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  1. Ok, so I'm acctualy gona try this SVCD to DVD tutorial ....
    ...

    Most embarresing, I can't even get ifogen to start working its magic.

    I can't seem to find any installation notes, well there is for linux.
    It said something about draging the ifogen file to local/user/bin ...
    ... wich I don't seem to have.

    So, Galaxy-dude & Co, I kinda need some help here.
    How about it ?
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  2. You can run the application from anywhere by just "cd"ing to the directory and using dot-slash, e.g. "./ifogen"
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  3. Acctualy, I just rebooted and voila ... it worked.

    Hope my mac aint coming down with PC disease.

    Ah well, everything worked out great.
    (even played on my unmodified PS2)

    Now there is only one thing that would make this even better ...
    ... subtitles.

    (anyone knows if this DVD/SVCD disc can be done with AC3/DD5.1 ? )

    PS
    Menues ... how about a menu !?!
    DS
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    Menus are out of the question with this method. About the only thing you can do is add chapters. You will note that each mpeg file is a chapter.

    Thus if you have 5 mpeg files you will have 5 chapter marks. If you want to be able to have chapters within a mpeg file, just split it up into smaller ones then run the process.

    Adding menus is possible (i assume) but you will be doing a lot more than what you are now
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  5. You can actually use dvdauthor, which is similar command-line dvd building program, to add chapters wherever you like or even generate a menu. Although using it to make menus seems quite a task (you have to pass it the x,y values of where you want your buttons etc)...

    It's availible from here and can compile on Mac OS X...
    http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/

    Here's the help which implies you can build menus...

    [Colossus:~] shreddies% dvdauthor
    DVDAuthor, version 0.5.3. Send bugs to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
    syntax: dvdauthor [-o VTSBASE] [options] VOBFILE(s)

    -v VOPTS where VOPTS is 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, nopanscan, noletterbox.
    Default is ntsc, 4:3, 720xfull

    -a AOPTS where AOPTS is a plus (+) separated list of
    options for an audio track, with each track separated by a
    comma (,). For example -a ac3+en,mp2+de specifies two audio
    tracks: the first is an English track encoded in AC3, the second is
    a German track encoded using MPEG-1 layer 2 compression.
    ac3, mp2, pcm, dts, 16bps, 20bps, 24bps, drc, surround, nolang,
    1ch, 2ch, 3ch, 4ch, 5ch, 6ch, 7ch, 8ch, and any two letter
    ISO 639 language abbreviation.
    Default is 1 track, mp2, 20bps, nolang, 2ch.
    'ac3' implies drc, 6ch.

    -s SOPTS where SOPTS is a plus (+) separated list
    of options for a subpicture track, with each track separated by a
    comma (,).
    nolang and any two letter language abbreviation (see -a)
    Default is no subpicture tracks.

    -p FILE or -P where FILE specifies where to get the
    subpicture palette. Settable per title and per menu. If the
    filename ends in .rgb (case insensitive) then it is assumed to be
    RGB, otherwise it is YUV. Entries should be 6 hexadecimal digits.
    FILE defaults to xste-palette.dat

    -f FILE where FILE is either a file, a pipe, or a
    shell command ending in | which supplies an MPEG-2 system stream
    with VOB sectors inserted in the appropriate places
    (using mplex -f 8 to generate)

    -c COPTS or -C where COPTS is a comma (,)
    separated list of chapter markers. Each marker is of the form
    [[h:]mm:]ss[.frac] and is relative to the SCR of the next file
    listed (independent of any timestamp transposing that occurs within
    dvdauthor). The chapter markers ONLY apply to the next file listed.
    COPTS defaults to 0

    -m creates a menu.

    -t creates a title.

    -T creates the table of contents file instead of a titleset.
    If this option is used, it should be listed first, and you may not
    specify any titles.

    -e EOPTS makes the current menu the default for
    certain circumstances. EOPTS is a comma separated list of any of:
    for TOC menus: title
    for VTS menus: root, ptt, audio, subtitle, angle

    -b X1xY1-X2xY2,DEST creates a button of the specified size.
    See -i for a description of DEST.

    -i post=DEST executes the DEST instructions at the
    end of the title. DEST is a plus separated list of the following:
    vtsm[X][.Y] - jump to titleset X, menu Y. Note that currently
    a VMGM can only jump to menu 1, and a VTSM cannot specify
    another titleset.
    vtsX[.Y] - jump to title X, chapter Y. If specified on a
    titleset menu, then the title number refers to a title
    within the currently titleset.
    vmgmX - jump to menu X in the VMGM (table of contents).
    rsm - resume the movie.
    exit - exits the DVD.
    fpc - jump to the first play chain.
    audioX - switch to audio track X.
    subtitleX - switch to subtitle track X.

    -h displays this screen.
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    Well I knew it was possible, but not using the SVCD to DVD method he is using, well at least not with additional steps!

    Isnt it amazing how almost anything is possible on a MAC.

    Now if we could only use the .pdi files!

    /Galactica
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    Are there any AppleScript front ends to DVDAuthor or should I make that my next project?
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