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

[Stephen Samuel <samuel@bcgreen.com>]

I've used dvdauthor.  It creates the directory structure, then
you burn it onto the DVD with k3b.

Ray Olszewski wrote:

> 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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