[olug] DVD writing/authoring in Linux

[Jordan Wilberding]

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