v0.8

• changed the remultiplexing utility to use ffmpeg. This also enables the input video to be converted to an appropriate format if necessary. See file formats for more details.
• changed the batch processor to use Growl notifications to deliver status messages. If Growl is installed, it will display a notification for the start and finish of each DVD being created. If you haven’t got Growl installed, you won’t see any messages.
• major code restructure, which you can’t see, but was definitely necessary!

v0.7

• adds support for NTSC menus (previously they were all forced to be PAL)
• adds ability to load and save DVD definitions (via the file menu)
• adds ability to save default template settings (via the file menu)
• includes simple batch processor for creating multiple DVD images in one go (see Using the batch processor for more details)
• fix for bug which caused wrong fonts to be used in menus

v0.6

• Fixed problem where menus buttons were positioned wrongly when using a 16:9 menu on a DVD player configured 4:3 mode.
• Upgraded to dvdauthor 0.6.12alpha (to enable the button positioning fix

v0.5

• Added simple point-and-click interface for positioning menu buttons. See Using the template editor for more details
• Added default menu background
• Fixed bug which prevented DVD creation working with terminal output for users who didn’t have bash as their primary shell
• Exiting SmallDVD now also exits iMagine Photo
• more documentation, including using the template editor, and converting files from other formats for use in SmallDVD

v0.4

• Added ability to set chapter lengths to the template editor
• Can now remove video files from the list
• DVDs now return to menu after playing each video (might allow this to  configurable in the template in a later version)
• Aspect ratio of preview menu now changes when set in the template editor

v0.3

• Changed the way temporary files are stored to hopefully make it more resilient to unexpected missing folders
• Added ability to change aspect ratio from 16:9 to 4:3 (set in the template)

v0.2

• Fixed a bug that caused the temporary items folder not to be created at startup

v0.1

• initial release

Included in the package

• dvdauthor & spumux (from dvdauthor)
• mpeg2enc, mplex & png2yuv (from mjpegtools)
• mkisofs (from cdrtools)
• bbdmux (from bbMPEG)
• ffmpeg (from v0.8)
• Native Intel and PPC versions of each of these are included (which is why there are different packages for each platform)

Known limitations

• Text only menu buttons
• No chapter menus, no motion menus
• Doesn’t work on MacOSX 10.3 (I’d like to fix this)