-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 Aug 2004 20:52, Selva Nair wrote: > For basic dvd you only need to do > <snip> > > That will layout the dvd file structure in > the directory ./my-dvd/ Make sure that ./my-dvd > is either empty or does not exist: dvdauthor keeps > appending titles to the destination directory, > so it is important to start from a clean state. > As useful skeleton, saved for future use, thanks.
> Check the authoring using xine (version 0.9.2x if possible :) > > $ xine dvd:/$PWD/my-dvd/ > (the trailing / is important) > Despite the fact that xine could not play the .mpg properly it had no problems at all with this. > Make an raw disk image using mkisofs > > $ mkisofs -dvd-video -o my-dvd.raw ./my-dvd > > ( - you need a recent version of mkisofs for -dvd-video support > version >= 2.0 ? > - you can combine this step with the burning step below to save > disk space and typing, but for the first try its better to > make the raw image and then burn. ) > > Burn my-dvd.raw to a dvd+/-rw disk using dvd+rw tools > or dvdrecord/cdrecord as appropriate for your dvd drive. > Sadly my dvd-rw disks are -R - and they are not read by my player, so I had to burn a full DVD+R to prove the point. > For +RW (recent versions of growisofs are supposed to with -RW too, > I haven't tried) > > $ dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0 > > $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0=my-dvd.raw > > ( - replace /dev/scd0 by the appropriate device > - need permission to write to /dev/scd0 > - avoid gui front ends that tie you to a mouse and spoil all fun :) > - not -dvd-compat is needed or not ) > I've never used growisofs before, but it was entirely painless. > For -RW with dvdrecord > > $ dvdrecord -dao dev=0,0,0 -v my-dvd.raw > > The resulting dvd should play main.mpg followed by ending.mpg with no > menus or other frills. It gets authored as two chapters corresponding to > the two sources as a single title. The playback may not be seamless > between the two sources, so it is recommended that you encode and mplex > the source for each title as a single file. > I haven't encoded the long file yet. I'm going to rebuild the coda, interlaced, before I do that. However, I'm pleased to report that the resulting dvd plays perfectly on my stand-alone player. > Make sure you have enough free disk space before you start -- the above > procedure with raw image saved requires free space of a little over twice > the size of all mpeg files being authored. > I'll bear that in mind, thanks. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLy+fkFAvMr/nNX8RAkACAJ9DwXRQP1gLb0BamDzxIbdzzJpWtQCeIfKL BV9pPuzAPDQktwBGIyF3VOo= =/qqb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users