements in millimetres or points! +The assumed screen resolution is always 96 dpi. + +Please specify measurements such as font sizes in pixels because +measurements in millimetres or points are liable to change if and when +I can override the assumed screen resolution again. Author and copyright --------------------