DVD authoring question

[Nigel Ridley]

Art Alexion wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Nigel Ridley
> <nigel at prayingforisrael.net> wrote:
>> I downloaded a [legitimate] free movie in wmv format and want to convert it so I can burn it to
>> DVD and watch it on my TV.
>>
>> I tried using ffmpeg with:
>> ffmpeg -i name_of_file.wmv -target pal-dvd -aspect 4:3 name_of_file.mpg
>>
>> but although I got a file which is playable on my computer it won't play on our [TV] DVD player.
>>
>> What must I do to get it to play on a regular DVD player?
> 
> You didn't mention that you converted the resulting MPEG into VOB
> files and such in the VIDEO_TS directory.  This is the file, index and
> menu format that most DVD players are looking for.
> 
> Haven't done this in about a year.  At that time,  qdvdauthor was the
> best.  I also tried devede and another program whose name escapes me
> at this time. devede was the easiest, but qdvdauthor the most mature.
> A lot may have changed since then.
> 
> 
> 

I just tried DeVeDe and it produced a .iso image - is that right?

Blessings,

Nigel