[Novalug] making a video DVD

John Franklin franklin@elfie.org
Thu May 15 10:26:13 EDT 2014


Would you be willing to do a talk at a meeting about QDVDAuthor?

jf

On May 15, 2014, at 6:21 AM, Varol Okan <mymail@MovingSatellites.com> wrote:

> That was the reason I wrote QDVDAuthor, way back when ( starting in 2003 ).
> 
> You can add the videos to your project and it will convert them for you.
> You will also be able to create nice DVDMenus to jump to certain positions in the video
> 
> http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
> http://www.movingsatellites.com/qtdvd/htdocs/guides/FewClickWizard.html
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Varol Okan
> 
> On 05/14/2014 06:02 PM, John Franklin wrote:
>> He's right, VOB is the file format.  It holds a bunch of MPEG2 data and some extra bits to mark chapters, provide menus, and whatever else is on the DVD.  Putting one together is non-trivial from the command line.  An authoring program like he mentioned is a much better solution.
>> 
>> Any authoring program worth its salt will be able to convert the MP4 to MPEG2, but it will about double the amount of data.  All 10 may or may not fit on a single DVD, not without a significant hit to video quality. 
>> 
>> jf
>> 
>> On May 14, 2014, at 7:25 AM, jerry w <jerrywone@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> .vob last I recall
>>> Check Wikipedia on the DVD file structure 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tuesday, May 13, 2014, Walt Smith <waltechmail@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> bummer...
>>> it just occurred to me my 6 year old standard DVD
>>> player connect to a standard TV  may not be able
>>> to play .mp4 files..
>>> 
>>> Does this sound right?
>>> So, I'd need to convert mp4 to mp3 ??
>>> or what other format ?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> but also, does the previous directory struct file
>>> system needing video_TS sound right ?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> W.........
>>> 
>>> ----
>>> The government is lawless, not the people.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  Hello,
>>>  CentOS 6.5 with many plugins.
>>> 
>>>  I'd like to make a DVD with 10 files of type
>>>  .mp4.  I burned a data type onto a DVD
>>>  and while I can play the files with Totem movie player,
>>>  I can't play it in  a standard DVD player.
>>> 
>>>  I would guess it's a lack of video_TS directory.
>>> 
>>>  Brasero lets me make a data.  But if I try to do a
>>>  video,
>>>  I can't. 
>>> 
>>>  I notice k3b lets me select a video project,
>>>  and seems to automatically
>>>  create a audio_TS and video_TS directory,
>>>  where I can place my mp4 files.
>>> 
>>>  HENCE:  do I need dir video_TS, and if so
>>>  what else as far as files or directories ??
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  k3b says something about not finding libmad,
>>>  apparently a plugin decoder.  I believe that brasero
>>>  may have the same complaint but my lack of understanding
>>>  the correct info is a hindrance.
>>> 
>>>  I do have a libMAD installed:  certainly totem seems
>>>  to
>>>  play OK.   I have ImageMagick installed but
>>>  apparently
>>>  no viewer.  Is there an appropriate gui for IM ??
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>  W.......
>>> 
>>>  ----
>>>  The government is lawless, not the people.
>>> 
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