Re: [Dvdauthor-users] problems creating DVD directory structure from a single video

[Lawrence D'O. <ld...@ge...>]

On Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:37:42 +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote, on 11/08/11 18:20:
>>
>> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=26498862>

> Thanks, I read that but still couldn't work out the exact dvdauthor 
> commands to create a simple DVD from one VOB file. (In this case the 
> system was PAL and the aspect ratio was 16:9 if you can provide a 
> suggested example).

I prefer to use an XML control file. It can be as simple as

    <dvdauthor>
        <vmgm>
            <fpc>
                jump title 1;
            </fpc>
        </vmgm>
        <titleset>
            <titles>
                <video aspect="16:9"/>
                <pgc>
                    <vob file="vid.mpg"/>
                </pgc>
            </titles>
        </titleset>
    </dvdauthor>

In post-0.7.0, you can set the video format once and for all for the
entire authoring session on the first line:

    <dvdauthor format="pal">

Otherwise you need to set it in one of the ways as described at the
above link.

> It may be a Debian packaging issue, but the documentation has never
> been clear enough to me for those wanting a quick way to create a
> playable DVD having already used the videotrans package to create one
> or move VOB files.

VOB as an extension only has meaning as part of a complete DVD-Video
directory structure. I.e. as the output of dvdauthor, not its input.
Its input is MPEG-2 format with placeholders where the NAV packs will
go. I prefer to use FFmpeg to do the conversion, since a simple
“-target pal-dvd” or “-target ntsc-dvd” will preset all the right
options for the output, and convert just about anything for the input.