vdr2dvd.pl Revision History
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2002-11-27: Version 0.0.1

- Initial revision in bash

2002-11-28: Version 0.2.0

- Complete rewrite in perl
- Command line options now available
- Writing to DVD can now be turned off with -n
- Test if dvdroot is writeable for the user
- At the moment no check if ARGS are directorys
- updated README
- added GPL in file COPYING

2002-11-29: Version 0.2.2

- Added check if stream is DVD conform if not push through transcode
- Variables named more nice
- Added more tests
- Lowered PVAStrumento loglevel in pvatemplate
- Added necessary copyright information
- updated README

2002-11-29: Version 0.2.3

- transcode runs now afer PVAStrumento if necessary
- added right resolution to transcode parms

2002-11-29: Version 0.2.4 (nonpub)

- script now checks if ARGS are directorys and are holding .vdr files
- mkisofs can now be turned of with -i, this turns of writing too and
  prevents old images from being deleted

2002-12-01: Version 0.3.0

- replaced PVAStrumeto through ds.jar now wine is not necessary anymore you
  now need a java jre ;-) !!You still need a running X-Server even are no
  pop-ups.
- clean up of tempfiles is a littel bit better
- executed external programs only have to be declared if not in path

2002-12-02: Version 0.3.1

- transcode now only creates output with max 5000 kbps, now videos > 90 min
  fit on one DVD. Can be changed through $transcodebitrate
- English translation of README thanks to pos
- transcode now calls direct ifogen and tocgen, so you don't have to 
  change the script makedvd anymore.

2002-12-09: Version 0.3.2

- -c now should work as intended
- added driveropts=burnfree to dvd_opts (please remove if your dvdrecord
  does not support this option)
- updated README-DE

2002-12-25: Version 0.3.3

- driveropts=burnfree now right escaped
- replaced open through sysopen for ALLHANDLE. Now it should work even with 
  versions of perl which don't support largefiles. Thanks to Thomas Bartschies
  for the fix. 
- with -m it now creates chapters instead of titles for different files.
- small fix getting title or chapters in right sequence as given if there are 
  more than 9 parts.
- added -I 3 to transcodeopts for deinterlacing

2003-02-23: Version 0.4.0

- now using dvdauthor 0.4.3. Versions before 0.4.0 won't work.
- ds.ini changed. Audio gaps are now filled with silence, not with the last
  audio frame. Thanks to Wolfgang Fritz
- rightwidth is now initialised for each directory. 
  Thanks to Hans-Guenter Luetke Uphues
- It is now possible to use relative paths to the recordings
- DVD+R(W) now supported. Change $writertype to your needs
- New option -b creates chapters every 15 min
- updated READMEs

2003-03-02: Version 0.5.0

- now using dvdauthor 0.5.0 earlyer Versions won't work.
- if vdr-stream includes ac3-sound it will be used instead of the normal mp2-
  stream. You can disable it by using -a or --noac3
- fewer file operations. cat only used if necessary, replaced with link/rename
  Thanks to Wolfgang Fritz.
- with -d vdr2dvd.pl takes the marks.vdr for chaptermarks. Simply spoken: at
  every point you want to get a new chapter, make a cut-mark with vdr. 
  Also Thanks to Wolfgang Fritz.