X-Git-Url: https://git.decadent.org.uk/gitweb/?p=videolink.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=3cd0e120611804bcfa14fab63079a601881ba962;hp=e075060bcad5bc90905fb9d1a82f2826b9d09099;hb=c13714f6498df33e02635421354f5fb88a60eb3d;hpb=d8d5c01a14ab3808a9c823996eb1b72d5c624807 diff --git a/README b/README index e075060..3cd0e12 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Requirements WebDVD depends on the following software: - dvdauthor +- expat 1.x - Gtkmm 2.0 - mjpegtools - Mozilla 1.7.x (later versions may work but are untested) @@ -40,18 +41,20 @@ Linking to video You can link directly to local MPEG video files whose names end in ".vob". If you wish to combine multiple files into a single video sequence ("title" in DVD terminology) or to add chapter marks to a -video sequence, create a text file whose name ends in ".voblist" and -containg elements as described in the dvdauthor manual page, and -link to that. Note that these list files are currently included -directly in the control file that WebDVD passes to dvdauthor, which -means that file names in them will be resolved relative to the current -directory rather than the directory containing the list file. This is -probably a bug. +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 +and containing elements as described in the dvdauthor manual +page. The file names in a VOB-list file are resolved relative to the +directory containing the list file. + Video standards By default, webdvd generates PAL/SECAM video. If you wish to produce