From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hal MacArgle Subject: Re: tovid - videotrans ? (was Re: Convert .avi to .vob/Linux only??) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:57:52 -0500 Message-ID: <20060228195752.GA1048@lnx2.kvinet.com> References: <20060224152430.GA1275@lnx2.kvinet.com> <43FF57EF.8030803@comarre.com> <4403B178.1070606@gelm.net> Reply-To: haltec@kvinet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4403B178.1070606@gelm.net> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: chuck gelm Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On 02-27, chuck gelm wrote: > I would also like to convert some .avi (and other formats) so they can be > viewed on a DVD player. I tried 'videotran' that Ray found. The spiel > on http://videotrans.sourceforge.net/ > > I downloaded the source and that was only the beginning of a > wild goose chase. > > ../videotrans-1.4.1... only a 85K .tar.gz however > ./configure halted with an error that ffmpeg was required. > > I obtained ffmpeg and ./configure && make && make install > > ../videotrans-1.4.1/./configure complained that mpegtools was required > > I obtained mpegtools, ./configure && make && make install > > ../videotrans-1.4.1/./configure complained that spumux was required and > spumux was part of dvdauthor. > > I obtained dvdauthor and ./configure, but dvdauthor halted on error > that libdvdread (-devel) > was required and did not mention where it could be found. > I give up. > > I found 'tovid' and am off on this path: > http://tovid.berlios.de//en/index.html > > "tovid is a collection of video disc authoring tools; it can help you > create your own DVDs, VCDs, and SVCDs for playback on your home DVD > player. It has a command-line interface > as well as a graphical frontend > . tovid is free software > ." > > :-| Chuck Thanks Chuck for saving me a lot of leg work.. I suspect, not really knowing, that dvdauthor would be a big stumbler because it's a very powerful program and we only need a, probably, small part of it.. Correct me if I'm wrong but I am beginning to see why it's not __easy__... The .avi file/s/ are viewable by themselves but the kicker is to get them on a DVD blank in iso9660 format, for one, plus into the various video_ts--.vob files plus .ifo and .bup files. etc.. For kicks I tried a Win98 scheme and it tought me something, mainly that you need much more storage than suspected because it writes everything to a temp file; not simply file direct to DVD... Bottom line with my Duron 1.3M with 512M memory, in a Win98SE partition it took almost 3 hours to do the deed, most of the time "converting" "rather than "burning," with a DVD+RW 2.4X blank.. I bought some 8X blanks to see if that speeds things up a mite; suspect not that much... (Plextor PX-708A unit) I'm guessing that the various routines with Linux; each operation is broken down into bits and pieces.. Actually that's what we do with CD burning anyway, eh?? Please edit any mistakes above. And, oh yes, the burned DVD views fine on an old standalone DVD player, that we use for viewing commercial movies.. Update: I just found, buried in my shack, a 3 page txt copy of an article by Chris Stoddard; "DVD Authoring." I haven't a clue where I fetched it from.. It goes into some good details, some of which may not be needed for newer drives.. Worth a look see, maybe? -- Hal - in Terra Alta, WV/US - Slackware GNU/Linux 10.1 (2.4.29) . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs