Dual-Audio OGM to DVD

[VanZero]

Well, I've got these Dual-Audio OGM files that I'd like to move over to DVD, and have been running around google for a few days now looking for how to do this, and I finally just decided to ask here.

So I've got these files, and I've got a DVD Burner, and I've got Red Hat Linux 9.0. The OGM files actually have English and Japanese language, and optional English subtitles. My question to you, is that can I edit out certain parts of the OGM files, and then burn them to the DVD with full dual-audio support and optional subtitles support? I know I'm being really difficult and picky, but it really doesn't even have to have menus or anything. I just want to select language, subtitles, and then the chapter.

Thank you so much! Cookies to the one(s) who help me out.

[thoralf]

hi,

i don't know if i got your question right ... do you just want to burn the ogm media files to a dvd? in that case, just use your your favourite burning application (k3b springs to my mind) and you are set. mplayer will be your only choice to watch the movies, afaik it supports ogm and multiple audio-/video-streams out of the box.
if you want to to go for the one-movie-one-dvd-solution, i'm pretty clueless ... apart from converting the videos you already have to mpeg-2, you need to use a dvd authoring software to create real dvds.

hope this helps,
Thoralf.

[VanZero]

It helped very much, thank you!

Alright, now my question to you is this:

OGM - MPEG-2 Converter for Linux (Does it exist??? For free???)
DVD Authoring Tool for Linux (Does it exist??? For free???)

[evade]

OGM - MPEG-2 Converter for Linux (Does it exist??? For free???)

Mencoder (from mplayer) with FFMpeg. Yes it is free.

DVD Authoring Tool for Linux (Does it exist??? For free???)

DVDAuthor and mkisofs+cdrecord-Prodvd or growisofs

Of course also free.

[VanZero]

I need some help with mPencoder... it's yelling me about "codecs not found" and blah blah like that. Sorry for the trouble, but would anyone mind? I've searched up on it only to find nill.

Better yet, a guide to installing mPlayer from the start with mEncoder, and maybe a how-to uninstall the stupid cr@ppy old RPM versions...

[mean]

I would not recommend ffmpeg, but plain mpeg2enc
FFmpeg generates sligthly non dvd compliant mpeg2
It will work on some dvd player and fail on others

[VanZero]

Sorry for the posting sooo long after the last post, heh.

Anyways, I need some help with this.

How do I go about burning my video files, that will allow me to view it in either english or japanese, with english subtitles or no subtitles.

I'm using that DVDAuthor program by the way.

[mean]

for audio it is easy
Just multiplex the 2 audio track with the .m2v file

For the subs, no idea

[VanZero]

Sorry, but blanks are running through my head right now.

(I've really got almost nil experience with audio and video, let alone how to author it correctly)

[VanZero]

Meh. I've been messing around with the programs a little bit, but it seems that many of the video/audio program developers dislike linux quite a bit, as they leave it out, and use the slower, ickier windows.

Anyways, I still don't know how to properly seperate the different subtitles and languages from eachother. I know I'm trying to get away with a lot by trying to make a whole professional-ish DVD or two, but I can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks for any help!

[Joe Fenton]

Try Avidemux.

http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

It handles OGM and gives you DVD output (among other things). It handles multiple audio streams and subtitles. Sounds like just what you need.

[mydoomlove]

An ogm to DVD converter for Windows. I haven't found for Linux.