Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:40:30 -0700 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@gmail.com> To: "Mark Kane" <mark@mkproductions.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Creating DVD Movies Message-ID: <d5eb95fc0606201840l3e3b2d44i8e752812fd91171a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060620201524.4981169f@localhost> References: <d5eb95fc0606201748k6f83be02t93daa8310c2bff24@mail.gmail.com> <20060620201524.4981169f@localhost>
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On 6/20/06, Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 20, 2006, at 17:48:39 -0700, Derrick Ryalls wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > i was wondering if anyone had a good tool recommendation for creating > > DVD movies with FreeBSD. Since I have a child growing up, it is > > appealing to me to make a copy of their favorite DVD and burn it so > > they can handle the copy, not the original (legal to make backup > > copies). I also was thinking it could be handy to author my own dvds, > > but that might not be for a while. > > > > So far, I can use mplayer to get the DVD to an avi file, but I can't > > find anything to get it back onto a dvd. I have tried dvdauthor, but > > the app kept crashing. Does anyone have any suggestions for this? > > Hi. > > I don't normally back up DVDs so I'm not sure the best software to do > that. I did a quick ports search and "multimedia/lxdvdrip" looks nice, > and may do exactly what you want all in one program. > > As for dvdauthor crashing, I would guess it's because you're not giving > it the right format for a DVD. AVI files can't go to DVD, you need to > convert it to MPEG-2 PS and the proper specifications. For this, I use > a GTK+ program called Avidemux2 (it's in multimedia/avidemux2), although > ffmpeg or mencoder should work also. Here are my steps for an AVI file > to DVD: > > 1) Avidemux to video "DVD". Set aspect ratios in "Configure" and set > "DVD Res" in the "Filters" area. If the audio is not already AC3 (check > from the A/V information button on the toolbar), set audio to "FFM > AC3". Set output format at bottom to "MPEG PS A+V". Save the video > "filename.mpg". This one is the longest step, the other two are quite a > bit shorter. > > 2) Take outputted mpeg file and run it through dvdauthor: > > dvdauthor --video=ntsc+16:9+720xfull -t -f filename.mpg -o output > > 3) Burn the authored DVD with dvd+rw tools: > > growisofs -dvd-video -Z /dev/cd0 output > > For a simple backup though I'd check out lxdvdrip or search through > ports to see if there is a faster solution. I don't see much sense in > going from DVD to AVI then back to DVD when you can just rip directly > from the DVD and burn it back. I provided that info for when you > want to author your own videos though. :) > > Hope that helps. > > -Mark > You know, I did try dvdrip (forgot to mention it) but I found it to be geared toward VCD and burning to a CD-R instead of DVDs. I didn't even see lxdvdrip. The pkg-descr does look like it could be the exact thing I am looking for and will try it out. If I were to follow your steps about for a DVD copy, I assume VOB copy or something similar to produce the mpeg would be substituted in step 1, correct? Though this would not handle DVD9 to single DVD5 (compressed video), I might need to rethink that scenario... Thanks for the pointers though.
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