[Novalug] Video converter

Varol Okan varokan@MovingSatellites.com
Wed Oct 7 10:08:28 EDT 2009


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You can get rpms from
http://www.getdeb.net/app/QDVDAuthor

However I would recommend to either build it from source or to wait
until next week, as I am about to finalize 2.0

Varol :)
Ps Either way, after the install ( or compile ) use [Tools -> Check
installation]

Richard Ertel wrote:
> it certainly sounds like QDVDAuthor will do what i want. trying it out
> is now on my to-do list. are there packages available (ubuntu) or am i
> gonna have to build this? :)
> 
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 22:01, Varol Okan <varokan@movingsatellites.com> wrote:
>> Here is how QDVDAuthor works:
>> - Start QDVDAuthor
>> - load the videos you want ( or drag them if you like )
>> - add background image ( and audio if you like ) to the DVDMenu
>> - drag the vids onto the DVD menu
>> - Click CreateDVD
>>
>> ( accept default settings or modify commands to suite your needs [ Tip
>> here is where you can choose your quality and [d]efault to using those
>> instead of the pre defined settings] )
>>
>> - Once the DVD structure is create ensure everything works by clicking
>> on [Play]
>> - Use k3b to burn.
>>
>> Note the last two steps are not required but recommended to prevent
>> creation of coasters :)
>>
>> The whole process is even simpler through the FewClickWizard
>>
>> Varol :)
>>
>> Richard Ertel wrote:
>>> here's the details of the all-on-one program that i personally use (
>>> ConvertXtoDVD, in windows xp, price now is $50, i don't think i paid
>>> that much when i bought it and i don't think i'd buy it now for that
>>> much, actually...):
>>>
>>> - open program
>>> - put blank dvd in drive
>>> - drag video files into program window
>>> - change options, like menu item name, for example (optional)
>>> - click "convert"
>>>
>>> wait a while and a dvd pops out. it's VERY easy, assuming that your
>>> needs allow you to have all the options set and saved.
>>>
>>> please don't anyone take this message as an advertisement for the
>>> product, but rather as an example of functionality that i, personally,
>>> think is good and should be blatantly copied to an open source
>>> front-end for multiple open-source applications.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 16:23, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, replace "idiot" with "too silly to the point of a-hole."
>>>> I apologize regardless, I just found this stuff over 5 years ago
>>>> on Freshmeat and have been using what I use since.
>>>>
>>>> I typically have a workflow with a high-quality, "source" video
>>>> which I always encode into the end-desired format -- H.262,
>>>> MPEG-2, DivX, etc... and then I use the appropriate solution
>>>> to package it for the device (iPod, DVD Menu, etc...).  So I
>>>> might end up using a couple different programs, but it is very
>>>> "seemless" because the GUI programs are all working on the
>>>> same tree.
>>>>
>>>> Just like when I do photoediting, I don't edit from JPEG, I edit
>>>> from RAW, and then put to whatever end-format I want (be it
>>>> various JPEG, PDF with other things, etc...  I might use a few
>>>> different programs to do a few things (although see my new,
>>>> recent post on asking what others are using for their workflow).
>>>>
>>>> The problem with many DVD authoring programs is that they
>>>> will not always encode to a quality that viable, and sometimes
>>>> fetches the wrong source file from previous editing.  I had to
>>>> correct some videos done by my family who were wondering
>>>> why the video quality came out so bad -- some product they
>>>> got at Best Buy (cannot remember).
>>>>
>>>> I set them up with Handbrake with a pre-made option sets to
>>>> do the encoding and then they took those resulting files and put
>>>> them to iPod, DVD, all under Windows.  I don't understand the
>>>> number of programs that convert to DivX, then back to MPEG-2
>>>> for DVD, without maintaining the "lossless" source.
>>>>
>>>> I don't see how the all-in-one program is any more seemless here,
>>>> but I'm not familiar with some of the Windows programs that some
>>>> are using.  So my ignorance does apply, and that's part of why
>>>> I apologized.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>>> From: John Franklin <franklin@elfie.org>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Okay, because I'm the idiot here ... let me point out that was 1 search.
>>>>> I was thinking that people could "follow my lead" and do more searches.
>>>>> I was merely pointing to FreshMeat, with an example.
>>>>>
>>>> You're not an idiot.  The problem with your post is that was a bad example of an "add GUI" search.  A lot of us (myself included) have done searches for authoring apps like that and in more places with no good answers.
>>>>
>>>> No, I don't consider a DVD authoring program that can't figure out what kind of video it was handed thus requiring a second application for transcoding to be a good solution.  It's reasonable if I want to hand-optimize the video, but not if I just want a quick DVD for grandma / presentation / whatever.  IMHO, an excellent authoring app would include a transcoder with easy, common options for quick authoring and the ability to hand tweak every encoder option.
>>>>
>>>> jf
>>>> --John Franklin
>>>> franklin@elfie.org
>>>> ICBM: 39º 01' 58.4"N 77º 24' 49.6"W Z+84m
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