Re: Convert .avi to .vob/Linux only??

[Ray Olszewski <ray@comarre.com>]

Hal MacArgle wrote:
> 	Greetings; I just spent two hours trying to find software or
> information converting video .avi files to .vob, in order to burn
> some personal .avi files to a DVD that's playable on a stand alone
> DVD player.. I have the files in .avi format and a Plextor DVD
> burner, etc.. MPlayer lets me view them on the computer monitor of
> course..
> 
> 	Interesting in that this is the first time I've noticed when
> accessing www.google.com/linux, that I get linked to 100% of the
> MSWindows stuff.. I gave up..
> 
> 	Anyone have any suggestions?? TIA..
> 

How did you use the Google site? I searched there on "vob create" and 
got, with one intervening step, to a Sourceforge project called 
"Videotrans" that says it is "a set of scripts that converts a movie 
file in any format that mplayer understands (AVI, etc) to a DVD 
compatible VOB file, including all the necessary conversions. Further, 
an automatic DVD menu generator is provided."

I cannot say how good this project is ... I've never tried to convert 
any of my home video to standard DVD format (and it's not in the Debian 
archive, which it why it is new to me) ... but it certainly is not a 
Windows response. (I did see some of them, BTW, referencing WINE.)

An entry in this thread by "redbeard" --

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/gaming-games-multimedia-entertainment/52379-mpeg-dvd-vob-format-conversion.html

-- was how I found it (this thread was what the Google search itself 
returned, near the top). His description makes it sound pretty 
functional. Other messages in this thread mention a couple of other 
possibilities too.

Perhaps if you give videotrans a test run, you can tell us how good it 
actually is?

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