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Newer page: version 4 Last edited on Saturday, May 5, 2007 6:02:44 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Saturday, May 5, 2007 12:27:12 pm by LawrenceDoliveiro Revert
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-__ dvdauthor__ is a suite of programs for authoring [DVD-Video|DVDVideo] discs and performing related tasks. 
+[ dvdauthor | http://dvdauthor.sf.net/] is a suite of programs for authoring [DVD-Video|DVDVideo] discs and performing related tasks. 
  
-__spumux __ constructs the ''subpictures'' used for subtitles and menu buttons , and ''multiplexes'' them onto [MPEG]-2 files, according to instructions in an [XML] file. It also inserts information about the colours used in the subpictures, in a form that can be compiled by <tt>dvdauthor</tt> into the appropriate DVD-Video format . 
+* __dvdauthor __ itself takes a bunch of [MPEG] files representing the titles and menus , and puts them together according to the instructions in an [XML] file. 
  
-__dvdauthor__ itself takes a bunch of [MPEG] files representing the titles and menus, and puts them together according to the instructions in an [XML] file.  
+ ''''  
  
-__dvdunauthor__ performs the opposite task to <tt>dvdauthor</tt>: given the files making up a DVD-Video title, it separates out the individual menus and titles into separate MPEG files, and constructs an XML file that <tt>dvdauthor</tt> can use to put them together again. 
+* __dvdunauthor__ performs the opposite task to <tt>dvdauthor</tt>: given the files making up a DVD-Video title, it separates out the individual menus and titles into separate [ MPEG] files, and constructs an [ XML] file that <tt>dvdauthor</tt> can use to put them together again. 
  
-__spuunmux__ similarly performs the opposite task to <tt>spumux</tt>: given an MPEG-2 file containing a subpicture or menu definition, it extracts the subpicture layer into separate [PNG] files, and creates an XML file that <tt>spumux</tt> can use to put them together again.  
+ ''''  
  
-<tt>dvdunauthor</tt> and <tt>spuunmux </tt> are very useful for trying to understand the structure of existing DVD-Video titles . 
+* __spumux__ constructs the ''subpictures'' used for subtitles and menu buttons, and ''multiplexes'' them onto [MPEG]-2 files, according to instructions in an [XML] file. It also inserts information about the colours used in the subpictures, in a form that can be compiled by <tt>dvdauthor </tt> into the appropriate DVD-Video format . 
  
-__qdvdauthor __ is a GUI-based tool to ease the job of DVD authoring. It can generate the XML files and command sequences necessary to drive the various command-line utilities in the <tt>dvdauthor </tt> suite . 
+ ''''  
+  
+* __spuunmux __ performs the opposite task to <tt>spumux</tt>: given an [MPEG]-2 file containing a subpicture or menu definition, it extracts the subpicture layer into separate [PNG] files, and creates an [XML] file that <tt>spumux</tt> can use to put them together again.  
+  
+ ''''  
+  
+ <tt>dvdunauthor </tt> and <tt>spuunmux</tt> are very useful for trying to understand the structure of existing DVD-Video titles . 
  
-<tt>qdvdauthor</tt> and the <tt>dvdauthor</tt> documentation examples make heavy use of the [MJPEG Tools |http://mjpeg .sourceforge .net/] package for generation of MPEG files and the like . However, I'm pretty sure all these operations can be performed just as readily with [FFmpeg ]. 
+['Q' DVD-Author | http://qdvdauthor .sf .net/] is a [GUI]-based tool to ease the job of [DVD] authoring . It can generate the [XML ] files and command sequences necessary to drive the various CommandLine utilities in the <tt>dvdauthor</tt> suite . 
  
-!See Also  
-* [dvdauthor home page |http://dvdauthor .sourceforge.net/] at ~SourceForge .  
-* ['Q' DVD-Author home page|http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ ] at ~SourceForge . 
+<tt>qdvdauthor</tt> and the <tt>dvdauthor</tt> documentation examples make heavy use of the [MJPEG Tools | http://mjpeg .sourceforge.net/] package for generation of [MPEG] files and the like . However, I'm pretty sure all these operations can be performed just as readily with [FFmpeg ].