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XKeyBrew makes use of DVDStyler to build a dvd-menu.
DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application for the creation of professional-looking DVDs.
Dvd-menu is played through the xkey and let you choose and load a desired backup game on tv.
Usage:
- Download and install DVDStyler (required 2.5+)
- Open XKeyBrew and go to the DvdMenu view
- Select a theme
- Select any games that you want to be part of the dvd-menu
- Click on the build icon in the toolbar on the right side of the app
- The build dialog should appears
- Fill in the path to the newly installed DVDStyler application
- Make sure that the path to DVDStyler does not contain any spaces
(ex: "/path with blank/dvdstyler.app" will not work whereas "/path_without_blank/dvdstyler.app" will)
- Make sure that the path to DVDStyler does not contain any spaces
- Check that all the steps in the 'advanced' section are checked
- Click on the 'build' button
- Wait for the process to finish
- Two files should have been created at the root of your games folder
- Files should be: "menu.xsk" and "menu.xso"
- These files represents the dvd-menu, you need to leave them here
- Check the Use a dvd-menu tutorial for use of the dvd-menu
Bonuses:
Install DVDStyler on a ubuntu based system
DVDStyler 2.5.2 (from ppa)
> sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install dvdstyler
Add this a the end of the sources.list file and replace precise with the name of your distro:
## DVDStyler
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dvdstyler-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu precise main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dvdstyler-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu precise main
DVDStyler 2.7.1 (make install)
1) Donwload DVDStyler-2.7.1 and wxsvg-1.2.1 source
2) Compile and install wxsvg
> cd wxsvg-1.2.1
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev
> ./configure && make
> sudo make install
3) Compile and install DVDStyler
> cd DVDStyler-2.7.1
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install flex libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libavfilter-dev libexif-dev libjpeg-dev mjpegtools xmlto
> ./configure && make
> sudo make install
4) Fix some dependencies
> sudo cp /usr/local/lib/libwxsvg.so.1 /usr/lib/
5) Verify
> /usr/local/bin/dvdstyler
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