About:
videotrans is a set of scripts that convert a movie file in any format that mplayer understands to a DVD-compatible VOB file, doing all the necessary conversions automatically. An automatic DVD menu generator is also provided.

Author:
Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse [contact developer]

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8.50/10.00 (2 votes)

Homepage:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/videotrans/
Tar/GZ:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/videotrans/videotrans-1.6.0.tar.gz
Tar/BZ2:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/videotrans/videotrans-1.6.0.tar.bz2
Changelog:
http://sourceforge.net/[..]es.php?release_id=521642&group_id=129410
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://videotrans.cvs.sourceforge.net/videotrans/
Bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=129410&atid=714708

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		Advanced End Users, End Users/Desktop
[License]		OSI Approved :: BSD License (revised)
[Operating System]		POSIX
[Programming Language]		C, Unix Shell
[Topic]		Multimedia :: Video :: Conversion

Dependencies: [change]
dvdauthor (Default branch) (required)
mjpeg tools (required)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.6.0	08-Jul-2007	BSD License (revised)

 Comments

[»] 1.5.2 not working for me
by squisher - Feb 17th 2007 11:50:46

Just wanted to let people know that I'm not getting this to work. There are some bugs apparently, and it sucks because the encoding step is done first, so you waste two hours just to find out it doesn't work.

For me the dvdauthor step first didn't want to accept an 'mplex' command embeded into the xml control file. I ran it by hand, and substituted the output file for the command, which worked fine. But then it complained about some wrong settings for the title menu aspect ratio, and that was the end of the line for me.

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[»] Re: 1.5.2 not working for me
by Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse - Feb 17th 2007 15:42:36


> Just wanted to let people know that I'm

> not getting this to work. There are some

> bugs apparently, and it sucks because

> the encoding step is done first, so you

> waste two hours just to find out it

> doesn't work.


The problem that you are encountering is caused by the latest version of DVDAuthor, which has, alas, introduced some bugs on UNIX platforms. See below for more comments on this.


> For me the dvdauthor step first didn't

> want to accept an 'mplex' command

> embeded into the xml control file. I ran

> it by hand, and substituted the output

> file for the command, which worked fine.


That's right. A bug in the latest version of DVDAuthor causes this. If at all possible, I would suggest that you try to install a less recent version of DVDAuthor, for example 0.6.11. That will make the problems go away.


> But then it complained about some wrong

> settings for the title menu aspect

> ratio, and that was the end of the line

> for me.


Again this is caused by the latest version of DVDAuthor, which interprets the XML differently from all other previous versions of the same program. And once again, a downgrade to version 0.6.11 will solve all these problems. Another option is to remove the XML attribute that causes the problems (the error that DVDAuthor produces should tell you where to find it).

I am looking into this, but currently I don't have as much time on my hands as I would like.

Thanks for trying Videotrans!
Sven

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Grtx, Sven Berkvens (sven at berkvens.net)

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