Re: [opensuse] burning avi files to dvd

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Kai Ponte wrote:-

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1. Convert .avi file to MPEG2 format with correct audio codec.

2. Create DVD with correct formatting.

I do step one using the above-listed article.

Here's teh command line I use

mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf
scale=720:480,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts
vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyi
nt=18:aspect=16/9:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192 -ofps
30000/1001 -o file_out.mpg file_in_original.avi

(I'm in the US, so I'm on NTSC.)

I much prefer ffmpeg to do my video transcoding as it's a lot faster
and, as far as I can tell, the quality is as good or better. For this
sort of job, I'd use this command:

ffmpeg -i "file_in_original.avi" -target ntsc-dvd -y "file_out.mpg"

or:

ffmpeg -i "file_in_original.avi" -target pal-dvd -y "file_out.mpg"

depending on the frame rate of the original source. These set the
defaults to an average video bitrate of 6000kbps, stereo audio at
224kbps encoded as an AC3 stream, and either 29.97 (ntsc) or 25 (pal)
frames/sec. As for the aspect ratio, that's worked out from the input
file but you could always change it by using the -aspect option. E.g.

-aspect 4:3
-aspect 16:9
-aspect 235:100

will give the 4:3, 16:9 or the 2.35:1 aspect ratios.

I then create a DVD out of my file(s) using KDE DVD Authoring Wizard.

http://dvdauthorwizard.sourceforge.net/view.php/page/Voorpagina

If I'm making a video DVD to give to someone else, I use that too.


Regards,
David Bolt

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