burning viedo AVI files to DVD

[rbowen1]

I am looking for a way to burn video AVI files to a DVD so that the DVD can then be put into a DVD player (DivX) and watched on a television.

All help would be appreciated.

[GWBouge]

I use DeVeDe to convert the media into an actual DVD, so you don't have to worry whether or not your DVD/BluRay/Console can handle a certain video format. It's available in the repo's.

[warfacegod]

+1 for DeVeDe. If you want to try and see if youe DVD player will read the files open Brasero and choose Data Project.

[3xp10r3r|X13]

In my opinion K3b is a really neat tool. It doesn't just create DVDs. You can burn next to everything onto a DVD, using this program. Try it out!

By default it's a KDE application, but you can easily install it using the software center or sudo apt-get install k3b.

Here's the link to their home page, so you can have a look at it:

http://www.k3b.org/

I have to admit, the website looks pretty crappy, but it really does its job quite well :)

[rbowen1]

When I try to install DeVeDe, I get the following message:

To install DeVeDe DVD/CD Viedo Creator, these items must be removed:
Libav codec library
libavcodec52
Libav file format library
libavformat52
Libav utility library
libavutil50
Libav video postprocessing library
libpostproc51
Libav video scaling library
libswscale0

Two options: 1. Cancel 2. Install anyway

What are these 5 Libav items? What applications are they used? Could this cause a conflict if I install anyway?

[SeijiSensei]

I am looking for a way to burn video AVI files to a DVD so that the DVD can then be put into a DVD player (DivX) and watched on a television.

Before you start removing things, let's try an experiment. Play one of the files from the command prompt with mplayer ("mplayer /path/to/file.avi") and see what codecs were used to encode the video and audio. If the video was encoded in DivX or XviD, with MP3 audio, you should be able to play them on your DVD player without any additional massaging. In K3b, choose "New Data Project," then double-click the files from the directory listing in the top frame. They'll then appear in the bottom frame which represents the contents of the disk to be created. Click "Burn", then stick the DVD into the player and see what happens.

[rbowen1]

Installed Mplayer at the command prompt. Mplayer does not find the file yet an LS shows the file in the home directory. The AVI file will play OK in Natty Gui.

command line response:

MPlayer 1.0rc4-4.5.2 (C) 2000-2010 MPlayer Team
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing just.avi.
File not found: 'just.avi'
Failed to open just.avi.


Exiting... (End of file)

Seems like I am getting side tracked. Any one out there know what the libav files are used for and how would I remove them so I can install DeVeDe application?

[crispy_420]

You did say that you have a DVD player that supports DivX in the intial post right? Then as long as the avi file is in their supported format (most likely basic Xvid/DivX for video and mp3 for audio portion) it should just play. So my suggestion is just to ensure it is the right format then burn as data disc. You may have no need to do all of these conversions and over complicate the process.

I have had two Phillips DVD players in a row that support DivX out of the box and this has worked for both units. The second one I got to replace the first unit even has a USB port so I can skip burning discs all together. For $50 a unit I can't complain too much not even taking into account they can easily be made region-free to boot.

Take the easy way out before messing with transcoding formats, it may save you many hours of unneeded work.

[rbowen1]

Got mplayer to work. mplayer shows:
VIDEO: [XVID] 620x320 24bpp 25.000 fps 756.0 kbps (92.3 kbyte/s)

I do not have the K3b burner so I used Brasero to burn the file as a data disc to DVD. My DivX DVD player does not recognize the disk & shows as unknown. First Disc coaster

mplayer shows that the libav files are being used to play the AVI viedo file.
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)

I have searched the forums and it appears that DeVeDe has worked fine on older versions of Ubuntu. This appears to be an issue with Ubuntu 11.04 and DeVeDe. Should I give up on DeVeDe and try Tovid?

[ron999]

Should I give up on DeVeDe and try Tovid?
It's up to you.
Have you decided to convert that avi file into a DVD disc that will play on any DVD player?

[rbowen1]

It's up to you.
Have you decided to convert that avi file into a DVD disc that will play on any DVD player?

Yes, I want to convert the avi file into a DVD disc that will play on any DVD player.

Perhaps I should select the install anyway for DeVeDe.

[jtarin]

You did say that you have a DVD player that supports DivX in the intial post right? Then as long as the avi file is in their supported format (most likely basic Xvid/DivX for video and mp3 for audio portion) it should just play. So my suggestion is just to ensure it is the right format then burn as data disc. You may have no need to do all of these conversions and over complicate the process.

I have had two Phillips DVD players in a row that support DivX out of the box and this has worked for both units. The second one I got to replace the first unit even has a USB port so I can skip burning discs all together. For $50 a unit I can't complain too much not even taking into account they can easily be made region-free to boot.

Take the easy way out before messing with transcoding formats, it may save you many hours of unneeded work.I agree. A conversion tool might be what you need instead of a specific burner..

[ron999]

Perhaps I should select the install anyway for DeVeDe.

Hi
Go with DeVeDe if you like.
If it doesn't work out, you can always un-install it and re-install the five packages again.

It's not difficult to do the job without DeVeDe, using command-line instructions.
Start with an avi file and end up with an iso file ready to burn.;)

[rbowen1]

Hi
Go with DeVeDe if you like.
If it doesn't work out, you can always un-install it and re-install the five packages again.

It's not difficult to do the job without DeVeDe, using command-line instructions.
Start with an avi file and end up with an iso file ready to burn.;)

Cool Beans Ron999. I would like command line instructions. Thanks!

[alphacrucis2]

Cool Beans Ron999. I would like command line instructions. Thanks!

DeVeDe is a GUI program.


Edit ignore me. I realise you want to do it using command line rather than use DeVeDe

[ron999]

I would like command line instructions.


Hi
To move from just.avi to just.iso takes three steps.

First step:-
Convert the avi file to MPEG-2.

Install the converter program FFmpeg:-

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

Convert the file using one of these commands:-
Either

ffmpeg -i just.avi -target ntsc-dvd just.mpg
Or

ffmpeg -i just.avi -target pal-dvd just.mpg

When it's finished you'll have a new file named just.mpg.


Second step:-
Create the DVD file structure.

Install the authoring program dvdauthor:-

sudo apt-get install dvdauthor

Create the DVD structure using this command:-

dvdauthor -o DVD/ -t just.mpg && dvdauthor -o DVD/ -T

When it's finished you'll have a new folder named DVD containing AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders.


Last step:-
Create an iso file from the DVD folder.

Install the iso image program genisoimage:-

sudo apt-get install genisoimage

Create the iso file using this command:-

genisoimage -dvd-video -v -o just.iso DVD

When it's finished you'll have a new file named just.iso.

[Mac-ghost-hunter]

Try KDENLIVE That is what I use.

Mac-Ghost-hunter

[rbowen1]

Last step:-[/U]


genisoimage -dvd-video -v -o just.iso DVD When it's finished you'll have a new file named just.iso.


I got this in the terminal and a just.iso file that has 0 bytes:

I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
genisoimage 1.1.11 (Linux)
Scanning DVD
Scanning DVD/AUDIO_TS
Scanning DVD/VIDEO_TS
genisoimage: No such file or directory. Failed to open VIDEO_TS.IFO
genisoimage: Can't open VMG info for 'DVD/'.
genisoimage: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
genisoimage: Could not find correct 'VIDEO_TS' directory.
genisoimage: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.
Possible reasons:
- VIDEO_TS subdirectory was not found on specified location
- VIDEO_TS has invalid contents


Step 3 did create a directory called DVD that has two directories. AUDIO_TS which is empty and a VIDEO_TS directory that contains 6 files. 1. /DVD/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.BUP 2. VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO 3. VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB 4. VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB 4. VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_3.VOB 4. VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_4.VOB

Any ideas?

[ron999]

Any ideas?

Hi
I don't know why that's happening.
Maybe step 2 didn't work properly to make a good DVD folder.
It's OK that the AUDIO_TS folder is empty.
But perhaps there should have been more BUP and IFO files created in the VIDEO_TS folder.

Try deleting the DVD folder and the just.iso file.

Then do step 2 again, but split it into 2 commands.
Like this:-

dvdauthor -o DVD/ -t just.mpg
Then this:-

dvdauthor -o DVD/ -T

Then try step 3 again to make the iso file.

[rbowen1]

[QUOTE=ron999;10917938Then this:-
[CODE]
dvdauthor -o DVD/ -T

First step went Ok but got this in terminal for 2nd step: dvdauthor -o DVD/ -T

DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt imagemagick iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig
Send bug reports to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: no default video format, must explicitly specify NTSC or PAL
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning DVD/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
ERR: no video format specified for VMGM

Ideas?

[ron999]

DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt imagemagick iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig
Send bug reports to <dvdauthor-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

INFO: no default video format, must explicitly specify NTSC or PAL
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning DVD/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
ERR: no video format specified for VMGM

Ideas?

Hi
I'm using dvdauthor v0.6.14.
You're using dvdauthor v0.7.0.

It seems that the newer version uses a different method.

I think that this is the solution:-
Use a text editor to create a file named video_format.
In the file, just type one word...
Either:-
PAL
Or:-
NTSC

Save this video_format file in (hidden) folder ./config.

Then delete the DVD folder and try step 2 again.

[rbowen1]

Having trouble locating (hidden) folder ./config.

Can you provide the path?

[ron999]

Can you provide the path?
It's hidden.
Need to use View and tick 'Show hidden files'.

Path:-
/home/ron/.config

[crispy_420]

Or just hit 'ctrl + h' to view hidden files.

[rbowen1]

Thank you so much Ron999. It appears to work. The DVD is playing in my DVD player now. Will watch the movie and let you know the results tomorrow

[rbowen1]

Very cool beans, ron999. The DVD will play in any DVD player. The DVD is in 4:3 (full screen) aspect ratio.

Final question before I solve this thread. Can I adjust the process so that the DVD will be in 16:9 (widescreen) aspect ratio?

[ricey155]

im one fore devede convertor and k3b for burning !!

it works for me on 11.04 :D

[rbowen1]

I am solving this thread. My original problem was not being able to watch AVI files on a DVD in a Divx player. This was resolved by burning the AVI files to a Data DVD using K3B.

My thanks to all that responded.