Removed version requirement on mjpegtools.

[videolink.git] / README

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index 5b1c255351ade23bb86266c8141659b57b385cb6..8c840b238673ae146c7d10be64d2b7b1da915f33 100644 (file)
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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ WebDVD depends on the following software:
 - dvdauthor
 - expat 1.x
 - Gtkmm 2.0
 - dvdauthor
 - expat 1.x
 - Gtkmm 2.0

-- mjpegtools 1.6.x (1.8 makes an incompatible change in usage of ppmtoy4m)
+- mjpegtools

 - Mozilla 1.7.x (later versions may work but are untested)
 - netpbm
 - Xvfb (from XFree86 or X.org)
 - Mozilla 1.7.x (later versions may work but are untested)
 - netpbm
 - Xvfb (from XFree86 or X.org)


@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ sequence ("title" in DVD terminology) or to add chapter marks to a
 video sequence, create and link to a VOB-list file (explained below)
 whose name ends in ".voblist".
 
 video sequence, create and link to a VOB-list file (explained below)
 whose name ends in ".voblist".
 

-You can link to a title and begin playback at the beginning of a
-specific chapter by adding "#" and then the chapter number to the end
-of the URL.
-

 VOB-lists
 
 A VOB-list file is an XML file with the document element <vob-list>
 VOB-lists
 
 A VOB-list file is an XML file with the document element <vob-list>


@@ -88,6 +84,10 @@ the directory in which to create the filesystem (which should be
 either nonexistent or empty).  WebDVD will automatically follow links
 to the other pages and to the video files.
 
 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.
+

 If this is successful you can then use mkisofs to create a DVD image
 from the output directory.  Alternately you can write this directory
 directly to a writable DVD with growisofs or with mkisofs piped to a
 If this is successful you can then use mkisofs to create a DVD image
 from the output directory.  Alternately you can write this directory
 directly to a writable DVD with growisofs or with mkisofs piped to a