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DVDA-AUTHOR

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Updated: 09.03
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NAME

dvda-author  

SYNOPSIS

dvda-author [OPTIONS]...  

DESCRIPTION

dvda-author creates high-resolution DVD-Audio discs and DVD-AUDIO/VIDEO (hybrid) discs from .wav, .flac, .oga and SoX-supported audio formats.  

OPTIONS

GENERAL OPTIONS
--help    , -h  Diplay this help.
  
--version , -v  Diplay version.
  
--quiet   , -q  Quiet mode.
  
--debug   , -d  Verbose mode (debugging level).
  
--pause   , -P  Insert a final pause before exiting.
  
--pause0  , -P0 Suppresses any final pause before exiting. 
--log     , -l  Ouput a log to filepath.
  
--startsector NNN, -p  Sets startsector=NNN. If NNN=0, startsector takes default value 281. By default, startsector is automatically computed. 

AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT OPTIONS

--extract , -x disc[list]

Extract all the DVD-Audio disc in argument. Combined with -o dir or --output dir, extract to dir/g1, dir/g2, etc., with gN containing tracks for titleset number N. An optional comma-separated list may be appended to disc path to restrict extraction to titlesets enumerated in the list.

-g

 You may specify up to 9 groups of tracks. Minimum: one group.
 Enter full path to files if input directory is not set by [-i].
 -g and -i can be combined.

--input , -i

 Input directory with audio files. 
 Each subdirectory is a group.

--output , -o

 Output directory.
 Paths can be separated by either \ or /

--sox , -S

Convert audio files with SoX.

--fixwav , -F

 Use .wav file repair utility. 

 Sub-options for fixwav are:

 simple-mode  
   Deactivate default automatic mode and advanced options. 
   User will be asked for more information.

 prepend      
   Prepend header to raw file

 in-place   
   Correct header in the original file (not advised)

 interactive
   Request information from user.

 padding
   Pad files according to WAV standard (advised if prune is not used)
padding and prune are incompatible options.

 prune        
   Cut off silence at end of files

 output=sf
   Copy corrected file  to new filepath with string suffix sf

Sub-options should be separated by commas and appended to -f/-F or --fixwav(-virtual)
without any whitespace in between them.
Example: --fixwavsimple-mode,prepend,interactive,output=new

--fixwav-virtual , -f

 Use .wav header repair utility without any write operation.
 Among the above sub-options, only `interactive` and `simple-mode` can be used.

--no-padding , -0

 Block padding of audio files by dvda-author. 
 This option is complementary to fixwav sub-option padding.

LINKING OPTIONS

--videodir , -V

 Path to VIDEO_TS directory

--videolink , -T

 Rank of video titleset linked to in video zone (XX in VTS_XX_0.I FO)
 In this case the path to the VIDEO_TS linked to must be indicated.

--no-videozone , -n

 Do not generate an empty VIDEO_TS directory.

--rights , -w

 Access rights (octal)

--PTS-factor , -U (-)x

 Add x 10E-2 seconds to PTS ticks (-x to substract).

 Supported audio types: .wav, .flac, .oga (Ogg FLAC, if built with Ogg FLAC support) and SoX-supported formats (if built with SoX support).

 There must be a maximum of 9 audio groups.

 Each subdirectory of an audio input directory will contain titles for a separate audio group.
 A number between 1 and 9 must be included as the second character of the subdirectory's relative name.

 Full Input/Output paths must be specified.  

EXAMPLES

-creates a 3-group DVD-Audio disc (legacy syntax):
 dvda-author -g file1.wav file2.flac -g file3.flac -g file4.wav

-creates a hybrid DVD disc with both AUDIO_TS mirroring audio_input_directory and VIDEO_TS imported from directory VID, outputs disc structure to directory DVD_HYBRID and links video titleset #2 of VIDEO_TS to AUDIO_TS:

dvda-author -i ~/audio/audio_input_directory -o DVD_HYBRID -V ~/Video/VID -T 2

 Both types of constructions can be combined.

-creates an audio folder from an existing DVD-Audio disc:

dvda-author --extract /media/cdrom0,1,3,5,6,7 -o dir

will extract titlesets 1,3,5,6,7 of the disc to dir/g1, dir/g3, dir/g5, dir/g6, dir/g7 respectively.
 

AUTHOR

 Written by Dave Chapman and Fabrice Nicol.  

REPORTING BUGS


 Report bugs to fabnicol@users.sourceforge.net


 Copyright  2005 Dave Chapman; 2007, 2008 Fabrice Nicol; 2008 Lee and Tim Feldkamp.

 Latest version available from http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/

 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  

SEE ALSO

flac(1)  

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
SEE ALSO