oldcpu
4th October 2005, 01:28
I've listed some DVDAuthoring software packages below. I have only tried a small handful of them. I currently use "tovid" and/or "KDE Authorwizard", as I can't get "dvdstyler" nor "qdvdauthor" nor "kmediafacotry" nor "varsha" to work properly for me, without getting various program execution errors.
I would be very interested in getting a dialog going, comparing the various merits of the programs.
bitterbpp [Can also to NTSC & PAL format conversions]
http://sunfryes.com/bitterbpp/about.html
dvdauthor [command line program - generates a DVD movie from a valid mpeg2 stream that should play when you put it in a DVD player]
http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - home
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdauthor
dvdstyler [frontend for dvdauthor and dvd-slideshow – single movie/single menu]
http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/docs-linux.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdstyler/
Help Forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=318795
dvdwizard [wrapper-script automate creation of DVD chapters/menu's. Needs dvdauthor],
http://udrecsuite.sourceforge.net/
[No english home URL but there is a german page]:
http://www.wershofen.de/downloads/dvdwizard.tar.gz
slightly more dated source forge page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=96640&release_id=203206
KDE DVDAuthorWizard [Creates video DVD with multiple titles & menu. Requires transcode, mjpegtools, sox, kommander (part of kdewebdev), ImageMagic, mplayer and optional(recommended) xine and k3b]
http://pingwing.xs4all.nl/view.php/page/DVDAuthor
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=27528v
klvemkdvd [front end for lvemkdvd - build DVD file systems from mpeg files]
http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/klvemkdvd.html
kmediafactory [authoring done by dvdauthor, ffmpeg, ImageMagick]
http://susku.pyhaselka.fi/damu/software/kmediafactory/
Linux Video Maker [graphics interface (GUI) for transcode, mplex, DVDAuthor and few other programs. Useful for DVD/(S)VCD structure generating, ready for record on CD/DVD. Written in Java so it needs Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to work]
http://www.videomaker.dnc.pl/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/videomaker/
mkdvd [a front-end for several programs which simplifies converting most kinds of movies to a DVD. While mkdvd is not a graphical front-end, it automates the entire task of creating a DVD into one simple command.]
[external progrms used by mkdvd: mplayer, dvdauthor, mkisofs, cdrecord-prodvd, dvd+rw-tools, ffmpeg, toolame, pike]
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacks/mkdvd.html
mkdvd forum: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacker/viewforum.php?f=4
development version: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacks/mkdvd-beta.tgz
pgcedit [A DVD IFO and Menu editor designed to allow the modification of the navigation commands and parameters of an already authored DVD structure].
http://home.tiscali.be/debie.roland/pgcedit/
polidori [a DVD Authoring System for Gnome and Linux. It integrates several command line tools (dvdauthor, dvdrtools, ogle, etc) already available for Linux]
http://polidori.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/polidori
qdvdauthor [gui frontend for dvd-author and dvd-slideshow]
http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
tovid [A suite of shell scripts to make VCD, SVCD and DVD authoring easier. Converts arbitrary video formats into (S)VCD/DVD-compliant mpeg, and can help with menu creation and disc authoring].
http://tovid.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tovid
Support/develpment user/developer forum: http://www.createphpbb.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=tovid
varsha [java frontend to dvdauthor, dvd+rw-tools, mkisofs, mjpegtools etc...]
http://varsha.sourceforge.net/ and http://sourceforge.net/projects/varsha
[i]Edit1 (6-Oct-05): Added pgcedit to the list and fixed the alphabetical order of packages listed
I would be very interested in getting a dialog going, comparing the various merits of the programs.
bitterbpp [Can also to NTSC & PAL format conversions]
http://sunfryes.com/bitterbpp/about.html
dvdauthor [command line program - generates a DVD movie from a valid mpeg2 stream that should play when you put it in a DVD player]
http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - home
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdauthor
dvdstyler [frontend for dvdauthor and dvd-slideshow – single movie/single menu]
http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/docs-linux.html
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dvdstyler/
Help Forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=318795
dvdwizard [wrapper-script automate creation of DVD chapters/menu's. Needs dvdauthor],
http://udrecsuite.sourceforge.net/
[No english home URL but there is a german page]:
http://www.wershofen.de/downloads/dvdwizard.tar.gz
slightly more dated source forge page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=96640&release_id=203206
KDE DVDAuthorWizard [Creates video DVD with multiple titles & menu. Requires transcode, mjpegtools, sox, kommander (part of kdewebdev), ImageMagic, mplayer and optional(recommended) xine and k3b]
http://pingwing.xs4all.nl/view.php/page/DVDAuthor
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=27528v
klvemkdvd [front end for lvemkdvd - build DVD file systems from mpeg files]
http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/klvemkdvd.html
kmediafactory [authoring done by dvdauthor, ffmpeg, ImageMagick]
http://susku.pyhaselka.fi/damu/software/kmediafactory/
Linux Video Maker [graphics interface (GUI) for transcode, mplex, DVDAuthor and few other programs. Useful for DVD/(S)VCD structure generating, ready for record on CD/DVD. Written in Java so it needs Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to work]
http://www.videomaker.dnc.pl/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/videomaker/
mkdvd [a front-end for several programs which simplifies converting most kinds of movies to a DVD. While mkdvd is not a graphical front-end, it automates the entire task of creating a DVD into one simple command.]
[external progrms used by mkdvd: mplayer, dvdauthor, mkisofs, cdrecord-prodvd, dvd+rw-tools, ffmpeg, toolame, pike]
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacks/mkdvd.html
mkdvd forum: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacker/viewforum.php?f=4
development version: http://fredrik.hubbe.net/hacks/mkdvd-beta.tgz
pgcedit [A DVD IFO and Menu editor designed to allow the modification of the navigation commands and parameters of an already authored DVD structure].
http://home.tiscali.be/debie.roland/pgcedit/
polidori [a DVD Authoring System for Gnome and Linux. It integrates several command line tools (dvdauthor, dvdrtools, ogle, etc) already available for Linux]
http://polidori.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/polidori
qdvdauthor [gui frontend for dvd-author and dvd-slideshow]
http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
tovid [A suite of shell scripts to make VCD, SVCD and DVD authoring easier. Converts arbitrary video formats into (S)VCD/DVD-compliant mpeg, and can help with menu creation and disc authoring].
http://tovid.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tovid
Support/develpment user/developer forum: http://www.createphpbb.com/phpbb/index.php?mforum=tovid
varsha [java frontend to dvdauthor, dvd+rw-tools, mkisofs, mjpegtools etc...]
http://varsha.sourceforge.net/ and http://sourceforge.net/projects/varsha
[i]Edit1 (6-Oct-05): Added pgcedit to the list and fixed the alphabetical order of packages listed