
	  MoviXMaker-2 0.8.1 <http://sv.gnu.org/projects/movixmaker/>
		  Author: Pascal Giard <evilynux@yahoo.com>
			 Last update on May 14, 2004

  What is it?
  -----------
  MoviXMaker-2 is a utility to create customized eMoviX/MoviX/MoviX ISO files.
  It can be used via the Perl GTK+-2/Gnome2/GladeXML interface or the command
  line.
  
  It includes disk image customization possibilities such as :
   - boot help language, subtitle fontset, boot label selection.
   - you can specify [e]MoviX[] parameters such as :
     movix/mplayer menu language (language), keyboard layout (kb),
     tv region (region), remote control (remote), loop, random,
     shutdown (shut), reboot, eject, dma, extra_mplayer_options and
     unwanted_mplayer_options.
   - inclusion of your media files.
     
  There are more disk image customization possibilities to come.
   
  MoviXMaker-2 is available under the terms of the GPL.

  You can visit [e]MoviX[] website at : http://movix.sf.net


  How is it done?
  ---------------
  The interface was made using Glade-2, the code is written in Perl with the use
  of GTK+-2, Gnome2 and GladeXML librairies. 
  Take a look at the code, it's easier than you may think!


  Documentation
  -------------
  If you installed MoviXMaker-2 you can either :
  - use the man page, run `man movixmaker-2`.
  - use perldoc, run `perldoc $(which movixmaker-2)`.
  - use info, run `info movixmaker-2`.
  - use pod2text, run `pod2text $(which movixmaker-2)`.
  - use the command line help, run `movixmaker-2 --help`.

  From the extracted directory you can either :
  - use the man page, run `man ./movixmaker-2.pl.1`.
  - use perldoc, run `perldoc movixmaker-2.pl`.
  - use pod2text, run `pod2text movixmaker-2.pl`.
  - use the command line help, run `./movixmaker-2.pl --help`.

  
  Requirements
  ------------
  The following and their dependencies :
    perl
    mkisofs
    libconfig-inifiles-perl

  Recommended:
    libgtk2-perl
    libgnome2-perl
    libgtk2-gladexml-perl

  Optionnal dependencies :
    man
    perldoc
    pod2text
    info
    

  Installation
  ------------
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man
  make
  make install # You must be root. If you are not, refer to Usage.


  Configuration
  -------------
  Default settings are stored in 'movixmaker-2.conf', feel free to modify them.
  If you installed movixmaker-2, it is located in /etc/ .


  Usage
  -----
  Those who don't have the permissions to install MoviXMaker-2 can run it from 
  the extracted directory. You need to run `./configure && make` first, followed
  by `./movixmaker-2.pl`. 

  Those who installed MoviXMaker-2 simply run 'movixmaker-2'.

  Note:
  For the moment, you need to copy or link the codecs you want on the *MoviX*
	CD in the *MoviX* "src/mplayer/codecs" directory.

  *** IMPORTANT DVD INFORMATION ***
  Because of the DeCSS legal problems, *MoviX* cannot read encrypted  DVDs 
  unless *you* add *by your own* the libdvdcss.so library to the distro.

  The libdvdcss library makes use of the DeCSS algorithm, that has been
  declared *illegal* in some country (e.g. USA and Germany), so before adding it
  I suggest you to make sure it is ok to use it in your country. 

  Because of the extremely unclear status of the legal matters about DeCSS I 
  can't even provide a link for those who legitimally can make use of it. 
  Nevertheless all you should do is going in your favorite search engine, look 
  for the package named libdvdcss-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm and copy that package in your
  *MoviX* "src/" directory.
  **********************


  Internationalization
  --------------------
  Needs to be done if this little frontend ever becomes popular.


  Debugging
  ---------
  Users' comments are always welcome.


  Acknowledgments
  ---------------
  Thanks to Wolfgang Sourdeau for his huge patience. Of course, thanks to 
  Roberto De Leo for the release of [e]MoviX[] under the terms of the GPL.
