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Here is my makedvd.sh script for all you film buffs out there who want to
transfer your digital media to dvd.

You can start with downloaded a few essentials:

1. sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
ffmpeg is crucial for transcoding to an mpeg2 format of video suitable to a dvd.

2. sudo apt-get install dvdauthor or find, download, compile and install from src - better
dvdauthor version 7.0 onwards is buggy (This script works with version 6.1)

3. sudo apt-get install mkisofs
mkisofs is used for making a dvd image file iso.

4. sudo apt-get install growisofs
growisofs is like cdrecord and will do the dvd burning

Here is the script:

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   #!/bin/bash
   rm -rf dvd dvd.iso mydvd.mpg


   ffmpeg -i $1 -vf scale=-1:480 -target pal-dvd mydvd.mpg


   read -p "Press any key to makedvd ..."

   echo "<dvdauthor dest=\"dvd/\">
   <vmgm />
   <titleset>
   <titles>
   <video format=\"PAL\" />
   <audio lang=\"en\" />
   <pgc>
   <vob file=\"mydvd.mpg\" /> 
   </pgc>
   </titles>
   </titleset>
   </dvdauthor>" > dvdauthor.xml

   dvdauthor -o dvd/ -x dvdauthor.xml
   dvdauthor -o dvd/ -T

   read -p "Press any key to burn dvd ..."

   mkisofs -dvd-video -v -o dvd.iso dvd
   growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m -Z /dev/dvdrw=dvd.iso




The script starts by deleting any previously made files.

The first command is ffmpeg:

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   ffmpeg -i $1 -vf scale=-1:480 -target pal-dvd mydvd.mpg


You can play around with different quality settings using -cr or -q:v but its easier just to
set the scale (here is set to 480p) however depending on how long the movie is you can set it higher
it just needs to be small enough to fit on dvd (usually 4.7 Gb) but has the highest res.

setting

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   -target pal-dvd

does everything else.

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   -target ntsc-dvd

for US dvd.

Next we are writing an xml file for dvdauthor to use when creating the dvd. This script produces a minimal xml file to produces a dvd without chapters or a menu. You can edit it to do all of this just
examine the man page for dvdauthor or read the online docs.

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   echo "<dvdauthor dest=\"dvd/\">
   <vmgm />
   <titleset>
   <titles>
   <video format=\"PAL\" />
   <audio lang=\"en\" />
   <pgc>
   <vob file=\"mydvd.mpg\" /> 
   </pgc>
   </titles>
   </titleset>
   </dvdauthor>" > dvdauthor.xml



The xml has its destination folder - dvd, its video format - PAL and the name of the mpeg video file you just created with ffmpeg.

Finally the two all important dvdauthor commands that will create the dvd file structure are:

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   dvdauthor -o dvd/ -x dvdauthor.xml
   dvdauthor -o dvd/ -T


The first command creates the DVD in dvd/ folder using the dvdauthor.xml config. Then it fixes the DVD as a title - this makes it ready for making an iso file which we will write to the blank DVD.

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   mkisofs -dvd-video -v -o dvd.iso dvd
   growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m -Z /dev/dvdrw=dvd.iso



Note you need to establish the location of your dvd burner usually its /dev/dvdrw.

And thats it you should now have a DVD in the correct format with a single chapter ready to play on your TV!