After reading a few guides, and a lot of trial and error, I’ve found this script I wrote works pefect every time, just supply you xvid file with the script and it’ll create the vobs.
You need tcmplex, transcode, and dvdauthor.
#!/bin/bash
FILE=$1
NEWFILE=`basename $FILE avi`vob
rm out.*
transcode -i $FILE \
-y ffmpeg \
--export_prof dvd-pal \
--export_asr 3 \
-o out \
-D0 \
-m out.ac3 \
-J modfps=clonetype=3 \
--export_fps 25
tcmplex -o $NEWFILE -i out.m2v -p out.ac3 -m d
Then to create the dvd structure, do this:
# Do this to add titles:
dvdauthor -o dvd/ -t thevob.vob
# Do this once you've finished adding titles to finish up the disc.
dvdauthor -o dvd/ -T
To burn, I found growisofs kept going funny on me, so I made ISO images first and then just burnt those off with cdrecord/nautilus cd burner.
mkisofs -input-charset default -dvd-video -o disc1.iso dvd/
[update – 3/11/06]
Seems Ubuntu keeps creating iso images that won’t fit on a 4.5GB dvd, so try this if the above fails:
growisofs -input-charset default -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd dvd/
All in all, it’s quite a slow process, the transcoding took a while on my celeron-m 1.4ghz, but I guess it’s not the fastest machine around!
Good luck! And remember, always make sure your input file is good before bothering.
[update – 3/11/06]
I’m considering writing a cool python app that does all this crud for you as it’s a real PITA to do manually. Plus I want to learn python and python gui stuff. Plus I think people would find it useful!
Why do you upload such random stuff?
I generally use this stuff as notes for myself. You’d be surprised how many other people read this info and find it useful!
Ok, now this I must respond to.
Thank you for uploading so many “random” things. I have already found 2 absolute gems and quite a few things that just made me go hmm…!
So for the future benefit of all lurkers out there, please continue the postings. They are short, to the point, and give me the info I need without too much fluff ( unlike this reply )! 🙂