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NAME

dvd-slideshow - Creates a mpeg slideshow movie from a list of pictures and effects.

SYNOPSIS

dvd-slideshow -o <output directory> [-b <background jpeg>] [-n <slideshow name>] [-a <audiofile1> -a <audiofile2> -a <audiofileN>] -f <input text file> [-p] [-L]

DESCRIPTION

Creates a dvd-compatible mpeg2 file from a bunch of jpegs. You can add music on the command line or in the text input file. Supports several effects like fadein/fadeout/crossfade/crop/kenburns. dvd-slideshow is designed to work with dvd-menu to create a dvd navigation menu that you can then burn onto a dvd. There are also some helper scripts to convert a directory of pictures or your favorite online photo album to a dvd.

OPTIONS

-o <Output directory>

Directory where the final mpeg and dvdauthor files will be written.

[-b <Background jpeg>]

Image to use for the background of the slideshow. All of the pictures will be overlaid on top of this background image. If no file is specified, black will be used for the slideshow and a blue gradient for the title slide.

[-n <Slideshow name>]

This will be printed at the top of the slideshow title slide, if it exists. The program also uses this string as the filename base for the output files so you can distinguish it from other slideshows that you can send to the same output directory.

[-a <Audio file>]

Audio file to play in background during the slideshow. It will be faded out at the end. Supports mp3, ogg, or wav formats at this point. Multiple files will be joined. See also the more flexible text file input method. To pass multiple files, use the -a switch again.

[-p]

Use PAL output video format instead of NTSC.

[-L]

Render a low-quality video suitable for debugging. This sets the resolution to 1/2 of full resolution and decreases the quality of fades/transitions. It should speed up the encoding process by about 4. Because this copies some frames, the audio and/or chapter markers may be off a little.

-f <Input text file>

See the INPUT FILE section.

-h

Prints help file (basically this manpage).

INPUT FILE

The input file is a text file that acts like a timeline or storyboard for your slideshow. In the most simple form, it is just a list of images. See EXAMPLES for some simple examples of these text files. The input file also allows for many more special effects that are not available on the command line. Each line contains one image or effect. It uses the : character as a separator for the fields. Here is the syntax:

[image.jpg|keyword]:duration:subtitle:effect:effect_params

NOTE: the effect parameters are separated by a semicolon ; instead of a colon :. File options will override the ones passed on the command line.

The subtitle field is optional, but if you are passing effects after the subtitle field, be sure to include all the colons :: in order for the parser to get the correct info.

When passing a picture, you can optionally use the keyword "audio" instead of the integer duration in seconds. What this does is force the duration of that image to be the length of the previous audio track. This is useful for making a music video dvd.

KEYWORDS:

title:duration:The title text
Makes a title slide using <Slideshow name> as the title and <The title text> as a sub-title.

musictitle:duration:subtitle:Title:Artist;Album
Makes a black frame with the song info printed in the bottom left corner. Yes, that is a semicolon between Artist and Album.

black:duration:subtitle
DEPRECIATED: Use background:duration::black instead.
Makes a blank black slide.

background:duration:subtitle:image.jpg
Makes a slide with the current background image (or black if no image is passed). If a new image name is passed, the background will be reset to that picture. Examples:
"background:2" will display the current background for 2 seconds.
"background:2::image.jpg" will set the background to image.jpg and also display it for 2 seconds.
"background:0::image.jpg" will set the background image to image.jpg, but will not use it until the next picture.
"black" cna be used instead of an image name to display a black background.

fadein:duration:subtitle
Fades in to the next slide

fadeout:duration:subtitle
Fades out to the background

crossfade:duration:subtitle
Fades from one picture to the next.

EFFECTS:

Effects are only used with images, not keywords. In the following effects, x0,y0 represents the top left corner of a defined box, and x1,y1 is the bottom right corner.
NOTE: the effect parameters are separated by a semicolon ; instead of a colon :

crop
image.jpg:duration:subtitle:crop:x0,y0;x1,y1
Crops the image about the coordinates specified.

kenburns
image.jpg:duration:subtitle:kenburns:xs0,ys0;xs1,ys1;xe0,ye0;xe1,ye1
Where now we have starting (s) and ending (e) boxes. The kenburns effect will crop/zoom from the start to the end point.

scroll
image.jpg:duration:subtitle:scroll:left
image.jpg:duration:subtitle:scroll:right
This is most useful for displaying panorama-style pictures that are much wider than they are tall. This will automatically resize the picture so that the image height is equal to the video display height (480) before scrolling.

AUDIO:

Audio tracks can be inter-mixed with the video. If an audio track is placed between two different images/effects, that audio track will begin playing at the start of the second image/effect. When placing audio, use the syntax:

audiofile:track:effect1:effect1_params:effect2:effect2_params

The audiofile can be a .ogg, .mp3, or .wav file.
Track is the resulting dvd audio track.

Audio Effects are audio effects where you can specify things like fadein and fadeout for the audio. Example:

audiofile:1:fadein:3:fadeout:2

FILES

dvd-slideshow
dvd-menu
dvd-iso
dir2slideshow
gallery2slideshow
jigl2slideshow
man/dvd-slideshow.1
man/dvd-menu.1
man/dir2slideshow.1
doc/dvd-slideshow.html
doc/dvd-menu.html
doc/changelog.html
doc/dvd-encode.html
doc/gallery2slideshow.html
doc/jigl2slideshow.html
doc/README.html

EXAMPLES

There are a few heavily-commented examples available in the examples section of the dvd-slideshow webpage, which you can find at http://dvd-slideshow.sourceforge.net

AUTHORS

Scott Dylewski <scott at dylewski dot com>
http://dvd-slideshow.sourceforge.net/

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Time: 06:32:03 GMT, March 01, 2004