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== Learn == |
== Learn == |
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| − | Follow our HOWTOs to make our [[Screenshots|screenshots]] your own: |
+ | '''Follow our HOWTOs to make our [[Screenshots|screenshots]] your own:''' |
| + | * [[Making a DVD with text menus]] |
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| + | * [[Making a DVD with thumbnail menus]] |
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| + | * The [[Tovid demo]] explained |
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| + | '''Getting to know the tovid suite:''' |
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| + | * [[Making a basic DVD]] |
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| + | * [[Using the tovid command-line]] |
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| + | * [[Using the tovid GUI]] |
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| + | '''Fundamentals of video:''' |
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| + | * [[Aspect ratio and safe area]] |
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| + | * [[Video disc formats]] |
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| + | * [[Video authoring references]] |
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| + | * [[Capturing a frame from a video]] |
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| + | * [[Extracting audio from a movie]] |
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| + | * [[Video encoding tips]] |
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| + | * Make [[DVD Chapters|DVD chapter menus]] |
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| + | * [[Progressive half-speed]] slow-motion |
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| + | * [[dvsd field order and mplayer|DV field order correction]] |
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== Contributing == |
== Contributing == |
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Revision as of 22:49, 8 July 2007
Main menu from tovid-demo. Other screenshots.
tovid is a collection of video disc authoring tools; it can help you create your own DVDs, VCDs, and SVCDs for playback on your home DVD player. This is the tovid wiki, the official homepage of tovid.
Intro
- See screenshots of what tovid can do
- Run the tovid demo to create a demo DVD
- Read a simple example of how to use tovid
- Peruse some media coverage of tovid
Get tovid
The short version:
- Get the tovid dependencies
- Download tovid-0.35.2.tar.gz
- Install like this:
$ tar -xzf tovid-0.35.2.tar.gz $ cd tovid-0.35.2 $ ./configure $ su -c "make install"
See Installing tovid for longer instructions, and for distribution-specific packages.
Help
Help yourself!
- Be sure to RTFM
- If manpages bore you, try some of the HOWTOs
- Something wrong? Could be one of the known bugs or common tovid problems
- Some bugs can be fixed with official patches
Or, ask someone else for help:
- Visit the tovid forum to get help, report bugs, and discuss ideas
- Chat in the tovid IRC channel '#tovid' on freenode.net
- Join the users mailing list
Learn
Follow our HOWTOs to make our screenshots your own:
Getting to know the tovid suite:
Fundamentals of video:
Other good things to know:
- Capturing a frame from a video
- Extracting audio from a movie
- Video encoding tips
- Make DVD chapter menus
- Progressive half-speed slow-motion
- DV field order correction
Contributing
- Report a bug you've discovered
- Tell us what's wrong with tovid
- Add to the tovid todo list
- Become a contributor
- Edit the wiki