Re: Export to DVD

On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Stan Gammons <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 21:52 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>> Maybe trivial for you but I've never figured out how to do it with Linux
>> based OS.  All of my home videos are broken down into chapters with
>> thumbnail images for each of the chapters.

Set your expectations low, go menu-less, and you will be much more
successful. :-)

>
> Once you have the audio and video files, it's not too hard to make a DVD
> with the Windows app. Trying to author a DVD was and I guess still is
> not easy to do with Linux. So, I use an app that does what I want even
> though it's a Windows app and I have to run it on Windows machine.
>
>
>> My objective is to get away from Windows programs.
>
> That was my goal too and see where it got me...
>
> I guess you'll have to go with Apple OS X then in order to get a good
> DVD authoring tool that's not for Windows.  Unless Dan wants to write
> one for us?  Seems like he is busy working on a new tool or framework
> which I forget the name of. I looked at it a couple of times and could
> not make heads or tails of it.

That's OK. Kdenlive and OpenShot are now letting many get their heads
around it. :-) It should be noted that Kdenlive has a DVD Wizard that
generates a somewhat generic menu. I have little experience with it.

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