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dvd-baker is an application designed to turn your image collection into a DVD.
The dvd-baker package comprises mainly of a bash shell script, and is released under the GNU General Public License
Your image collection can be stored in:
- a directory structure
- a Menalto Gallery G2 web gallery
dvd-baker is written by Marcus Brown and makes extensive use of the most excellent dvd-slideshow by Scott Dylewski, as well as dvdauthor.
Features
- Menu system based on the root and branch albums/folders
- Slideshows made from the images in each leaf album using dvd-slideshow
- An album's highlight is embedded in it's corresponding menu (optional)
- Subtitles for each image (switchable)
- Customisable image durations and transition effects
- Autoplay after menu timeout plays each slideshow sequentially
- Random autoplay (optional) if using dvdauthor >= 0.6.12
- Either NTSC or PAL video formats
- DVD-compliant MPEG movies can be included
- High, medium or low quality modes
- Audio effects and tracks can be added to image(s)
Theory: How dvd-baker works
It's as simple as RECIPE => BAKE => BURN !!!
- 1. Prepare the recipe maker:
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- For Menalto Gallery G2:
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Install the dvd-baker module in your G2 website.
- For a directory-tree structure containing images:
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No preparation is required, just specify the directory name in step 2 and a recipe will be made for you.
- 2. Bake the ingredients:
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- If the default recipe produced by either method in step 1 does not suit your taste, make the recipe first with:
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$ dvd-baker --get source
and edit recipe.txt to your liking.
Running dvd-baker will produce all the slideshows and menus as specified by the recipe, or create it's own recipe if one is not specified. A file called dvdauthor.xml will be produced describing all those menus and slideshows, and how they work together.
- 3. Burn the DVD:
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If you didn't specify the -d option for dvd-baker, then execute:
$ dvdauthor -x dvdauthor.xml
To burn the dvd, use your preferred burning application to create a DVD-Video from the resultant ./DVD directory.
Download
You can download dvd-baker from the dvd-baker repository at Sourceforge.
Donate
- If you like dvd-baker
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please make a donation.
