[sclug] create DVD/VCD from multiple .AVI files?

[James Wyper]

I haven't tried them for your specific issue, but it would be worth
having a look at Avidemux (ubuntu package available via automatix), or
possibly the tovid scripts (there's an ubuntu .deb available from

tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Installing_tovid/Ubuntu

I've successfully converted .avi files (e.g. from certain series that
have been - ahem - "Lost" to terrestrial TV) into DVD-compliant mpegs
using Avidemux, then used DVDstyler to make a DVD.  I haven't actually
used tovid yet but it appears to do much the same.

James.


--- John Stumbles <john at stumbles.org.uk> wrote:

> I want to get some stuff from DV camcorder onto shiny round things.
> I'm 
> using dvgrab to automatically split up the DV tape into separate
> takes, 
> so I have a number of .AVI files which I now want to convert to DVD
> or 
> VCD format. ffmpeg would seem the business but it doesn't seems to
> know 
> how to take input from a set of files in this way. Options therefore 
> seem to be (a) merge the AVIs, or (b) merge the output files.
> 
> avimerge (from transcode) segfaults :-( (Kubuntu 6.01 / AMD64) and I 
> haven't found anything that'll merge mpegs.
> 
> If I'm making a dvd I guess I should be able to specify multiple
> files 
> in <vob file="filename" ...> in dvdauthor's control file but 
> man:dvdauthor is silent on how to do that too <sigh!>
> 
> Am I missing something obvious and (hopefully) easy?
> 
> Or do I need to take a couple of weeks out to find out how to drive 
> mencoder or transcode, if indeed either of these beasts can do the
> job?
> 
> -- 
> John Stumbles
> 



		
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