DVD Slideshow package changelog:

0.7.5

dvd-slideshow

New Features:

***NOTE: The slideshow timings of fades will change with this version!

*Fadein/Fadeout/Crossfade to/from kenburns/scroll effects works now:

( fades happen during movement of effect )Default ffmpeg to no b frames.

*Now using ffmpeg to encode video. Seems over 2x faster than mpeg2enc.

Add title and button information to .xml file automatically for dvd-menu use.

Allow multiple \n in titles (up to 4)

Added variables subtitle_color, subtitle_outline_color, and subtitle_location

Use variable subtitle_type=render to force subtitles to be rendered in frames.

Remove option for srt subtitles since we can force render them now.

Updated audio timing to be more accurate for long slideshows

Added kenburns syntax for crop,kb,crop duration

Kenburns has smooth start and end now.

Add option to sharpen images (-sharpen) with ImageMagicks unsharp mask.

.flv output [alpha] use -flv for now, but his might change

Specify output size other than default with -s 320x240 (alpha)

*Added -border option to add space between image and edge of screen.

*Added "wipe" transition between frames:

wipe:duration:subtitle:[right|left] (soon up|down also)

mp4/aac audio is possible with faad

*Fadein/Fadeout/Crossfade to/from kenburns/scroll effects works now:

( fades happen during movement of effect )

*Adding .avi video inline is possible. See docs. [alpha]

*Initial theme support [beta]

Widescreen (16:9) support using -w [alpha] Not tested yet.

Improved font variables.

kenburns effect is much smoother for slow effects in high-quality mode. (slower)

Added -vcd and -svcd output options [beta] (lightly tested)

Inline audio processed as background job when specifiying -smp

Audio fadein and fadeout times can be specified in decimals like 0.250

Automatically sets smp option if the current kernel has "smp" in the name.

Bug Fixes:

Fixed kenburns coordinates when passing numbered coordinates.

Escape brackets in [:blank:] (thanks Christian Molière)

Fixed mismatch in kenburns coordinates due to non-square pixels. (thanks Tony Sauri)

Manual chapter markers fixed.

Fixed reading of $HOME/.dvd-slideshow/dvd-slideshowrc settings.

Single or double quotes allowed in variable settings.

Got rid of lsof debugging lines. No longer needed.

Fixed bug in seconds2ms that mishandled durations of 0.080 ms (thanks Eric)

Remove wc --chars calls for compatibility with FreeBSD

Remove seq calls for compatibility with FreeBSD

Add FreeBSD font path so fonts are found.

0.7.5

dvd-slideshow

New Features:

Use "\n" to force line breaks up to two lines in title text (not titlebar yet).

Fixed code to rotate images. (not that public yet)

Use image.jpg:duration:subtitle:[effect1:effect1_params:]rotate:angle

Configuration variables will be read in sequence now. So you can configure fontcolors and sizes throughout the input file.

Allow comments in all lines. Everything after <space># will be ignored.

Scroll effect is MUCH smoother for slow scrolls in high-quality mode! (takes 3x longer)

Slideshow name -n is optional now. Defaults to the base name of the input file.

* Changed old "title" keyword to "titlebar:duration:toptitle:bottomtitle"

* Added "title:duration:title_text" function where a single title is rendered in the middle of the screen.

Add check for missing subtitle syntax in crop/scroll/kenburns.

Longer progress bar.

Reads ~/.dvd-slideshowrc in a loop for better debugging and security.

Bug fixes:

Added "+repage" in convert lines after cropping when using internal .mpc image format.

( Fixes Kenburns and crop errors with ImageMagick > 6.2.2 )

Fixed kenburns problems with black backgrounds.

Fixed "geometry does not contain image" problem with kenburns effect.

Works for slide or transition duration > 35 seconds now.

Add quotes around yuv fifo to allow for spaces in output directory.

Fixed "squishing" when fading out or crossfading to a scroll effect.

Fixed problem where audio "fadein" was being rendered as a subtitle.

Traps bad duration=0 for images and effects.

dvd-menu

Allow embedded .png to keep transparency

Fix error message quotes when looking for XML file existing.

dir2slideshow

Allow spaces in filenames

0.7.4

dvd-slideshow

Bug fixes:

Changed mpeg2enc process file descriptor from 55 to 3 for compatibility with bash >= 3.1 (fixes hang at wait for mpeg2enc to finish)

Echos details to logfile about mpeg2enc process for future debugging.

Output directory gets created if it does not exist.

Fixed bug in kenburns positioning with black background.

Better error messages when no oggdec or lame found.

Fixed error where kenburns intermediate files were not being deleted.

gallery1-to-slideshow

Fixed bug where no pictures were found with new version of gallery 1.5

Fixed bug near line 279 with a missing "fi" statement.

0.7.3

dvd-slideshow

New features:

Fixed Kenburns zoom in adjusted to a "constant" velocity!

You can include other .txt files by using a line include:filename.txt in

your input .txt file. Thanks Thomas Weber!

User can manually add chapter markers by using the "chapter" keyword

alone on one line of the input .txt file.

Added variable "mpeg2enc_params" so advanced users can easily change the parameters.

All timing accurate to 0.001 (1 ms) now.

Added -smp option to process faster on high-end machines.

Added -writechaps option to write out chapter markers to <slideshow_name>.chap

Bug fixes:

Fixed bugs causing errors when spaces were in paths.

Fixed bugs in the audio processing: error on last audio file.

Changed mpeg2enc -M 3 (use multiprocessors) to -M 0 because 1.8.0

was crashing on athlon 64 X2 machines.

Added "-compose src-over" option to composite calls for compatibility with Debian Etch.

Fixed bug when passing a single audio file longer than the slideshow.

Removed rpm check for supporting applications.

Checks for crossfade duration = 0 and handles it correctly.

Checks that audio and image files exist while parsing .txt file.

Fixed minor bug where an extra (non-existant) subtitle was rendered.

Fixed bug when fading in to a first slide that is a scroll effect.

Subtitle timing bug fixed!

Small fix in displaying total number of pictures processed

Better logging to logfile.

Fixed ignored line if last line does not contain a line break.

dvd-menu

** Changed output directory option to be the same as dvd-slideshow

Spaces in filenames should work now.

Checks that xml files exist before proceeding.

Added option to pass an embedded image (-e image.jpg). Thanks Marcus Brown

Added "upAction" option for use with dvd-bakery. Thanks Marcus Brown!

Fixed bug in pal mode variable passing. (thanks Marcus Brown)

Changed head 4 to head -n 4

Added variable "mpeg2enc_params" for easier changing of mpeg2enc parameters.

Get rid of rpm checks.

Added low quality mode -L for use with dvd-slideshow.

Added -nocleanup option to save files in temp directory for debugging.

Added "-compose src-over" to all composite lines for compatibility with Debian Etch.

Added -H high-quality option as a placeholder for future use

Added -smp option as a dummy option for compatibility with dvd-slideshow

dir2slideshow

Passing -c 0 does not create crossfades.

Added option -notitle

Added option to specify background color or image -b image.jpg

Fix output of "backgound:0:black" on first line.

It should read "background:0::black"

gallery1-to-slideshow

Changed name from gallery2slideshow to gallery1-to-slideshow to avoid

confusion... it does not work on gallery v.2.x albums!

Add -b background image option

Fix for finding all images in album. Thanks Ivan Espinosa!

Added a few more quotes around variables to help with spaces in filenames.

0.7.2

dvd-slideshow

Faster Kenburns effect rendering when using black background.

Allow multiple sequential audio files in input .txt file.

Changed "head -1" to "head -n 1"

Allow .png and .jpeg extensions.

Allow \n in subtitles to designate end-of line breakpoints

Checks for required program version better now.

Fixed ppmtoy4m compatibility error for compatibility with mjpegtools >= 1.6.3-0.1

Allow "exit" keyword in .txt file (for easier debugging).

Fixed pixel aspect ratio problem. (hopefully)

Add option to render subtitles with spumux and .srt files (beta)

Cleans up old temporary files if they exist.

Better logfile output. Hopefully catches program call errors.

Title2 text and bar locations referenced to bottom of frame for better PAL/NTSC compatibility.

Subtitle stays constant between slides if they both have the same subtitle (thanks Andre Weilert)

All temporary files are created in a temporary directory now.

Fixed bug when fading in to a scroll effect. (remove tab at EOL).

Changed progress display slightly ( counts pictures ).

dvd-menu

Better checking for correct versions of required programs.

Logfile output to dvd-menu.log

Reads default variables from ~/.dvd-slideshowrc

Obeys "autocrop" option

Pixel aspect ratio should be correct now.

gallery2slideshow

Another fix to allow newlines in gallery comments. These should correctly get translated into \n characters.

Strips out <a href=””> and </a> tags also.

0.7.1

dvd-slideshow

Added log file output to dvd-slideshow.log

Updated documentation and examples

Background color can now take a #RRGGBB value

Nicer progress indicator

AC3 audio is now the default. Pass -mp2 to force MP2 audio.

Autocrop works on background images now also.

Added code to check for all temporary fade_xxxx.ppm images before proceeding to encode mpeg video.

Fadein or crossfade to a scroll effect works correctly now.

dvd-menu

Automatically creates output directory if it does not exist.

Added option -nomenu if you do not want to create a menu

dir2slideshow

Now reads the following file extensions in the specified directory:

.jpg .JPG .jpeg .png .PNG

0.7.0

dvd-slideshow

Default variables can be set in a ${HOME}/.dvd-slideshowrc file

Default variables can be set in the input .txt file

Crossfade and fadein to kenburns effect correctly fades to the first frame geometry instead of the whole image.

New keywords for the start and end points in kenburns effect:

topleft/middle/middleright etc. See docs for details.

New keywords for the crop function also.

9999 audio files possible now. Used to be a limit of 9

Fixed bug when fading in to a cropped image.

Removed -R 2 and -c options in mpeg2enc because some people had problems.

Fixed subtitle timing bug, so now the subtitles appear and disappear closer to the correct time.

Changed encoded audio bitrate from 224kb/s to 128kb/s

Works with toolame 0.2m beta and 0.2L now

Got rid of calls to NetPBM functions, so it is no longer required...

Changed "wc -m" call to "wc --chars" for better compatibility.

Fixed syntax so spaces should be allowed in input files now.

Changed "seq 2 1" to "seq 2 -1 1" for better compatibility

Added option to "autocrop" images (-c) that are close to the output aspect ratio, but not quite.

Title syntax changed... (see documentation)

Fadein/crossfade to a title or background slide works now.

Fadein/fadeout/crossfade works when previous/next slide is not actually an image/title/background. The next real slide will be used instead.

Fixed bug in Low quality mode (-L) (extracopies bug)

dvd-menu

Added option -iso option to create the iso image

gallery2slideshow

Fix to not show hidden pictures for gallery v1.4.3-pl1

( thanks Frederic! )

Fixed bug when passing html links in subtitle field

dvd-slideshow supports duration in fractional seconds.

Allow for "." as the album path

0.6.0

dvd-slideshow

Fixed major bug/error when generating long slideshows.

Now all video gets piped in YUV fomat through mpeg2enc

in one single block. (fix by Mike Beller. Thanks!)

Added option to generate AC3 audio files (requires ffmpeg > 0.4.8)

Fixed title slide when using -L (low quality mode)

Allow for slide durations to be specified in hundreths of a second: 5.23

Reports total audio and video lengths at the beginning of the code.

Fixed bug when using subtitles. (no subtitles were generated)

Changed output files to be .vob extension instead of .mpg

Better font searching (thanks Jim Crumley)

Use backslash to escape a colon in subtitles (thanks Jim Crumley)

Allow avi input files. pre-alpha support. (thanks Jim Crumley)

dvd-menu

Added AC3 audio option (requires ffmpeg > 0.4.8).

Mplexed files are now correctly labeled with the .vob extension.

Better font searching (thanks Jim Crumley)

0.5.4

dvd-slideshow

Added option to re-define background image from text file input.

Code cleanup (slightly)

Added support for two audio tracks.

Added audio effects: fadein/fadeout

Default command-line audio fadein/fadeout time is 3 seconds.

dir2slideshow

New! Creates an dvd-slideshow input file from a directory of pictures.

Updated man pages for dir2slideshow, gallery2slideshow, and jigl2slideshow.

0.5.2

dvd-slideshow

Fixed bug in musictitle Title info parsing.

Checks to make sure a slidshow name is passed.

Added low-quality mode (-L) for testing. Speeds things up about 4x.

Reduced verbosity.

Checks for required fonts. Subtitles look much better now.

Word-wraps long subtitle lines into two lines.

dvd-menu

Fixed audio bug when no audio was used. (re-mplex error)

Added -c continuous play option (<post> jumps to next title).

Added -D do not run dvdauthor option.

Added -W do not create a 50% white background under menu text.

dvdauthor xml structure changed slightly

DVD Title (-n) is now optional.

Added man page.

Checks for nice fonts and uses them if available.

Added install.sh script to install man pages along with dvd-slideshow and dvd-menu.

0.5.0

dvd-slideshow

Added KenBurns effect! See docs for usage.

Added scroll effect! See docs for usage.

Added crop effect. See docs for usage.

Audio can be started and stoped for multiple files within the text file. See docs for usage.

Added "musictitle" option for displaying audio info.

You can now comment out lines in the textfile by using the # character.

Also ignores blank lines in textfile.

Fades can now have up to 9999 frames.

Total slides can now be 9999. You guys are crazy.

fixed small bug when no chapters are specified.

Chapter markers are now rounded up to the next full second due to a bug in some versions of dvdauthor.

Only checks for oggdec or lame if you pass an ogg or mp3 file.

Changed syntax of command line input for files and audio.

Passing images on the command line is no longer public. Use the text file in put instead.

Fixed audio problem with some mp3 files getting pops in them.

dvd-menu

Changed name to dvd-menu from dvd-mainmenu

Only requires lame or oggdec if you're passing a mp3 or ogg file.

Fixed some audio bugs (sampling) so it should work better.

Will automatically delete AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS directories in your output directory if they already exist.

gallery2slideshow

Added option (-c duration) to put a crossfade for duration seconds between every picture.

Added default fadeout after title slide.

0.4.8

dvd-slideshow

0.4.8 Changed audio to process raw (headerless) audio files before joining them.

Fixed bug when passing multiple audio files (again).

Fixed audio fadein/fadeout time to 1 second

Fixed bug in audio where it plays to fast when burned on dvd.

Checks to make sure audio files exist before processing.

0.4.6

dvd-slideshow

0.4.6 Fixed bug when passing multiple audio files. (thanks Scott Merrill)

Removed -t option from toolame command for better support for old versions.

dvd-mainmenu

0.4.6 Fixed bug when checking for toolame (thanks Scott Merrill)

Removed -t option from toolame for better compatibility with old versions.

0.4.4

dvd-slideshow

0.4.4 Only writes chapter markers when there is a picture or title

First chapter marker is now fixed at time 0

Max number of chapter markers is now 99 (thanks Jens Gecius)

Fixed bug when checking for toolame (thanks Jens Gecius)

Added "crossfade" option!

Will use mpeg3cat from libmpeg3 to join mpegs if available.

Small fix to allow semicolons in subtitles (thanks Jim Crumley)

Added -s option to mpeg2enc calls for (maybe?) better compatibility.

gallery2slideshow

0.4 Added fadein before first picture and fadeout at the end

jigl2slideshow

0.3 Added default fade in at beginning and out at end

0.4.2

dvd-slideshow

0.4.2 Current working directory will be used if -o not specified.

Allow "background" keyword in text file to insert background.

Make sure all ImageMagick calls have -depth 8 to make ppmtoy4m happy.

No font is specified in ImageMagick calls, so it should use the default.

Changed default menu to a steelblue gradient when no image is passed.

dvd-mainmenu

0.4.2 Changed location of main title slightly lower.

Fixed one hardcoded 720x480 image so PAL option should work better.

Added -depth 8 to ImageMagick calls to fix ppmtoy4m errors.

Upgraded main menu background when no background is passed.

0.4

dvd-slideshow

0.4 Fixed bug when no background specified (again).

Added error checking to make sure image files exist.

Ogg audio format supported (you must have oggdec).

Uses toolame for mp2 audio encoding when available.

Audio timing improved.

Fixed bug when double-quotes were in subtitle.

Added black, fadein, and fadeout options in txtfile!

-p (PAL format option) added. Not tested, but should work.

dvd-mainmenu

0.4 Added support for ogg and wav audio tracks

Fixed bug when no background specified.

-p (PAL format option) added. Not tested, but should work.

White background behind buttons is now 50% transparency so it looks better.

0.3

dvd-slideshow

0.3 Fixed error when no background specified. Now default is black
Added checking for required programs before running.

dvd-mainmenu

0.3 Added section to check for required programs

If no background passed, a black one will be used.

gallery2slideshow

0.3 Added extra file checking before processing for better stability from Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> Thanks!!!

jigl2slideshow

0.2 Fixed minor bug when checking for output directory

0.1 Initial release (contributed by Scott Merrill <skippy at skippy.net> )

0.2

dvd-slideshow

0.2 Initial release

dvd-mainmenu

0.2 Initial release

gallery2slideshow

0.2 Initial release