DVD Authoring tools

[Jaime Davila]

Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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> Duncan Lithgow wrote:
>> On Tue, 2006-12-26 at 00:52 -0600, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
>>>> After trying various tools I'm using dvdstyler which is easy to use and
>>>> offers enough things for me to create a new DVD quite fast[1] YMMV.
>>>> Hint: Don't use the one packaged in dapper/egdy and compile the version
>>>> from upstream yourself, since there are some issues and missing features
>>>> I found quite handy.
>> For the record, and I hope some comment, I have just made a first go at
>> an overhaul of the http://help.ubuntu.com/community/DVDAuthoring.
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>> I would be grateful if a few people subscribed to the page so they can
>> help keep an eye on the accuracy and usefulness of the content. This
>> issue of DVD Authoring is fraught with trouble as a look at the page
>> shows - so the more eyes and comments - the better.
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>> Please give me some comments about the page, I would like to make it
>> useful, and comments are a great way to start helping.
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>     Done and done.  Great idea, guy!
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While we're all talking about DVD authoring, let me ask a question a 
regarding a problem I had recently.

I authored a dvd using dvdstyler. I went all the way to creating an iso 
of the dvd. I burned one, and it had no sound. When I used the "file" 
command on the iso, it reported the image having mp2 sound. I know I 
need to have sound set to ac3, and I had selected that option 
everywhere, but it seems like the command being passed to dvdauthor was 
somehow incorrect. The VOB files created by the process, in fact DID 
have sound. But the iso didn't. I ended up using the tovid graphic 
interface to create the image, but I miss some of the options that 
dvdstyler has.

Any ideas? Has anyone seen this problem before?


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Jaime J. Davila
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Hampshire College
School of Cognitive Science
jdavila at hampshire dot edu
http://helios.hampshire.edu/jdavila
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