Easiest way to burn video CDs and DVD movies?

[Daniel Goldsmith]

On 11/3/06, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/3/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What's the easiest way to burn video CDs and DVD movies in Ubuntu, so
> > that they can be played on a normal DVD player?
> >
> > Gnomebaker still has burning video as an upcoming feature on the website.
> >
> > So can k3b do it?
> >
>
> I was just recently fiddling with this myself and I've had success
> using a package called DeVeDe. It's in the repositories. I've been
> using it to burn TV episodes in AVI format into one DVD for easier
> viewing. It steps you through the process of adding the files,
> converting them to the proper format and then creating an ISO file
> that can be burned directly.

Somewhat similar, at least for the dvd authoring, would be
dvdstyler[1] - not in the repos. Its fairly easy to use, although some
of the options can be confusing.

To get the files ready to be vobbed, I'd have to say use google and
read up on using transcode and mplex. While it can be somewhat
confusing, there are very good guides out there[2]. I've never gotten
a result using graphical tools which would equal that I get using the
command-line.

[1] http://dvdstyler.sourceforge.net/
[2] http://www.transcoding.org/cgi-bin/transcode?Tutorials/Authoring_PC_Media_To_DVD
     http://tinyurl.com/ybessu

Regards,

Daniel