*.mov to dvd movie?

[Todd]

Hi All,

I have some video stuff I have been working with. I
have it in *.mov format (Video- H.264 + AAC (TS)).
The file plays fine in VLC.

Now how do I get the thing on to a DVD so that it
will play on my TV through my home DVD player?

I have tried burning it as an iso and writing it
as a data file. No joy. What am I missing?

Many thanks,
-T

[Markus Kossmann]

Todd wrote:

Standard DVD uses MPEG2 instead of H264 as compression method and it also
expects a certain directory structure on the DVD

[bb]

Try Kino and import your videos, then edit and export as
a DVD.

I use HandBrake, kino and k3b for all my DVD stuff, and get
good results with everything.

/bb

[Robert Riches]

The following are my notes to myself about making a DVD that
played just fine in a home DVD player. In this case, the input
file was "fred.asf".

ffmpeg -i fred.asf -y -target ntsc-dvd -threads 2 -mbd rd -trellis 2 -cmp 2 -subcmp 2 -pass 1/2 fred-final.mpg
dvdauthor --title -o fred_dvd -f fred-final.mpg
dvdauthor -o fred_dvd -T
growisofs -Z /dev/cdwriter=ziso

The first command might need to be different, depending on your
input format.

Good luck.

--
Robert Riches
spamt...@verizon.net
(Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)

[Todd]

Hi Markus, bb, and Robert,

Thank you for all the tips!

-T

[ArameFarpado]

try devede

[Philip]

I use mencoder from mplayer web site. It comes with most Linux distributions

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/

Here is my typical recipe

aspect="4/3" # change to "16/9" for wide screen
vbrate=5000 # for really high quality, cut down to 700 for web quality

mencoder oac lavc -af lavcresample=48000 \
-ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf
scale=720:480,expand=:::::${aspect},harddup -srate 48000 -lavcopts \

vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=6000:vbitrate=${vbrate}:keyint=18:trell:mbd=2:precmp=2:subcmp=2:cmp=2:dia=-10:predia=-10:cbp:mv0:vqmin=1:lmin=1:dc=10:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=${aspect}
\
-ofps 30000/1001 -o ${outfile} ${infile}