help burnin a video dvd please

ninjaprawn · 2011-03-21 00:23:49

hi

strugglin gettin a video dvd to burn. i am creating it from a .avi file. the code i am using is as follows;

export VIDEO_FORMAT=PAL && mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:576,harddup \-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:aspect=16/9 \-ofps 25 -o your_video.mpg *.avi && cp /home/danny/scripts/dvd.xml ./dvd.xml && mkdir dvd && dvdauthor -o dvd -x dvd.xml && growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -v -l -iso-level 3 -R -J -speed=4 -joliet-long -graft-points /files/=./dvd/ && rm -r dvd && rm *.mpg dvd.xml && eject /dev/sr0

it creates workin files. the mpg file is watchable and the vob files, but once they are burnt to dvd the dvd wont read in any dvd player!!!! why???
thanks

skottish · 2011-03-21 01:12:21

I haven't done this in a long time, so I may be way off...

I was looking back at my notes on DVD authoring and I was using the -T switch from dvdauthor to create a TOC from my *.xml file. From what I remember, you'll need to either explicitely define the TOC with that switch or let dvdauthor do it automatically. Either way, without a TOC DVDs simply won't work.

Last edited by skottish (2011-03-21 01:12:57)

drcouzelis · 2011-03-21 13:36:05

ninjaprawn wrote:

help burnin a video dvd please

I feel silly for asking but, have you tried DeVeDe? It's a simple GTK application that creates DVD images. It's ridiculously easy to use. I've used it to make many DVDs and SVCDs, and they always come out good.

evilgnome · 2011-03-21 21:15:12

I've also had only good experiences with DeVeDe. Super simple stuff.

pjnsmb · 2011-03-22 12:07:43

I have had great success myself.............

but be aware of this thread :

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112219

ninjaprawn · 2011-03-25 09:30:30

Thanks for all this advice on using some different applications.

I have just tried DeVeDe and hmmmmm looks ok, but my screen resolution on my machine with the burner is something like 800x600 so it doesnt fit the screen. this makes it very awkward to use. Also, I got the no sound issue, thanks for the link @pjnsmb.
Hence i would still like to use the command line tools.
The commands I am using are;

export VIDEO_FORMAT=PAL 
mencoder -oac copy -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:576,harddup \-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=15:aspect=16/9 \-ofps 25 -o your_video.mpg *.avi
cp /home/danny/scripts/dvd.xml ./dvd.xml
mkdir dvd
dvdauthor -o dvd -x dvd.xml
growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -v -l -iso-level 3 -R -J -speed=4 -joliet-long -graft-points /files/=./dvd/
rm -r dvd
rm *.mpg dvd.xml
eject /dev/sr0

Any idea why these would'nt work? They produce a working .mpg and vob's, just once burt it wont read in the dvd player.

Last edited by ninjaprawn (2011-03-25 09:31:42)

stryder · 2011-05-06 02:54:11

I recently burned a video DVD using this guide: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … _DVD_Video

If you already have working vobs which you can play, then just make the iso and then burn.

mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso dvd/

wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 dvd.iso

dvd/ is the directory containing the vobs.

Edit: Also if you wish to test out your commands instead, the growisofs command needs the -dvd-video switch IMHO. Like this: growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -dvd-video /path/to/video. The command you use writes a data disk, I think. You can read the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DVD_Burning

HTH.

Last edited by stryder (2011-05-06 03:11:54)

ewaller · 2011-05-06 03:38:49

Gentoo has a really good article on this: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117709

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#1 2011-03-21 00:23:49

help burnin a video dvd please

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