From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: images -> DVD-slideshow ? Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:41:30 -0400 Message-ID: <4482AACA.8020005@gelm.net> References: <200606020608.k5268MoK004233@skyinet.net> <44804628.5070106@gelm.net> <20060602154419.GA1686@lnx2.kvinet.com> <20060604075621.A26508@col7.metta.lk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20060604075621.A26508@col7.metta.lk> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Bhikkhu Mettavihari Cc: Hal MacArgle , linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Howdy, Fellows: Thanks for the hints, but 'cinelerra' is much, much more complex than what I want or need. Those suggestions are video editors, movie editors, ... All I want to do is make a slide show of my still images and put them on a DVD, perhaps with background music, to play on a television DVD player. Again, thanks, Chuck Bhikkhu Mettavihari wrote: >* Hal MacArgle [2006-06-04 07:40]: > > >>On 06-02, chuck gelm wrote: >> >> >>>Howdy: >>> >>>What is your suggestion for an application that will convert >>>many (still) images into a DVD slideshow, perhaps with >>>background music? I've been trying to obtain image2mpeg >>>with varying sucess. I was able to get a version downloaded >>>and compiled. I created an image (stream.ppm), but there >>>seems to be no mention of how to get the output file onto a DVD. >>> >>>If the output DVD is small, can it be placed on >>>a (650-700MB) CDROM and played on a standard DVD player? >>>If yes, how? 'growisofs' balks at writing to my CDROM media. >>> >>>I am using Slackware v10.2 and understand *.tar.gz. >>>I am poorer at installing *.rpm, but will try if that is the only >>>offering of another application. *.deb, I don't know. >>> >>>Regards, Chuck >>> >>> >> I haven't tried slide shows yet still stuck on editing >>streaming video with two, partially successful, routes: Linux Video >>Editor; http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net that compiles and installs >>under Slack10.2, but I've not, yet, been able to figure out how to >>actually edit videos, only preview.. It wont work with .avi files, >>just .vob's that I've converted with videotrans' -M flag.. (You >>discovered most that led up to this.) It, of course, requires a >>bazillion libs that, in turn, require more libs.. LVE has a >>DVDAuthoring-HOWTO that's interesting referring to many buzz words >>we're now immersed in.. Of course videotrans can convert to non muxed >>files; .mp2 and m2v.. >> >>Another much more powerful scheme I've installed is cinelerra: >>www.cinelerra.org >>the heroinewarrior.com version that only installs into FedoraCore 4, >>but includes all the deps in the 30mB rpm package.. I tried cinelerra >>tarball but never got it working under Slack10.2.. It's world class >>and you can do everything with it including washing dishes I think..The blurb says that >>cinelerra is "professional." >> >>Cinelerra recommends Kino for blokes like me but I got nowhere with >>it, especially since it's sort of designed for digital camera to >>editor and back... The various codecs can drive one to drink too.. >> >There is a list on cinelerra where you could get much info. > >There is a link to a slackware site on www.cinelerra.org >It really is pro. > >I will have a look at lvempeg.sf.net > > - 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