On 12/10/05, john bray <jmblin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I have a VOB file to record as a video DVD. I have tried dvdstyler, > > > > > qdvdauthor and varsha, but always with no success. With varsha, I do > > > > > get a playable DVD, but it does not stop at the end of the disk, when > > > > > played with Kaffeine. Could someone please suggest me a different > > > > > program to try? > > > > > > > > Have you tried dvdauthor directly? I think most, if not all of the above are > > > > just GUI frontends. You'll need to manually create the XML for dvdauthor as > > > > well as the menu(s), if you want them. > > > > > > > > Is there a setting in Kaffeine that's looping the video? Though you can make a > > > > DVD set up to just continually loop. > > > > > > Thanks, Patrick. Actually, I am not wanting to insert menus, but, even > > > so, I am not able to create the XML file for dvdauthor. (Too > > > complicated to me!) Kaffeine is not set to continuously loop. > > > > I'm just starting out on the long quest to author some DVDs using > > video I shot with a Sony DVDcam. My problem is, I slog through a howto > > or a magazine article (Linux Journal has some recent articles on the > > topic), then sit back and scratch my head wondering where the hell to > > start. I want to do some very basic stuff, but I can't seem to get out > > of the starting blocks. Nothing I'm running across is intuitive; it's > > like The Gimp in motion. I guess it's just gonna take me some time to > > become acclimated to the lexicon of DVD creation. I'll keep > > digging... > > > > Until then, I'm keenly interested in responses to Paul's request, > > because I'd like to do the very same thing he wants. > > just catching up on some list reading, so apologies if its already been > covered. > > you might wish to try qdvdauthor -- http://qdvdauthor.sf.net > > its very close to first beta -- days away just now. and varol is > working hard to get it ready. > > there are a couple of tricks for FC that i would be glad to share if you > need help getting it going in the current CVS version. Thanks, John. Qdvdauthor is problematic, since when I inserted a movie, it said "Please wait", and I waited, waited, waited... and after a few days, I gave up. Paul
