The AuthorScript Photo Slideshow SDK is for application developers or device makers looking to add a photo slideshow creation module to their application or device that is capable of being played back on a standard DVD player. This SDK offers the DVD player compatibility that Sonic is famous for, along with advanced photo slideshow features such as motion menus, automatic playback, audio enabled slideshows, manual or automatic slide advancement, video-based transition between slides, and much more.
MEDIA
DVD-R/+R/+RW/-RW/RAM and CD-R/RW
FORMAT SUPPORT
DVD-V-VR; +VR; Video CD (VCD); Super Video CD (SVCD)
VIDEO/AUDIO/GRAPHICS FILE SUPPORT
Video:
- TV formats supported: NTSC & PAL
- Video aspect ratio supported: 4:3 & 16:9
- MPEG decoding support (optional) 17
Audio:
- WAV (PCM) sample-rate conversion to 48kHz for DVD, 44.1kHz for VCD/SVCD 1
- WAV (PCM), MPEG-1 Layer 2, WMV, MP3 Audio Import
- Dolby Digital Audio import 10
- Dolby Digital Encoding support (optional) 4
Stills:
- BMP, TIF, TGA, PNG, PICT, JPG import for menus and slideshows 5
- Resize still images if necessary
AUTHORING FEATURES
Basic Features:
- Menus supported (number of menus) = 99
- Number of buttons (play items) per menu = 32
- Load style-based templates 12
- Add button Drop Shadow
- Specify still image file for menus
- Bit Budget™ reporting
SlideShow:
- Specify number of pictures
- Set display interval
- Simple slide show (Auto Play, No Navigation)
- Audio under slide show
- Still show (navigation without audio)
- Manual advance using chapter points
- MPEG2 Transitions between slides
Navigation:
- Assign first play
- End play options (play all, return to menu)
OUTPUT FEATURES
Basic Features:
- WriteDirect for direct formatting to DVD/CD recorders 6
- Build Volume to Hard disk
- Specify device
- Check media capacity before burning to disc
- OpenDVD Writing 9
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Operating System: Windows 98 SE, Millennium Edition, 2000 or XP Linux Red Hat 7.2, 7.3 8.0, 9.0; Monta Vista Hard Hat Linux 2.0, 2.1
Processor: Pentium II 400 MHz or higher
RAM: 128MB Minimum (256MB Recommended)
AuthorScript Disk Space: ~30MB disk space for the SDK libraries
AVAILABLE PLATFORMS
Windows; Linux
OPTIONS
Encoders, Transcoding
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