mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 26 Aug 2004 19:10, Selva Nair wrote: > > The moment of truth is when it plays on your standalone dvd player. > > Then you will have something to tell everyone :) > > > But I need dvdauthor for that - right? I managed it once, with a small > stream, before my box had a melt-down, but I haven't got to grips with it > again yet. I will, though. For basic dvd you only need to do $ cd where-the-mpg-files-reside $ dvdauthor -x my-dvd.xml where my-dvd.xml looks like That will layout the dvd file structure in the directory ./my-dvd/ Make sure that ./my-dvd is either empty or does not exist: dvdauthor keeps appending titles to the destination directory, so it is important to start from a clean state. Check the authoring using xine (version 0.9.2x if possible :) $ xine dvd:/$PWD/my-dvd/ (the trailing / is important) Make an raw disk image using mkisofs $ mkisofs -dvd-video -o my-dvd.raw ./my-dvd ( - you need a recent version of mkisofs for -dvd-video support version >= 2.0 ? - you can combine this step with the burning step below to save disk space and typing, but for the first try its better to make the raw image and then burn. ) Burn my-dvd.raw to a dvd+/-rw disk using dvd+rw tools or dvdrecord/cdrecord as appropriate for your dvd drive. For +RW (recent versions of growisofs are supposed to with -RW too, I haven't tried) $ dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0 $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0=my-dvd.raw ( - replace /dev/scd0 by the appropriate device - need permission to write to /dev/scd0 - avoid gui front ends that tie you to a mouse and spoil all fun :) - not -dvd-compat is needed or not ) For -RW with dvdrecord $ dvdrecord -dao dev=0,0,0 -v my-dvd.raw The resulting dvd should play main.mpg followed by ending.mpg with no menus or other frills. It gets authored as two chapters corresponding to the two sources as a single title. The playback may not be seamless between the two sources, so it is recommended that you encode and mplex the source for each title as a single file. Make sure you have enough free disk space before you start -- the above procedure with raw image saved requires free space of a little over twice the size of all mpeg files being authored. Selva --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 Aug 2004 20:52, Selva Nair wrote: > > For basic dvd you only need to do > I'm either blind or just plain stupid. I built my-dvd.xml like this: but when I attempted to use it I got dvdauthor -x ../my-dvd.xml DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.8. Build options: gnugetopt magick Send bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ../my-dvd.xml:6: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: vob line 0 and pgc ^ ERR: Error in parsing XML What have I missed? Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLv1TkFAvMr/nNX8RAnU2AJ9UvouQPvPjW0lDOZxD5mKeqXnSjQCdHg/v Nb/WPMREQjbrFur0ouJNivM= =kuD3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
Hi! On Friday 27 August 2004 11:22, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 26 Aug 2004 20:52, Selva Nair wrote: > but when I attempted to use it I got > > dvdauthor -x ../my-dvd.xml > DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.8. Build options: gnugetopt magick > Send bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ../my-dvd.xml:6: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: vob line 0 > and pgc > > ^ > ERR: Error in parsing XML > What have I missed? There's a little syntax error in the XML file. Instead of it should be (Note the dash _outside_ the quotes). Otherwise it should be fine. See ya, Axel 'Anterion' Philipsenburg --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thursday 26 Aug 2004 20:52, Selva Nair wrote: > > > > For basic dvd you only need to do > > > I'm either blind or just plain stupid. I built my-dvd.xml like this: > > Be sure that /Data/Movies is empty and clean. It would be better to use a project specific directory name /Data/Movies/coda for book-keeping. > > > > Misplaced quote. That line above should be > > > > > but when I attempted to use it I got > > dvdauthor -x ../my-dvd.xml > DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.8. Build options: gnugetopt magick > Send bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ../my-dvd.xml:6: parser error : Opening and ending tag mismatch: vob line 0 > and pgc > > ^ > ERR: Error in parsing XML May be we should move this thread to dvdauthor.. Selva --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 Aug 2004 14:49, Selva Nair wrote: > > Be sure that /Data/Movies is empty and clean. It would be > better to use a project specific directory name /Data/Movies/coda > for book-keeping. > That's OK - It was a clean directory, and will be cleaned again before another write. I created it just for that purpose. > Misplaced quote. That line above should be > Thanks, yes - Axel pointed it out to me. > May be we should move this thread to dvdauthor.. > No - it worked perfectly. I burned the -q 8 version and it plays on my stand-alone player. QED. Now I go for the new, improved version of my production ;-) Thanks for all the help. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBL1hMkFAvMr/nNX8RAo3nAJ9Xc/GqKLgd9vGM3bvZ+5Ad9xxEQQCfdgkq 990bZ5eIrYzbNsTZI9rm4zw= =rRm5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idP47&alloc_id808&op=click ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
Hi Anne, > > May be we should move this thread to dvdauthor.. > > > No - it worked perfectly. I burned the -q 8 version and it plays on my > stand-alone player. QED. Wonderful ! >Now I go for the new, improved version of my > production ;-) Thanks for all the help. Good luck. Selva --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 Aug 2004 20:52, Selva Nair wrote: > For basic dvd you only need to do > > > That will layout the dvd file structure in > the directory ./my-dvd/ Make sure that ./my-dvd > is either empty or does not exist: dvdauthor keeps > appending titles to the destination directory, > so it is important to start from a clean state. > As useful skeleton, saved for future use, thanks. > Check the authoring using xine (version 0.9.2x if possible :) > > $ xine dvd:/$PWD/my-dvd/ > (the trailing / is important) > Despite the fact that xine could not play the .mpg properly it had no problems at all with this. > Make an raw disk image using mkisofs > > $ mkisofs -dvd-video -o my-dvd.raw ./my-dvd > > ( - you need a recent version of mkisofs for -dvd-video support > version >= 2.0 ? > - you can combine this step with the burning step below to save > disk space and typing, but for the first try its better to > make the raw image and then burn. ) > > Burn my-dvd.raw to a dvd+/-rw disk using dvd+rw tools > or dvdrecord/cdrecord as appropriate for your dvd drive. > Sadly my dvd-rw disks are -R - and they are not read by my player, so I had to burn a full DVD+R to prove the point. > For +RW (recent versions of growisofs are supposed to with -RW too, > I haven't tried) > > $ dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0 > > $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0=my-dvd.raw > > ( - replace /dev/scd0 by the appropriate device > - need permission to write to /dev/scd0 > - avoid gui front ends that tie you to a mouse and spoil all fun :) > - not -dvd-compat is needed or not ) > I've never used growisofs before, but it was entirely painless. > For -RW with dvdrecord > > $ dvdrecord -dao dev=0,0,0 -v my-dvd.raw > > The resulting dvd should play main.mpg followed by ending.mpg with no > menus or other frills. It gets authored as two chapters corresponding to > the two sources as a single title. The playback may not be seamless > between the two sources, so it is recommended that you encode and mplex > the source for each title as a single file. > I haven't encoded the long file yet. I'm going to rebuild the coda, interlaced, before I do that. However, I'm pleased to report that the resulting dvd plays perfectly on my stand-alone player. > Make sure you have enough free disk space before you start -- the above > procedure with raw image saved requires free space of a little over twice > the size of all mpeg files being authored. > I'll bear that in mind, thanks. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLy+fkFAvMr/nNX8RAkACAJ9DwXRQP1gLb0BamDzxIbdzzJpWtQCeIfKL BV9pPuzAPDQktwBGIyF3VOo= =/qqb -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > Check the authoring using xine (version 0.9.2x if possible :) > > > > $ xine dvd:/$PWD/my-dvd/ > > (the trailing / is important) > > > Despite the fact that xine could not play the .mpg properly it had no problems > at all with this. !! > > Burn my-dvd.raw to a dvd+/-rw disk using dvd+rw tools > > or dvdrecord/cdrecord as appropriate for your dvd drive. > > > Sadly my dvd-rw disks are -R - and they are not read by my player, so I had to > burn a full DVD+R to prove the point. Get an RW disk supported by your player. Get a decent brand, you wont regret it. > > > For +RW (recent versions of growisofs are supposed to with -RW too, > > I haven't tried) > > > > $ dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0 > > > > $ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0=my-dvd.raw > > > > ( - replace /dev/scd0 by the appropriate device > > - need permission to write to /dev/scd0 > > - avoid gui front ends that tie you to a mouse and spoil all fun :) > > - not -dvd-compat is needed or not ) > > > I've never used growisofs before, but it was entirely painless. If it was on linux, I think whatever you used before must have invoked growisofs behind the hoods.. There is indeed a way that does not use growisofs -- "mksiofs .. | dd /dev/scd0" but I doubt any of the front ends out there really do that. Selva --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 28 Aug 2004 16:50, Selva Nair wrote: > > Get an RW disk supported by your player. Get a decent brand, you wont > regret it. > I shall do that. In the first instance I was assured that most hardware players support DVD-R. That may be so, but it turns out that mine don't, so I had bought both -R and -RW disks that will probably be fine for data, but no good at all for this job. I've got a pack of +R disks now, and I'll get some +RW ones. > > > > I've never used growisofs before, but it was entirely painless. > > If it was on linux, I think whatever you used before must have > invoked growisofs behind the hoods.. There is indeed a way that does not > use growisofs -- "mksiofs .. | dd /dev/scd0" but I doubt any of the front > ends out there really do that. > I knew that it was used by the gui burners, but I've never used it from the CLI before. In fact I have hardly done any dvd burning at all. The one short video dvd that I burned was done with k3b, but somehow I can't get comfortable with k3b. I use xcdroast for my data backups. I shall have to learn more about growisofs, I expect, but for this purpose at least I will stick to the CLI. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBMK0ZkFAvMr/nNX8RAqFrAJwJk7cB7KsLYg3rZahJba7krmeDxQCfVCYs izONGVbXvBdkPl+se1q6t1w= =019v -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idP47&alloc_id808&op=click ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 Aug 2004 17:06, Selva Nair wrote: > >Now I go for the new, improved version of my > > production ;-) Thanks for all the help. > > Good luck. > Hi, Selva. Hopefully this is the last question - My xml fille looks like this: Building it gives me: dvdauthor -x ../my-dvd.xml DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.6.8. Build options: gnugetopt magick Send bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS STAT: Picking VTS 01 STAT: Processing intro.mpg... INFO: Video pts = 0.184 .. 5.504 INFO: Audio[8] pts = 0.184 .. 5.461 STAT: Processing cottingley.mpg... STAT: VOBU 3107 at 1720MB, 1 PGCS INFO: Video pts = 0.184 .. 1856.104 INFO: Audio[8] pts = 0.184 .. 1856.001 STAT: Processing codaDVD.mpg... STAT: VOBU 3197 at 1754MB, 1 PGCS INFO: Video pts = 0.184 .. 113.624 INFO: Audio[8] pts = 0.184 .. 113.529 STAT: VOBU 3200 at 1754MB, 1 PGCS INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes: INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2 INFO: TV standard: pal INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3 INFO: Resolution: 720x576 INFO: Audio ch 0 format: mp2/2ch, 20bps STAT: fixed 3200 VOBUS INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents scanning /Data/Movies//VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO VIDEO_TS lists as: VIDEO_TS.BUP VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_1.VOB VIDEO_TS.IFO VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_01_2.VOB Is this what you would expect? The two files seem to be split purely because of size. I have tried each separately and the content of all three files is there. Now I need to check the structure. Either there is a problem,or I can't get the xine command right. Which directory should I be in to run the xine command? I'm sorry, I must be totally thick! This worked perfectly well with the short one yesterday but I keep getting error messages - can't find the mrl, and no plugin to handle dvd. We know this is rubbish - it worked yesterday - so it has to be me. Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBMgpGkFAvMr/nNX8RAoLYAJ92qMkv447Tg3KA3XBWhNM52QNZnwCfeXDa 9eGKiLzEjfZoDZ4HEJPNHao= =GKwJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idP47&alloc_id808&op=click ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
Re: mjpegtools to dvdauthor (was Re: [Mjpeg-users] Too late?)
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Anne Wilson wrote: > > VIDEO_TS lists as: > VIDEO_TS.BUP VTS_01_0.BUP VTS_01_1.VOB > VIDEO_TS.IFO VTS_01_0.IFO VTS_01_2.VOB > > Is this what you would expect? The two files seem to be split purely because Yes. You have the three mpg files authored as a single title so everything goes into VTS_01_x.VOB (x= 1 to 9) split into 1GB chunks as necessary. > of size. I have tried each separately and the content of all three files is > there. > > Now I need to check the structure. Either there is a problem,or I can't get > the xine command right. Which directory should I be in to run the xine > command? I'm sorry, I must be totally thick! This worked perfectly well > with the short one yesterday but I keep getting error messages - can't find > the mrl, and no plugin to handle dvd. We know this is rubbish - it worked > yesterday - so it has to be me. xine sometimes acts up for me too.. The command for your case would be $ xine dvd:/Data/Movies/ Does n't matter where you run it from if you specify the full-path to the directory that contains VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS as above. Include the trailing slash. Selva --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click ___ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
