Creating DVD's without menus

I just want to create a simple playable DVD without the extravagent menu 
structures of some videos.


1) First convert the video to a MPEG2 using DVD standards.

$ ffmpeg -i TheEncounter-TBN-20110807-2000.avi -target ntsc-dvd 
TheEncounter-TBN-20110807-2000.mpg

Or
$ avconv -i TheEncounter-TBN-20110807-2000.avi -target ntsc-dvd 
TheEncounter-TBN-20110807-2000.mpg

(Video may need "-aspect 4:3" to preserve black bar width.)


2) Create the DVD file structure using dvdauthor.

$ dvdauthor -t -o /tmp/dvd TheEncounter-TBN-20110807-2000.mpg

or using a very simple XML file.

--- Simple dvdauthor xml file ---

<dvdauthor dest="/tmp/dvd">
  <vmgm />
  <titleset>
    <titles>
      <pgc>
        <!-- Insert your DVD compatible MPEG2 file -->
        <vob file="./TheEncounter-TBN-20110807-2000.mpg" />
      </pgc>
    </titles>
  </titleset>
</dvdauthor>

--- End of dvdauthor xml file ---


$ dvdauthor -x dvdauthor.xml

DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt imagemagick iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig
Send bug reports to <dvdauthor-users-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org>
                                 
INFO: no default video format, must explicitly specify NTSC or PAL
INFO: dvdauthor creating VTS     
STAT: Picking VTS 01             
                                 
STAT: Processing ./AtWarWithTheArmy.mpg...
STAT: VOBU 9040 at 2669MB, 1 PGCs
INFO: Video pts = 0.533 .. 5431.959
INFO: Audio[0] pts = 0.533 .. 5432.085
STAT: VOBU 9041 at 2669MB, 1 PGCs
CHAPTERS: VTS[1/1] 0.000         
INFO: Generating VTS with the following video attributes:
INFO: MPEG version: mpeg2        
INFO: TV standard: ntsc          
INFO: Aspect ratio: 4:3          
INFO: Resolution: 720x480        
INFO: Audio ch 0 format: ac3/2ch,  48khz drc
                                 
STAT: fixed 9041 VOBUs           
INFO: dvdauthor creating table of contents
INFO: Scanning /tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
ERR:  no video format specified for VMGM


*** This is where my problems start! ***


3a) Test if files are DVD playable using mplayer.

$ mplayer dvd:// -dvd-device /tmp/dvd/

MPlayer SVN-r33094-4.5.3 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team

Playing dvd://.
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.11 for DVD access
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO failed
libdvdnav:DVDOpenFilePath:findDVDFile /VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.BUP failed
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.BU.
Can't open VMG info!
No stream found to handle url dvd://


Exiting... (End of file)


3b) Create the ISO filesystem.

$ mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o /tmp/dvd.iso /tmp/dvd
Using "/home/roger/.mkisofsrc"
/home/roger/.mkisofsrc:8: name required
/home/roger/.mkisofsrc:16: name required
Setting input-charset to 'UTF-8' from locale.
mkisofs: No such file or directory. Failed to open '/tmp/dvd//VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO'.
mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for '/tmp/dvd/'.
mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
mkisofs: Could not find correct 'VIDEO_TS' directory.
mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.



The current file structure I have within the /tmp/dvd folder are:

$ find /tmp/dvd/
/tmp/dvd/
/tmp/dvd/AUDIO_TS
/tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS
/tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_3.VOB
/tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.BUP
/tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_2.VOB
/tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO
/tmp/dvd/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB



--
Roger
http://rogerx.freeshell.org/

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