[olug] DVD writing/authoring in Linux

[Adam Lassek]

There was a detailed howto for dvd authoring under Linux posted recently to LinuxJournal. The part about creating menus with The Gimp should be a particular interest.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6953

> 
> From: Jordan Wilberding <diginux at diginux.net>
> Date: 2003/12/01 Mon PM 01:17:47 EST
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] DVD writing/authoring in Linux
> 
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 10:20, Brian Wiese wrote:
> > On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:53:00 -0600
> > Jordan Wilberding <diginux at diginux.net> wrote:
> > 
> > |I know k3b writes to dvd, but it doesn't seem to support making movies
> > |from dvd, with the exception of eMovix like I said in my email. I am
> > |wondering if there is something that will allow you author movies on dvd
> > |in Linux without having to do everything yourself with mkisof and
> > |dvdrecord on the command line.
> > 
> > Still not entirely sure what you mean... do you want to copy a full length
> > DVD movie onto a DVD-R disk like the other thread about xcopy xpress (make
> > a backup), edit and make your own dvd movies from a
> > camcorder/ieee1394/other video source*, or copy a dvd movie into another
> > format (svcd, divx, xvid..) in which case can usually be burnt to cdrom.
> > 
> > For 'editing' movies I can just think of cinelerra, and they have links to
> > some other things on their site.  I don't know whether this supports
> > authoring the video into a DVD disc/mpeg layout for burning.
> > http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3
> > 
> > I haven't done any dvd authoring myself, but I've seen some of the stuff
> > out there and backup my own dvds to other formats (svcd, divx, xvid..)
> > 
> > hth
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> mkdvd looks like what I need too. I just need something to take video
> from my camera and make into a dvd. So I'll give that a try. One more
> quick question, will a dvd-rw play in most dvd players or not?
> 
> Thanks!
> Jordan Wilberding
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