[TriLUG] VHS Tapes, Digital Video Cameras and DVD Recorders

[Jeff Tickle]

*gasp* :-O HOLY CRAP.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=117709

Yes, this is definitely the traditional Linux way of doing things, for
sure!

I've been looking for a good project to learn GTK with.  Looks like I've
found it!

Anyone interested in a nice graphical front-end to bring all these
instructions together?  I mean I don't mind doing it this way, but Dad
will certainly feel different.  So I guess I'll make something to handle
the graphical end of DVD authoring, unless someone knows of a project
already started that I can get in on or something, but you're right,
there's not much out there in this area.

-Jeff

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 12:51, Michael Thompson wrote:
> Not sure how easy/hard it is to get the data from the vcr to the
> computer, but I do know that the dvdauthor software I found to try and
> arrange my mpegs on the dvd with menus, etc, was *not* easy.  Basically,
> you have to create an XML file with all the menus and movie files laid
> out how you want them, then it creates a DVD iso.  After a few hours of
> playing with it, still had no success.  Apparently, its not as easy as
> "just putting the files in a VIDEO_TS directory and burning".
> 
> A google search on "dvdauthor" will probably bring up some information,
> but if you're looking for something "point and click" (brings us back to
> usability issues again?) then you're probably better of using one of the
> <sigh> "other" OSes...
> 
> BTW, I was hoping that my new PowerBook (which came with iDVD) would
> allow me to author my DVDs into ISO files which I could burn on my linux
> PC, but apparently it requires a hack that is *not* allowed under the
> DMCA as my PowerBook did not come with the DVD burner built in.  So, if
> you buy a Mac hoping to put your home videos on DVD, pay the extra $200
> for the DVD burner.
> 
> --mike
> 
> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 08:27, Jeff Tickle wrote:
> > Howdy..
> > 
> > My Dad wants to start a fun little conversion project.  He has a bunch
> > of VHS tapes that he'd like to convert to DVDs, plus some stuff he's
> > recorded on a digital video camera (not sure of the model... so we'll
> > just assume it works with Linux until I find out otherwise.)
> > 
> > Does anyone have experience doing this with Linux?  One thing I'm going
> > to have to do is make the entire process as easy as possible.  I haven't
> > done much research yet but I just wanted to get word from any of your
> > experiences.  The two things I have absolutely no clue how to do are
> > take the video from the camera and write video to a DVD.
> > 
> > -Jeff
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jeff Tickle <jtickle at jtsoft.net>
> > JTSoft.net
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