Background
Occasionally I’ve needed to burn an mp4 or m4v file to a DVD. No need for any DVD menus, just a disc that would start playing immediately when inserted. Here’s a quick run down of how you can accomplish this via the command line.
Solution
Here’s how I do it for a single video DVD without a menu.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | # 1. first convert the video with ffmpeg ffmpeg -i input.m4v -target ntsc-dvd output.mpg # 2. now do the authoring dvdauthor --title -o dvd -f output.mpg dvdauthor -o dvd -T # NOTE: --title sets the title of the DVD, -T sets the table of contents. In both # above commands the -o switch is referencing a directory, NOT the actual dvd. # 3. roll the .mpg file into an ISO file mkisofs -dvd-video -o dvdimage.iso dvd # NOTE: mkisofs is making an actual DVD video ISO file using the directory, dvd. # 4. burn the ISO to DVD disc growisofs -speed=1 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=dvdimage.iso NOTE: -speed=1 is for use with lower quality discs, increase as necessary |
NOTE: This approach can be used to convert basically any format (m4v, mp4, etc.) to a DVD. Simply change the input file accordingly.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | # m4v ffmpeg -i input.m4v -target ntsc-dvd output.mpg # mp4 ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -target ntsc-dvd output.mpg # etc ... |
Useful Links
- Ubuntu forum thread: m4v to dvd
- about:blank blog: DVD-Authoring with Linux
- ffmpeg howto pages
- Digital (dis)content blog: HOWTO: ffmpeg & x264 presets
- robert.swain’s blog: x264 encoding guide
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December 24th, 2010, @ 12:20 pm |
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Hi,
I was thinking of reposting this to a relevant stackexchange site, probably the Unix/Linux one, to increase the visibility of this little recipe. It is difficult to find this info on the net (low signal/noise ratio in this area). Is that Ok? I’ll link to this post. Please email me, I don’t know if I’ll remember to check back here. Thanks.
Regards, Faheem
Go for it. Just please link back to me as the source!
I am fairly new to using the command line in Linux (Ubuntu 10.04 – 64 bit). I have ffmpeg, libdvdcss, and other relevant libraries all installed, but cannot convert because ffmpeg says the input file is 47.95 fps.
I am trying to convert a 720p mpeg4 down to a 480p dvd. Is there any way within ffmpeg to do this?
Thanks very much for your help.
I found this via google. I don’t have any 720 mpeg videos to try it with. Can you let me know if this does what you need? NOTE: I believe in this example the input file is “input” and the output file is “output.mp4″.
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