[mythtv-users] Kind of offtopic - how do you make a DVD under linux?

[Dwaine Garden]

Chris Delis wrote:

>On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 11:02:55AM -0500, Andrew Dodd wrote:
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>>Quoting Chris Delis <cedelis at uillinois.edu>:
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>>>Here's the script that uses pipes (I believe it uses a version of mplex
>>>that is different from 'dvb-mplex'):
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>>>#!/bin/sh
>>>
>>>mkfifo aud0
>>>mkfifo vid0
>>>mkfifo dvdmpg
>>>
>>>mpeg2desc -a0 < $1 > aud0 &
>>>mpeg2desc -v0 < $1 > vid0 &
>>>mplex -f 8 -V -o dvdmpg aud0 vid0 &
>>>dvdauthor -o $2 -f dvdmpg
>>>dvdauthor -o $2 -T
>>>
>>>rm aud0
>>>rm vid0
>>>rm dvdmpg
>>>------------------------------
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>>You are correct.  It uses mplex from mjpegtools, which on the dvdauthor lists
>>seems to be regarded as the most reliable of the multiplexers.
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>Have you had any a/v sync problems using this version of mplex?
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I tried the script last night.  The burned disc failed when I tried to 
use it in my dvd player.   But when played with xine or mplayer, there 
was no sync problem.   It was actually perfect.

Thanks for the script.   I just have to figure out why the burned disc 
fails.

Dwaine.