dvdauthor XML Syntax

Overview of the XML syntax, deduced from the elems and attrs structures defined in src/dvdcli.c. Parts in brown are generated by dvdunauthor, but not understood by dvdauthor.

toplevel ::= <dvdauthor [dest=pathname] [jumppad=bool] [allgprm=bool]> [vmgm] [titleset … ] </dvdauthor>

vmgm ::= <vmgm> [fpc] [titlemapping … ] [menus …] </vmgm>

titleset ::= <titleset> [menus …] [titles] </titleset>

fpc ::= <fpc> commands </fpc>

titlemapping ::= <titlemap titleset=“titlesetnr” title=“titlenr”/>

menus ::= <menus [lang=langcode]> pgcgroup </menus>

titles ::= <titles> pgcgroup </titles>

pgcgroup ::= [video] [audio …] [subpicture …] [pgc …]

video ::= <video [format=videoformat] [aspect=aspect] [resolution=resolution] [widescreen=widescreen] [caption=caption] />

audio ::= <audio [format=audioformat] [content=audiocontent] [quant=quant] [dolby=“surround”] [lang=langcode] [channels=“nrchannels”] [samplerate=samplerate] />

pgc_audio ::= <audio [id=“id”] [present=“no”] />

subpicture ::= <subpicture [lang=langcode] [content=subpicturecontent] > [stream … ] </subpicture>

pgc_subpicture ::= <subpicture [id=“id”] [present=“no”]> [stream … ] </subpicture>

stream ::= <stream mode=subpicturemode id=“streamid” />

pgc ::= <pgc [entry=“entrytype [[ ,]entrytype …]”] [palette=pathname [pause=“pause”]> pgccontents </pgc>

pgccontents ::= [pgc_audio … ] [pgc_subpicture … ] [pre] [interleave] [
<buttons start=“chapter” end=“chapter” >button … </buttons> [buttons… ]] [vob … ] [post]

pre ::= <pre> commands </pre>

post ::= <post> commands </post>

interleave ::= <interleave> [with …] </interleave>

with ::= <with file=pathname/>

button ::= <button [name=name] > commands </button>

vob ::= <vob [file=pathname] [chapters=“chapter [[ , ] chapter … ]”] [pause=“pause”]> [cell … ] </vob>

cell ::= <cell [start=“chapter”] [end=“chapter”] [chapter=bool] [program=bool] [pause=“pause”]> commands </cell>

videoformat ::= “ntsc” | “pal”

aspect ::= “4:3” | “16:9”

resolution ::= XxY

widescreen ::= “nopanscan” | “noletterbox” | “crop”

caption ::= “field1” | “field2”

audioformat ::= “mp2” | “ac3” | “dts” | “pcm”

audiocontent ::= “normal” | “impaired” | “comments1” | “comments2”

quant ::= “16bps” | “20bps” | “24bps” | “drc”

samplerate ::= “48khz” | “96khz”

subpicturecontent ::= “normal” | “large” | “children” | “normal_cc” | “large_cc” | “children_cc” | “forced” | “director” | “large_director” | “children_director”

subpicturemode ::= “normal” | “widescreen” | “letterbox” | “panscan”

entrytype ::= title | root | subtitle | audio | angle | ptt | notitle

pause ::= nrseconds | inf

chapter ::= [[ hh : ] mm : ] ss

bool ::= “yes” | “no” | “on” | “off”

commands ::= … sequence of VM instructions …

Also some command constructs generated by dvdunauthor are not understood by dvdauthor: register modifier on assignment.