Invisible wrote:
> What do other people use for putting DVDs together?

iDVD on the Mac. Although there's something quite weird...

Macs can play DVDs out of the box. iDVD can create DVDs, transcoding from 
whatever format the video is into MPEG2.

Yet Quicktime cannot play MPEG2 files, and iDVD can't create a DVD from a 
video that is already in in the correct MPEG2 format, without buying a $20 
Quicktime component for MPEG2 decoding. WTF?


So I created the damned DVD using the simplest dvdauthor config file 
possible:

<dvdauthor>
  <vmgm />
  <titleset>
    <titles>
      <pgc>
        <vob file="video.MPG" />
      </pgc>
    </titles>
  </titleset>
</dvdauthor>

[cue Darren's rants about XML]

dvdauthor can create menus too, and there are many GUI frontends for it.

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Gilles Tran wrote:
>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> a écrit dans le message de groupe de
>> discussion
>> : 4bd59242$1@news.povray.org...
>>> What do other people use for putting DVDs together?
>> For very simple stuff Windows Movie Maker. Click click click, done.
>> For more complex editing and DVD authoring:  Sony Vegas Movie Studio
>> (Platinum version). IIRC for the non-pro user on Windows it's a choice

>> between Adobe Premiere Elements, Pinnacle Studio and Sony Vegas. The
>> Premiere demo just crashed, I didn't like Pinnacle too much so Vegas w
as
>> the best choice. Note that these kind of apps are *** very *** complex
,
>> they are
>> not shining models of clean / friendly UI,  and have a steep learning
>> curve. Vegas and Pinnacle are very powerful for the price though (abou
t 60
>> euros for Vegas).
>>
> 
> WMM can create DVDs?

No. WMM edits the videos for you. Then "Windows DVD Maker" makes the DVDs
, 
organizing the menus and stuff like that. But you don't get to pick which
 
bits of what videos or which transitions to put in with WDM.

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   Linux: Now bringing the quality and usability of
   open source desktop apps to your personal electronics.

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Macs can play DVDs out of the box. iDVD can create DVDs, transcoding from 
> whatever format the video is into MPEG2.

I'm betting it's still the case that iDVD won't work with a non-Apple DVD 
writer. Hence, you've paid the licensing fees when you bought the DVD writer.

At least, that's how it used to work.

> Yet Quicktime cannot play MPEG2 files, and iDVD can't create a DVD from a 
> video that is already in in the correct MPEG2 format, without buying a $20 
> Quicktime component for MPEG2 decoding. WTF?

You didn't pay the licensing fees for QuickTime yet.

> [cue Darren's rants about XML]

I have no rants in this case. ;-)

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   Linux: Now bringing the quality and usability of
   open source desktop apps to your personal electronics.

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Darren New wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> Gilles Tran wrote:
>>> "Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>> What do other people use for putting DVDs together?
>>> For very simple stuff Windows Movie Maker. Click click click, done.
>> 
>> WMM can create DVDs?
> 
> No. WMM edits the videos for you. Then "Windows DVD Maker" makes the DVDs,
> organizing the menus and stuff like that. But you don't get to pick which
> bits of what videos or which transitions to put in with WDM.

Ah, just like iMovie and iDVD on the Mac then. I never used (or really knew 
of the existence of) Windows DVD Maker.

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Darren New wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> Macs can play DVDs out of the box. iDVD can create DVDs, transcoding from
>> whatever format the video is into MPEG2.
> 
> I'm betting it's still the case that iDVD won't work with a non-Apple DVD
> writer. Hence, you've paid the licensing fees when you bought the DVD
> writer.

iDVD can save to an .iso that I can transfer to another machine and burn 
later. I did that once.

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Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Ah, just like iMovie and iDVD on the Mac then. I never used (or really knew 
> of the existence of) Windows DVD Maker.

I had forgotten that's what I used until I hit the Windows key and typed 
DVD. ;-)  I like Vista's start menu.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Linux: Now bringing the quality and usability of
   open source desktop apps to your personal electronics.

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On 04/26/10 06:16, Invisible wrote:
> What do other people use for putting DVDs together?

http://tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Tovid_Wiki

-- 
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Neeum Zawan wrote:
 > Copywight 1991 Elmer Fudd.  All wights wesewved

I must admit, that made me giggle way too much.

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   Linux: Now bringing the quality and usability of
   open source desktop apps to your personal electronics.

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scott wrote:
>> What do other people use for putting DVDs together?
> 
> Like you I used to use some commercial program that came with my DVD
> player (don't remember the name).
> 
> Whilst I haven't done anything like that recently, I heard from a
> not-very-geeky person that they used DVDFlick and made a proper DVD
> using it.  Might be worth a look, it's open source too if that's your
> cup of tea.
> 
> There's a quick guide here I found:
> 
> http://www.dvdflick.net/guide/index_en.html
> 
> 

I have used DVD Flick to stitch together several videos into a disc. It
handles creating the title screen, chapters, menus, but I do not think
it allows you to do any editing, fades between chapters, or anything
like that. I used the Windows version so I have no clue on how it
behaves, or if it is available, on other platforms

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:28:11 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>  > Copywight 1991 Elmer Fudd.  All wights wesewved
> 
> I must admit, that made me giggle way too much.

Same here, but wouldn't Elmer say "Elmew"?

Jim

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