- dvdauthor
- expat 1.x
- Gtkmm 2.0
-- mjpegtools
+- ffmpeg or mjpegtools
- Mozilla 1.7.x (later versions may work but are untested)
- netpbm
- Xvfb (from XFree86 or X.org)
- mkisofs
-You will also need a program such as ffmpeg or mencoder for producing
-DVD-suitable MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video files.
+You will also need a program for producing DVD-suitable MPEG-1 or
+MPEG-2 video files.
Usage
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either nonexistent or empty). WebDVD will automatically follow links
to the other pages and to the video files.
-If you use mjpegtools 1.6.2 or earlier you must add the option
-"--encoder mjpegtools-old". This is due to an incompatible change in
-the syntax of the ppmtoy4m command between versions 1.6.2 and 1.8.
+By default, WebDVD now calls ffmpeg to generate MPEG-2 streams for
+menus. If you want it to use mjpegtools as it previously did, you
+must add the option "--encoder mjpegtools". If you use mjpegtools
+1.6.2 or earlier you must instead use "--encoder mjpegtools-old".
+This is due to an incompatible change in the syntax of the ppmtoy4m
+command between versions 1.6.2 and 1.8.
If this is successful you can then use mkisofs to create a DVD image
from the output directory. Alternately you can write this directory
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A live example set of menus can currently be found at
-<http://womble.decadentplace.org.uk/software/debconf5-dvd/menus/main.html>.
+<http://womble.decadent.org.uk/software/debconf5-dvd/menus/main.html>.
Note that this has large background images that will take some time to
load.
Author and copyright
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-WebDVD was written by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadentplace.org.uk>.
+WebDVD was written by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>.
Copyright 2005-2006 Ben Hutchings.
This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.