I just installed dvd-slideshow-0.8.4.2 and I can not get it to work. example: dir2slideshow -n 'Complete example' -t 5 slideshow_test/ completes OK but when I run: dvd-slideshow -n 'test complete' -f Complete\ example.txt [dvd-slideshow] dvd-slideshow 0.8.4-1 [dvd-slideshow] Licensed under the GNU GPL [dvd-slideshow] Copyright 2003-2011 by Scott Dylewski [dvd-slideshow] [dvd-slideshow] Output directory not specified. [dvd-slideshow] Using /home/joseph/Documents/albums [dvd-slideshow] Parsing input file Complete example.txt [dvd-slideshow] ########################################################### [dvd-slideshow] Found 20 images. [dvd-slideshow] Found 0 audio files. [dvd-slideshow] Found 3 background slides. [dvd-slideshow] Found 1 title slides. [dvd-slideshow] Found 4 transitions (fadein/fadeout/crossfade/wipe). [dvd-slideshow] Video: NTSC 720x480 29.97fps 4:3 [dvd-slideshow] Audio: AC3 48000 256k [dvd-slideshow] Debug=0 Autocrop=0 Subtitles=dvd Border=0 [dvd-slideshow] Using SMP optimizations for multi-processor machines [dvd-slideshow] Title_font=/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/n019004l.pfb [dvd-slideshow] Subtitle_font=/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/n019004l.pfb [dvd-slideshow] Running initial error check... [dvd-slideshow] ########################################################## [dvd-slideshow] Total audio length = [dvd-slideshow] Total video length = 0:1:50.000 [dvd-slideshow] Temp dir is ...ocuments/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555 [dvd-slideshow] Creating black background [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Creating black background [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] background 0:0:1.000 [dvd-slideshow] Displaying background black [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Applying Fadein to next image 0:0:1.000 [dvd-slideshow]########################################################### du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0026.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0025.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0027.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0030.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow] Title 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow] Title=Complete example du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0028.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Creating black background [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Applying Fadeout from previous image 0:0:1.000 [dvd-slideshow]########################################################### [dvd-slideshow] background 0:0:2.000 du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0029.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow] Displaying background black du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0030.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Applying Fadein to next image 0:0:1.000 [dvd-slideshow]########################################################### du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0026.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow] 1/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0712.JPG 0:0:5.000 du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0028.ppm': No such file or directory du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0029.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0030.ppm': No such file or directory du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0027.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 2/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0713.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 3/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0714.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 4/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0715.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 5/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0716.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 6/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0717.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 7/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0718.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 8/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0719.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 9/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0720.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 10/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0721.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 11/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0724.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 12/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0725.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 13/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0726.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 14/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0727.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 15/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0728.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 16/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0729.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 17/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0730.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 18/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0731.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 19/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0732.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] 20/20 ...ments/albums/slideshow_test/IMG_0733.JPG 0:0:5.000 [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Applying Fadeout from previous image 0:0:1.000 [dvd-slideshow]########################################################### du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0029.ppm': No such file or directory du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0028.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow] background 0:0:2.000 du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0030.ppm': No such file or directory [dvd-slideshow] Displaying background black /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected du: cannot access '/home/joseph/Documents/albums/dvd-slideshow_temp_13555/fade_0026.ppm': No such file or directory /usr/bin/dvd-slideshow: line 964: [: 1036815: unary operator expected [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] waiting for encoder to finish... [dvd-slideshow]##################################### [dvd-slideshow] No audio files passed. Using 0:1:50.000 silence. [dvd-slideshow] Working on track 1 audio file 1 [dvd-slideshow] silence [dvd-slideshow] Creating silence audio file for 0:1:50.000 sox WARN sox: Option `-s' is deprecated, use `-e signed-integer' instead. sox WARN sox: Option `-2' is deprecated, use `-b 16' instead. sox WARN sox: Option `-2' is deprecated, use `-b 16' instead. sox WARN sox: Option `-s' is deprecated, use `-e signed-integer' instead. [dvd-slideshow] This audio plays in slideshow from 0:0:0.000 to 0:1:50.000 [dvd-slideshow] ############### [dvd-slideshow] Creating ac3 audio... [dvd-slideshow] ERROR: no output .mpg file found! [dvd-slideshow] This usually happens when ffmpeg screws up something [dvd-slideshow] or one image is messed up and the resulting video can't be created [dvd-slideshow]############################################################ [dvd-slideshow] Multiplexing audio and video... [dvd-slideshow] ERROR during mplex execution! [dvd-slideshow] see /home/joseph/Documents/albums/test complete.log for details [dvd-slideshow] cleanup...
This is dead since 2011 and, then, I doubt it will be fixed ever. Maybe other alternatives like media-video/photofilmstrip or media-video/imagination will work better
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