[mythtv-users] Writing DVD from .vob files?

[James L. Paul]

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On Tuesday 09 March 2004 9:36 am, stan wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:22:09AM -0800, Tom Marshall wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 10:00:33AM -0500, stan wrote:
> > > OK, so now that I can create .vob files from a DVD, and play them back
> > > in the correct language (thansk list(, what do I need to do to write
> > > the .vob files back to a DVD?
> >
> > This should get you started:
> >
> >   http://www.google.com/search?q=dvdrecord
>
> Interesting.
>
> I'm using a KnppMYTH V4R2 systme, and an apt-cache search leads me to
> dvdrecord. And that packages os already installed.
>
> Great, so I fire up the man page, and look, there is teh _cdrecord_ man
> page, pretty much word for word. I recall trying ti use cdrerd ealrier in
> this quest, and winding up looking at a Debain README, that mentione an
> uinsupported patch to cdrecord to work with DVD's.
>
> I gather that dvdrecord is cdrecord with this patch applied?
>
> Are .vob's the equivilant of ,iso's for DVDs? Or do the require some
> conversion prior to writing to DVD's?

No. The .vob files are just part of the DVD file structure. For a Linux-based 
solution, investigate dvdauthor.

dvdrecord and cdrecord-ProDVD are just the burning apps, they have nothing to 
do with creating the image you need to burn. The dvdauthor app can create a 
DVD structure from VOB or MPEG files. The mkisofs can create an ISO image 
that is burnable to DVD media.

> Anyone got a pointer to somewhere to read up on all this vide file format
> stuff? It's all new to me.

Here is a general reference/overview for the entire process:
http://www.tappin.me.uk/Linux/dvd.html

Here is the dvdauthor page:
http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/

There are many other googleable sites with good information.

> Thanks.
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