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SiD

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[solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

I used dvdbackup with the -M option to copy a complete video dvd to my harddisk.
How can I create a video dvd iso image from the existing folders?
I used k3b till now (new video dvd, only create iso file)..

Last edited by SiD (2008-07-26 18:18:13)

skottish

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Re: [solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

Hopefully this is what your looking for. Say you have DVD files that you want to call "project", and all of your files are in /home/SiD/project, you can use:

mkisofs -dvd-video -v -o project.iso /home/SiD/project/

SiD

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Re: [solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

yes that's it.

somewhere I found that command  with the -udf option

mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -v -o project.iso /home/SiD/project/

do I need the udf option?

Last edited by SiD (2008-07-26 17:28:20)

skottish

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Re: [solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

yes that's it.

somewhere I found that command  with the -udf option

mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -v -o project.iso /home/SiD/project/

do I need the udf option?

I don't think so. Outside of the problems I've been having with dvdauthor, the ISOs that I've been burning work perfectly in DVD players both hardware and software. My guess is that the '-dvd-video' switch is handling all of that.

SiD

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Re: [solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

ah, ok.

p.s.
do you mean the "ERR:  SCR moves backwards, remultiplex input." error?

skottish

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Re: [solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

ah, ok.

p.s.
do you mean the "ERR:  SCR moves backwards, remultiplex input." error?

That one can be solved by encoding to vob as opposed to mpg. I do still get the time stamp warning, but I read that they can be ignored. The problem I'm having now is this one:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=52251

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Re: [solved] creating video dvd iso from existing folders

Bump to let you know that adding the -udf switch is in fact a good idea. My videos were playing because the standalone DVD also recognizes ISO9660. I added the -udf switch and everything still works as expected. Sorry for the not-so-good information.