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Testing

You don’t need to burn a DVD to test it. You can either use xine invoked like this:

$> xine dvd:/absolute_path/VIDEO_TS/

Or Ogle invoked like this:

$> ogle -u cli /absolute_path

And they will play the DVD from disk.

Burning

Once you fully tested the DVD and made sure everything works it’s time to burn. First you have to create an ISO image using mkisofs:

$> mkisofs -dvd-video -o your_dvd.iso path_to_dvd_root

Then use cdrecord.prodvd to burn it onto a DVD-R disc:

$> cdrecord.prodvd dev=3D0,0,0 -pad -dao your_dvd.iso

Tools

Here’s a minimal list of tools and applications to author a DVD on Linux:

• GIMP. Creating menu graphics.
• mjpegtools. Encode video and multiplex MPEG-2 streams.
• tooLAME.
• mctooLAME. Encode stereo and multi-channel MPEG-2 audio.
• ffmpeg.
• AC3 Project. Encode AC-3 audio.
• dvdauthor. Assembling the DVD structure, multiplex subpictures.
• ogle. DVD player to play and test the created DVD.
• xine. DVD player to play and test the created DVD.
• mkisofs / cdrecord. Create image and burn to DVD-R.