DVDAuthor Command Line Description

Synopsis

 dvdauthor [ -o output-dir ] -x xml-config-file

 dvdauthor  [  -o output-dir ] [ -j | --jumppad | -g | --allgprm ] [ -T | --toc ] [ menu or title options ]

Command Line Options

 -o output-dir

The destination directory to store the DVD-Video file structure in. This may be overridden by the "dest" attribute of the <dvdauthor> tag if the XML control file is used.

 -j
 --jumppad

Not yet documented. Said to be deprecated. With this enabled, extra PGC commands will be generated to allow jumping/calling to a wider number of destinations. jumppad requires the existance of a menu to operate. If no menu exists, dvdauthor will create a english one as a dummy menu.

 -g
 --allgprm

Enable the use of all 16 general purpose registers. Prohibits the use of jumppad and some complex expressions that require temporary registers.

 -m

Creates a menu.

 -t

Creates a title.

 -v video-opts
 --video=video-opts

A plus (+) separated list of video options. Dvdauthor will try to infer any unspecified options. pal, ntsc, 4:3, 16:9, 720xfull, 720x576, 720x480, 704xfull, 704x576, 704x480, 352xfull, 352x576, 352x480, 352xhalf, 352x288, 352x240, nopan- scan, noletterbox, crop. Default is ntsc, 4:3, 720xfull

 -a audio-opts
 --audio=audio-opts

audio-opts is a comma separated list of audio tracks. Each track description consists of the audio format (ac3, mp2, pcm, dts, surround) and two letter ISO 639 language abbreviation or "nolang". These options are separated by a plus sign ('+'). Further options are bitrate (16bps, 20bps, 24bps) or channels (1ch, 2ch, 3ch, 4ch, 5ch, 6ch, 7ch, 8ch). For example -a ac3+en,mp2+de specifies two audio tracks: the 1st is an English track encoded in AC3, the 2nd is a German track encoded using MPEG-1 layer 2 compression. Default is 1 track, mp2, 20bps, nolang, 2ch. 'ac3' implies drc, 6ch.

 -s subpicture-opts
 --subpictures=subpicture-opts

subpicture-opts is a comma separated list of subtitle tracks. Each is abbreviated by the two letter ISO 639 language code. Like the audio tracks they have to be already multiplexed into the provided mpeg stream files.

 -e entry(s)
 --entry=entry(s)

Not yet documented.

 -p palette-file
 --palette=palette-file

Not yet documented.

 -i commandlist
 --instructions=commandlist

Not yet documented.

 -c chapterpts
 --chapters=chapterpts

chapterpts is a comma separated list of chapter time stamps. An example may be generated from existing DVDs using the following command line:

Literally it is something like 00:00:00.000,00:01:26.240,...

 -f mpeg-file
 --file=mpeg-file

 mpeg-file

Not yet documented.

 -b buttondef
 --button=buttondef

Not yet documented.

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