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Introduction
At the time that Mistelix was considered, there was no simple DVD and slideshows authoring tool for Linux. Traditionally DVD authoring tools have been difficult to install due to complex dependencies and the legal issues to distribute codecs.
Mistelix is built on the following principles:
- It is easy to install and use
- Written in a modern platform (Mono and C#)
- Built on top of GStreamer multimedia framework which allow to extend its capabilities
- It is highly extensible with extensions and themes
The target audience for Mistelix are end-users that require an easy to use tool to author DVD or slideshows for personal use.
Misteix 0.1
Release date: 17th March 2009
- Create slideshows from a set of images
- Include videos in your presentations
- Create new slide transition effects using extensions
- Publish your projects into DVD or Theora videos
- Localizable to any language
- Save and load authoring projects
Mistelix 0.2
Release date: 23rd May 2009
- Better aspect ratio
- Shows default image when no preview available
- Better previews (showing the image as it will be shown)
- Effects
- Select resolution for Theora videos
- Redo project properties in tabs: General, Transitions, DVD, Theora
- Vorbis and MP3 audio support for Theora slideshown authoring
- More clear report of dependencies
- Basic preview of slideshows
- Use alpha when selecting color for texts and buttons backgrounds
Mistelix 0.3
Tentative release date: September 2009
- New welcome screen view
- Recent used files
- More slideshow transitions
- Usability enhancements
- Bug fixes (most delivered tru the 0.2.x series)
- Better integration with GNOME
Features to schedule
- Slide preview support
- Support for audio narrations
- Multiple DVD menu support
- Having a wizard to simplify DVS (slides / videos)
- Subtitle support
- Been able to DVD do chapters
- To replace the listview for a custom widgets that does show images as required
- Export to Moonlight
- Export to Flash (see http://osflash.org/swfmill)
- Blu-ray support
Check also our Ideas for contributing if you are a software developer.