tovid - videotrans ? (was Re: Convert .avi to .vob/Linux only??)

[chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net>]

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 
<http://tovid.berlios.de//en/cli.html> as well as a graphical frontend 
<http://tovid.berlios.de//en/gui.html>. tovid is free software 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software>."

:-|  Chuck


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