[Novalug] Video converter (to DVD with menus) -- was: Video converter

[Varol Okan]

Yep,

I am still reading most of the lists mails :)

So of course I can only recommend using QDVDAuthor. It does transcode
the input through either MEncode, ffmpeg, VideoTrans, or Transcode,
depending on what you have installed. The choice is yours.

QDVDAuthor tries to be smart about detecting input video but it can only
be as good as the backend used, which is currently either MPlayer or Xine.

I designed it to be easy and usable with the main target being people
taking vacation videos, images, and short vids. For that the Slideshow
generation supports adding images and vids into one slideshow. Creating
slideshows from hundreds of images should not take longer than a few
minutes ( without rendering ).

As for the menu generation, the FewClickWizard will guide you through
creating a simple DVD with multiple menus. Or you can choose between
some 30 templates or create a menu from scratch.

I could go on here but I would recommend checking out the videos on
Youtube to give you an idea. New and cool are the transition effects,
that is if you click a button the menu will fade over to the video ( or
other menu ).

Anyhow, I am still actively developing this app and am about to release
version 2.0. If I am not too busy I'll help when needed and am always
open for feedback.

Varol :)

Richard Ertel wrote:
> that makes me sad that i haven't been on this mailing list for very long
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 18:26, greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
>   
>> On 10/06/2009 02:38 PM, Jason van Gumster wrote:
>>     
>>> Richard Ertel<richard.ertel at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> if anyone knows of any linux applications that can make dvd menus long
>>>> side ffmpeg converting videos, as command line programs that can be
>>>> scripted, and can share the information in a not condescending manner,
>>>> i'd appreciate the advice.
>>>>         
>>> For that, have a gander at qdvdauthor (http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/).
>>> Disclaimer: I've been doing this from the command line for so long that I have
>>> a suitable workflow for myself and have therefore not spent any serious time
>>> with qdvdauthor. That said, the website indicates that qdvdauthor (written by
>>> Varol Okan, who I believe is subscribed to this list) will transcode your input
>>> video for you in addition to facilitating menu creation.
>>>       
>> And Varol has presented QDVDAuthor 2x at the LUG.
>>
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