From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Samuel Subject: Re: Convert .avi to .vob/Linux only?? Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:30:03 -0800 Message-ID: <43FF5EBB.9090408@bcgreen.com> References: <20060224152430.GA1275@lnx2.kvinet.com> <43FF57EF.8030803@comarre.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-reply-to: <43FF57EF.8030803@comarre.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ray Olszewski Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org 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? - 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