help with making a video DVD from an avi file

lleb · 05-13-2007, 05:06 PM

i have edited together this months board breaking from my school and i normally use nero under windows to create a video DVD. i noticed that K3B has this option as well, but it fails when i load in a very small (less then 5min) avi file.

error = can not calculate size...

so what does linux use to create a viewable DVD from avi or other files that can be played by a set top player?

monsm · 05-13-2007, 05:19 PM

I haven't played with video conversions for over a year now, but one tool i have come across is Avidemux:
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

It might be able to convert the video to the proper format for DVD. There are lots of tools around for this sort of work. K3b probably don't support a lot of conversions directly.

mrclisdue · 05-13-2007, 05:39 PM

DeVeDe may be of help:

http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html

cheers,

lleb · 05-14-2007, 11:24 PM

just FYI, i found tovid and it seems to be doing a bang up job

Marsolin · 05-14-2007, 11:30 PM

DVDStyler, ManDVD, and QDVDAuthor are a few other options.

lleb · 05-15-2007, 11:58 AM

nice ill be checking this all out this weekend after testing. ill edit the film down and try to use linux this time to make the DVD for the school.