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satanskin
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 Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: all in one DVD suite |
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| Can anyone recommend a program (preferrably an all-in-one suite and preferrably GUI) for converting and burning movie files of any format/codec such as .avi, .mpg, .mp4, divx, xvid, etc. to DVD? I have tried a few before, but none of them worked. Yes I have already searched the forums, no it didn't help, and please only helpful responses (i.e. no responses such as 'google it' or 'search the forums first!' etc please). Thanks. |
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mahdi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:59 am Post subject: |
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Well it is all over the forums...
First off you'll need to encode the video to an mpeg stream for making a DVD
| Code: | transcode -i "$FILE" -y ffmpeg --export_prof dvd-ntsc --export_asr 2 -Z 352,fast
-o "$MOVIE" -D0 -s2 -m "$MOVIE.ac3" -J modfps=clonetype=3 --export_fps 29.97 |
of course that;s if you are going to NTSC format, for PAL change --export_asr 2 to 3 (and figure out that the $ things are variables :p)
If you want 5.1 audio and the file has it run this to extract it | Code: | | tcextract -d2 -i movie.avi -a0 -x ac3 | tcextract -d2 -x ac3 -t raw > movie.ac3 |
Then combine the files into a DVD formatted video file | Code: | | mplex -f 8 -o "$MOVIE.mpg" "$MOVIE.m2v" "$MOVIE.ac3" |
At this point I usually uses qdvdauthor or dvdstyler to build the menues and generate the DVD
I use Xine before buring to make sure it's all aligned and chapters are where I want them | Code: | | xine dvd:/path/to/dvd/ |
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satanskin
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Well like i said, everything i found so far on the forum either didn't work right or wasn't what i was looking for. And same with what you posted. I was mainly looking for a gui program that i could use to do it all, the encoding and everything.
I tried qdvdauthor before but it didn't work. Does it convert the video files and set it up for you? Or do you have to convert the video before hand? and to just .mpg? |
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guduri
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satanskin
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| yeah. i tried those. they keep failing with errors. qdvdauthor gives me some error about convert not being implemented yet and i'll paste the error from the AVItoVOB in a bit. |
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mahdi
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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As qdvdauthor says, video conversion is not implemented yet which I why we have posted some simple things to help convert the video. Once that's done qdvdauthor can handle everything else
I've found a any2vob script that will convert any video file into a VOB format file, but I've found the transcode/mplex combo to be quicker and has a better final result. |
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TerranAce007
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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I had good luck with DVDRip. I was able to encode DVDs into SVCD format, however I mostly just compressed them into a ~600mb avi file then put about 6 movies on a DVD-R for backup purposes.
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satanskin
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| Terrance, I'm trying to go the other way though. Take .avi files and burn them to DVD for watching on the big screen TV. |
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DooBeDooBeDo
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| Try using avidemux to convert the avi files to DVD mpegs. Then use the authoring tool of your choice... |
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TerranAce007
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Well, I don't know how much picture quality you will have if you decompress the .avi onto a DVD, but since you already have the .avi file, you can just burn it to a cd. Thats what a video CD is, and it should play in your DVD player.
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DooBeDooBeDo
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| TerranAce007 wrote: | | Well, I don't know how much picture quality you will have if you decompress the .avi onto a DVD, but since you already have the .avi file, you can just burn it to a cd. Thats what a video CD is, and it should play in your DVD player. |
No.
A Video CD (VCD) is a specially formatted (like a DVD) CD containing mpeg1 video.
Some DVD players have limited mpeg4 (avi/DivX/XviD) support - I have one - sounds like you do too. |
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Headrush
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: all in one DVD suite |
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| satanskin wrote: | | Can anyone recommend a program (preferrably an all-in-one suite and preferrably GUI) for converting and burning movie files of any format/codec such as .avi, .mpg, .mp4, divx, xvid, etc. to DVD? I have tried a few before, but none of them worked. Yes I have already searched the forums, no it didn't help, and please only helpful responses (i.e. no responses such as 'google it' or 'search the forums first!' etc please). Thanks. |
There is no all in one solution for everything, even on Windows.
Unfortunately with so many different formats, and variants of them, no one program seems perfect.
I use ffmpeg when possible to get files to mpeg2 DVD standard and then you can use the frontend of your choice.
There are a couple at www.kde-apps.org that aren't in portage yet, that look really good and easy for end users, including menus and animated button creation. |
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Amon_Re
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: all in one DVD suite |
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| satanskin wrote: | | Can anyone recommend a program (preferrably an all-in-one suite and preferrably GUI) for converting and burning movie files of any format/codec such as .avi, .mpg, .mp4, divx, xvid, etc. to DVD? I have tried a few before, but none of them worked. Yes I have already searched the forums, no it didn't help, and please only helpful responses (i.e. no responses such as 'google it' or 'search the forums first!' etc please). Thanks. |
The way i do it is i load the avi into avidemux2, save the avi in seperate m2v & ac3 streams with the proper resolution, load these back into avidemux to make a DVD program stream.
I then apply needed subs to the file with spumux, and create the menu mpeg and use dvdauthor to create the dvd, wich i then burn with k3b.
It takes some fiddling to get it to work. but it does work, and alot more powerfull then the average comsumer software you find on any platform.
Basicly, you can make extremely slick dvd's this way, but yes. you'll be using the command line alot.
Once i figure it all out with all bells & whisles i might write a guide on how to do it. |
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dee2
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Hi,
I just got to this thread from a search on qdvdauthor, and this caught my eye
| mahdi wrote: | Well it is all over the forums...
First off you'll need to encode the video to an mpeg stream for making a DVD
| Code: | transcode -i "$FILE" -y ffmpeg --export_prof dvd-ntsc --export_asr 2 -Z 352,fast
-o "$MOVIE" -D0 -s2 -m "$MOVIE.ac3" -J modfps=clonetype=3 --export_fps 29.97 |
of course that;s if you are going to NTSC format, for PAL change --export_asr 2 to 3 (and figure out that the $ things are variables :p)
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No the --export_asr 2 to 3 option has to do with 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio, not NTSC/PAL.
Just thought I'd clear that up for the next reader  |
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