Free DVD authoring tool DVDStyler 2.9.4 has been released a few days ago with some new features and fixes. Here’s how to install or upgrade it via PPA in Ubuntu 15.10, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and their derivatives.
DVDStyler 2.9.4 brings “turn off computer” option when burning is finish, adds support of SMPTE time codes in chapter dialog, and now displays the chapter end time if auto is selected.
Also some fixes and other improvements available in this release:
- fixed option “remember last button”
- fixed audio time offset (enabled only for separate streams)
- fixed some slideshow transitions
- changed default frame count for still NTSC menu to 15 (=GOP size)
- forcing key frames at chapter marks if video is reencoded
- fixed option “remember last button”
- fixed playing the NTSC video inside the frame
Install / Upgrade DVDStyler in Ubuntu:
1. Add PPA
Open terminal from the Dash, app launcher, or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/dvdstyler
2. update package cache and install/upgrade the software.
If you have a previous release installed, just launch Software Updater. After checking for updates, the software should be available for update in the list.
Or run below commands one by one in terminal to refresh system package cache and install DVDStyler:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dvdstyler
For those who don’t want to add PPA, grab the .deb installers from THIS PAGE. (Typo: “dvdstyler-2.9.4-1~15.04” should be “dvdstyler-2.9.4-1~15.10”)
