Dvd Authoring Under Linux/suse

This post lists packages that are useful for making a custom DVD. It is not complete, and I hope to update it as time goes by.

I have reposted this from another thread, and I eventually hope to make a "sticky" (or some other appropriate guide) out of it for forums.suselinuxsupport.de. The original thread is here (which is useful as it has some installation help posts):
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.ph...c=22754&hl=

I myself mainly use "kdenlive", "tovid", "dvbcut", "mandvd" and "KDE DVD Author Wizard". Some apps to consider are (many of which use dvdauthor in one form or another).

Aften is an audio encoder which generates compressed audio streams based on ATSC A/52 specification. This type of audio is also known as AC-3 or Dolby® Digital and is one of the audio codecs used in DVD-Video content.
Download Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/aften
Home web page: http://aften.sourceforge.net/

avidemux [video processing tool]. While not strictly for DVD Authoring, I find this tool indespensable for various jobs.
Download: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/avidemux
Home web page: http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/

chaplin [chaplin parses a DVD disc or image and extracts the exact duration for each chapter of a given title. Then the total list of chapters is split into a user-selectable number of subsets. Each subset should have approximately the same duration. This is a very useful approach for multi-cd rips (backups). You no longer simply split the movie in the middle of the frame count but you choose two sets of chapters for both parts which both have (almost) the same length. Then the disc-break is not at a rather random point (concering the story telling of the movie) but at the end of a dvd-chapter. The chapter timings and the split sets are also very useful for chapter navigation (even on a single disc). The normal output mode of chaplin thus prints the chapter's relative beginning time and the duration in a wide number of formats, ranging from seconds, frame counts to timestamps.
http://www.lallafa.de/bp/chaplin.html
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/chaplin

cinelerra [captures, helps compose, and editing audio and video]
Home page: http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3
Download: http://heroinewarrior.com/download.php3
I have not found an rpm specifically compiled for SuSE-10.0, but I did find the Cinelerra for Athlon on the above download page worked on my SuSE-10.0 on an Athlon-1100+. (I suspect it was compiled for Fedora). ... But I offer no guarantee's it won't have problems in some functions, as Fedora and SuSE store packages in different places. There are both 32-bit and 64-bit rpms for SuSE on Packman:
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/cinelerra

cpvdvd [a tool to transfer a DVD title to your harddisk on Linux. This tool copies all required files for a movie title from a DVD on your harddisk for further processing with libdvdreads image mode (e.g. transcode). It automatically selects the title with longest duration (but you can also pick a specific one). The tool determines the correct title set (VTS-VOB files) for the selected title, clones the navigation information (IFO files) and extracts (decodes) the data into new video object streams.]
http://www.lallafa.de/bp/cpdvd.html
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/cpdvd

cpvts [can raw copy title sets from a DVD to your harddisc. This tool can copy a single or all title sets from a DVD to a directory].
http://www.lallafa.de/bp/cpvts.html
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/cpvts

DeVeDe [the DeVeDe project creates video DVDs & (S)VCDs, suitables for home players].
http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/devede

divxenc [Advanced shell script for encoding DVD's or video files to the DivX format using the encoding utility MEncoder from MPlayer. Supports all the useful options an end-user would need to make a successful encode. The script is a CLI front end to MEncoder.]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/divxenc

dvbcut [a Qt application to select certain parts of an MPEG transport stream (as received via Digital Video Broadcasting) and save these parts into a single MPEG output file].
Download: http://packman.links2linux.org/?action=745
Homepage: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/dvbcut
This is one of my favourite GUI based packages.

dvdauthor [dvdauthor is a command line program that will generate a DVD movie from a valid mpeg2 stream that should play when you put it in a DVD player. There are various GUI front ends to this program]
http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/dvdauthor

dvdbackup [command line utility to make a 1:1 backup copy of a dvd. Called by many other packages].
Download: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/dvdbackup
Homepage: http://dvd-create.sourceforge.net/

DVD Home Video Project [a tool that provides a simple, quick way to transform video on a DV camcorder into a DVD].
http://dvd-homevideo.sourceforge.net/

dvdstyler [frontend for dvdauthor and dvd-slideshow – single movie/single menu]
http://www.dvdstyler.de/
Help Forum: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=318795
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/DVDStyler
I never got it to work very well under SuSE (in fact, I never successfully burned a DVD with it), but I confess I did not try too hard.

dvdwizard [wrapper-script automate creation of DVD chapters/menu's. Needs dvdauthor],
http://dvdwizard.wershofen.net/
For Suse there is Packman:
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/dvdwizard

Gnome-Subtitles: Gnome Subtitles is a subtitle editor for the GNOME Desktop environment. It supports the most common subtitle formats and allows for subtitle editing, conversion, and synchronization.
http://gnome-subtitles.sourceforge.net/

h264enc [Advanced shell script for encoding DVD's or video files to the H.264 format using the encoding utility MEncoder from MPlayer. Supports all the useful options an end-user would need to make a successful encode. The script is a CLI front end to MEncoder.]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/h264enc

jahshaka [OpenSource Realtime Editing and Effects System licenced under GPL]
http://www.jahshaka.org/index.php
RPMs for SuSE-10.1 can be found here: http://repo.jahshaka.org/suse/10.1/RPMS/i586/ with instructions here: http://www.jahshaka.org/dmdocuments/Jahsha...c3_release.html

jubler [a java based tool to edit text-based subtitles. It can be used an an authoring software for new subtitles or as a tool to convert, transform, correct and refine existing subtitles].
http://www.panayotis.com/jubler/
[requires v.1.5.0 or greater of Sun Java Runtime Environment]
I have never tried this package.

k9copy [DVD backup program - runs under KDE]
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/k9copy
Home web site: http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/

KDE DVDAuthorWizard [Create video DVD with multiple titles & menu. Requires transcode, mjpegtools, sox, kommander (part of kdewebdev), ImageMagic, mplayer and optional(recommended) xine and k3b]
http://dvdauthorwizard.sourceforge.net/vie...page/Voorpagina
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=27528v
[Kommander script - unpack the archive and run the 'Installer.kmdr' script or DVDAuthorWizard.kmdr direct] This is one of the two main packages that I use. I have used this a lot.

kdenlive [Kdenlive is a non-linear video editor for KDE. Kdenlive project provides all project management and editing tools while relying on a separate rendering program (currently PIAVE) to perform the editing operations].
http://kdenlive.org/
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/kdenlive

Kino [Kino allows you to record, create, edit, and play movies recorded with DV camcorders. This program uses many keyboard commands for fast navigating and editing inside the movie].
http://www.kinodv.org/

KmPg2 [an MPEG2 encoding wizard that allows the user to create DVD compatible MPEG2 streams].
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...oder-5324.shtml

klvemkdvd [front end for lvemkdvd - build DVD file systems from mpeg files]
http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/klvemkdvd.html
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/klvemkdvd

kmediafactory [authoring done by dvdauthor, ffmpeg, ImageMagick]
http://kotisivu.dnainternet.fi/damu0/softw...tory/index.html
KDE-Apps page: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=20121
Application development has been inactive for a while,and is currently looking for a developer to port to QT4.

kungfu [KungFu is a DVD backup application based on the GStreamer multimedia framework. It rips your DVDs to Ogg files on your hard drive, utilizing patent-free codecs (Theora for video and Vorbis for audio).]
https://launchpad.net/kungfu
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.org/package/kungfu

Linux Video Maker [graphics interface (GUI) for transcode, mplex, DVDAuthor and few other programs. Useful for DVD/(S)VCD structure generating, ready for record on CD/DVD. Written in Java so it needs Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to work]
http://freshmeat.net/projects/videomaker/
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...aker-9827.shtml
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/videomaker

LiVES [a video effects, editing, conversion, and playback system aimed at the digital video artist and VJ. It uses commonly available tools (Mplayer, ImageMagick, and GTK+), so it should work on most Unix-like systems].
http://lives.sourceforge.net/
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...LiVES-377.shtml
There are rpms available on the web for SuSE-9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and SuSE-10.0, 10.1 and 10.2 from http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/suser-sbarnin/

lvemkdvd [linux video editor - part of lve package]
http://lvempeg.sourceforge.net/
I haven't used this, even though I have it installed.

lxdvdrip [command line rip, author, preview, burn]
http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en...title=lxdvdrip – home
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/lxdvdrip – download
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/lxdvdrip - packman
Another package that I have installed, but haven't used much.

ManDVD [This is a program to create DVD Vidéo.]
Packman rpms: http://packman.links2linux.org/package/mandvd
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=38347
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...DVD-12812.shtml
The URL for the ManDVD Forum is not longer valid. I assume feedback to the author is now on the kde-apps.org URL above.

manslide Create your own slideshow with Manslide, it supports some 3D special effects.
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php...?content=52227
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/manslide

mpgtx: [mpgtx is a tool to manipulate MPEG files. Its features include splitting/joining mpegs, editting IDE3 tags, demultiplexing .... ]
http://mpgtx.sourceforge.net/
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/mpgtx

neroAacEnc is a high quality and fast LC-AAC/HE-AAC audio encoder
Download web site: http://www.nero.com/eng/down-ndaudio.php

OpenMovieEditor [The Open Movie Editor is a Non Linear Movie Editor, designed to be a simple tool, that provides basic movie making capabilites for the amateur movie artist]
http://openmovieeditor.sourceforge.net/HomePage
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/OpenMovieEditor

Open Vip[Open Vip is a video-processing tool for Linux and Windows. It consists of ( a ) OpenVIP core for processing multimedia files from command line (or as a C++ library linked with an applications code), and ( b ) OpenVIP Editor - a GUI based NLE, based on the timeline concept]
http://openvip.sourceforge.net/

pgcedit [a DVD IFO and Menu editor designed to allow the modification of the navigation commands and parameters of an already authored DVD structure]
http://download.videohelp.com/r0lZ/pgcedit/index.html
This program by itself, is not enough to create a DVD. Its supposed to help in the authoring process, but I confess my knowledge of DVD's is too weak to take advantage of this.

PiTiVi [Pitivi is a Non Linear Video Editor using the GStreamer media framework].
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/pitivi
http://pitivi.sourceforge.net/
Pitivi wiki: http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page

polidori [a DVD Authoring System for Gnome and Linux. It integrates several command line tools (dvdauthor, dvdrtools, ogle, etc) already available for Linux]
http://polidori.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/polidori
I haven't installed this on my PC.

QCreateVOB [a VOB (DVD) movie creator that uses transcode, ffmpeg, sox, and multimux. It supports visual gamma correction and border selection along with many movie formats including AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, and MOV].
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qcreatevob
http://freshmeat.net/projects/qcreatevob/
I created a custom rpm using check install, but I never got around to using it.

qdvdauthor [gui frontend for dvd-author and dvd-slideshow]
http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/qdvdauthor
Sometime back (in mid-2006) I wasted a couple of weekends trying to get this to work on SuSE, and I finally gave it up. Its far too much a beta for my limited level of Linux knowledge.

Slideshow creator [Slideshow Creator can edit slideshow sources for dvd-slideshow (to create dvd quality slideshows from jpeg images). With slcreator you can edit visually the slideshow. This program is written in Gambas, so you will need Gambas to be installed].
http://slcreator.sourceforge.net/

streamdvd [a tool to backup Video DVDs 'on the fly', there will be no ripping, demultiplexing, recoding, remultiplexing .... Select the wanted title, chapters, video, audio and subpicture streams and also a resize factor and StreamDVD will write a 'ready to author' vob file to stdout]. There is also a gui for it called "streamdvd-gui".
http://www.badabum.de/streamdvd.html

Subtitle Editor: Subtitle Editor is a GTK+2 tool to edit subtitles. It can be used for new subtitles or as a tool to transform, edit, correct and refine existing subtitles. This program also shows sound waves, which makes it easier to synchronise subtitles to voices.
http://kitone.free.fr/subtitleeditor/
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/subtitleeditor

tovid [A suite of shell scripts to make VCD, SVCD and DVD authoring easier. Converts arbitrary video formats into (S)VCD/DVD-compliant mpeg, and can help with menu creation and disc authoring].
http://tovid.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Packman: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/tovid
Support/develpment user/developer forum: http://www.createphpbb.com/tovid/
This is one of the two main packages that I use. I have used it a lot.

ts2dvd [Ts2Dvd lets you make video DVD from many file formats. Select input video files, add subtitles file, then press Start button, which then produces VIDEO_TS for burning it as DVD]
http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...Dvd-12647.shtml
Web page (not in english): http://dev.jancerny.com/?ts2dvd

VanRed [(eVaporate and Reauthor DVDs) is an application which makes it possible to copy the main movie from a DVD to your hard disc and which allows you to remove certain audio and subtitle streams and evaporates (requant) if necessary the video stream].
Information for installing the package is here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=89543
It can be downloaded from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/charemma

varsha [java frontend to dvdauthor, dvd+rw-tools, mkisofs, mjpegtools etc...]
http://varsha.sourceforge.net/ and http://sourceforge.net/projects/varsha
I installed it, but never used it.

videolink [videolink produces DVDs with menus. It converts HTML pages into DVD menus by rendering them in Mozilla and reproducing their link structure. This allows you to design DVDs using familiar HTML editing tools or ones favourite text editor].
http://womble.decadent.org.uk/software/videolink/

Videotrans [Videotrans is a set of scripts that allow its user to reformat existing movies into the VOB format that is used on DVDs]. I first learned about the packages here: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/...rans-6982.shtml
It can be downloaded from here: http://videotrans.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/videotrans/

Vivia [Vivia is a video editing program for Linux and Windows. It provides editing of clips and transitions in real-time, along with multi-camera support for editing scenes that were recorded by more than one camera simultaneously.]
http://vivia-video.org/
http://packman.links2linux.de/package/vivia

vobcopy [vobcopy copies DVD .vob files to harddisk]
http://vobcopy.org/
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/vobcopy

Winki [Winki The Ripper is a program for video encoding. It is a graphical frontend for GNOME written in python to command line tools like mencoder, mplayer, mkvtoolnix, oggenc and lsdvd].
http://www.winki-the-ripper.de/
Winki forum: http://www.winki-the-ripper.de/phpBB2/
http://packman.links2linux.org/package/winki

XDVDShrink - [a project in BASH and Perl-Gtk2 that allows backup of DVD content on single-layer writable DVDs].
Home Page: http://dvdshrink.sourceforge.net/
Packman version: http://packman.links2linux.de/package/dvdshrink
[I confess I struggled a bit with this package, and I prefer k9copy, lxdvdrip, or backing up from the commandline (with dvdbackup, cat, tcextract, tcrequant, and mplex)]

xvidenc [Advanced shell script for encoding DVD's or video files to the XviD format using the encoding utility MEncoder from MPlayer. Supports all the useful options an end-user would need to make a successful encode. The script is a CLI front end to MEncoder.]
http://sourceforge.net/projects/xvidenc

Change History
3-Mar-06 - Initial version
30-Apr-06 - Added tovid wiki url and added "LiVES" which now runs on my pc after installing from suser-sbarnin's rpms
25-May-06 - Added DeVeDe, KmPg2 and DVD Home Video Project.
28-May-06 - Added chaplin, cpdvd, cpvts
5-Jun-06 - Added streamdvd
13-Jun-06 - Added jahshaka
15-Jun-06 - Added ts2dvd
17-Jun-06 - Added ManDV
23-Jul-06 - updated words on Linux Video Maker
29-Jul-06 - Added ManDV Forum
9-Sep-06 - added (s)vcd comment to DeVeDe
26-Oct-06 - updated Cinelerra comment noting SuSE-10.1 versions available on Packman
26-Nov-06 - added PiViTi
19-Dec-06 - added h264enc, OpenMovieEditor, Vivia, xvidenc
19-Dec-06 - 2nd edit of today. Added kdenlive, dvdauthor, KungFu, vobcopy, winki
6-May-07 - checked and updated all links. Added OpenVIP
7-May-07 - restored Packman link for Mandvd
1-Dec-07 - added kino, mpgtx, Gnome-Subtitles, Subtitle Editor, slideshow creator, manslide and videolink
24-Mar-08 - added Aften, divxenc, and neroAacEnc

nice line up for us newbies. thanks and very much appreciated.