From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: tovid - videotrans ? (was Re: Convert .avi to .vob/Linux only??) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:08:20 -0500 Message-ID: <4404D7E4.70301@gelm.net> References: <20060224152430.GA1275@lnx2.kvinet.com> <43FF57EF.8030803@comarre.com> <4403B178.1070606@gelm.net> <20060228195752.GA1048@lnx2.kvinet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20060228195752.GA1048@lnx2.kvinet.com> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: haltec@kvinet.com Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hal MacArgle wrote: > > > > 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 > > I can create an iso9660 DVD without much difficulty. I used 'growisofs'. This cannot be viewed on my DVD player, however. :-( I revisited 'videotrans ./configure' after aquiring the items required by 'tovid'. Videotrans then 'configure'd, 'make'd, and 'make install'd. :-) It creates folders AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. However, the 'man' page leaves me lost at the last step: 'a_command_to_burn_a_dvd_from dvd_directory'. :-| So, what is the command? --- My 2 GHz Athlon takes over 40 minutes per 350 MB .avi, so compare this file size and time to your own. :-| Please show your commands that resulted in a viewable DVD. Especially your 'a_command_to_burn_a_dvd_from dvd_directory'. Regards, Chuck p.s. Perhaps we should take this off list or to a videotrans/tovid list.?! >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? > > > - 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