*gasp* :-O HOLY CRAP. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117709
Yes, this is definitely the traditional Linux way of doing things, for sure! I've been looking for a good project to learn GTK with. Looks like I've found it! Anyone interested in a nice graphical front-end to bring all these instructions together? I mean I don't mind doing it this way, but Dad will certainly feel different. So I guess I'll make something to handle the graphical end of DVD authoring, unless someone knows of a project already started that I can get in on or something, but you're right, there's not much out there in this area. -Jeff On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 12:51, Michael Thompson wrote: > Not sure how easy/hard it is to get the data from the vcr to the > computer, but I do know that the dvdauthor software I found to try and > arrange my mpegs on the dvd with menus, etc, was *not* easy. Basically, > you have to create an XML file with all the menus and movie files laid > out how you want them, then it creates a DVD iso. After a few hours of > playing with it, still had no success. Apparently, its not as easy as > "just putting the files in a VIDEO_TS directory and burning". > > A google search on "dvdauthor" will probably bring up some information, > but if you're looking for something "point and click" (brings us back to > usability issues again?) then you're probably better of using one of the > <sigh> "other" OSes... > > BTW, I was hoping that my new PowerBook (which came with iDVD) would > allow me to author my DVDs into ISO files which I could burn on my linux > PC, but apparently it requires a hack that is *not* allowed under the > DMCA as my PowerBook did not come with the DVD burner built in. So, if > you buy a Mac hoping to put your home videos on DVD, pay the extra $200 > for the DVD burner. > > --mike > > On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 08:27, Jeff Tickle wrote: > > Howdy.. > > > > My Dad wants to start a fun little conversion project. He has a bunch > > of VHS tapes that he'd like to convert to DVDs, plus some stuff he's > > recorded on a digital video camera (not sure of the model... so we'll > > just assume it works with Linux until I find out otherwise.) > > > > Does anyone have experience doing this with Linux? One thing I'm going > > to have to do is make the entire process as easy as possible. I haven't > > done much research yet but I just wanted to get word from any of your > > experiences. The two things I have absolutely no clue how to do are > > take the video from the camera and write video to a DVD. > > > > -Jeff > > > > -- > > Jeff Tickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > JTSoft.net -- Jeff Tickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JTSoft.net -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
