Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?

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Author: Stephen Rowles
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] convert download video to domestic DVD?
> I have some material downloaded by BitTorrent of a TV series currently
> being broadcast. (I believe this is OK from a TV license viewpoint and
> trust it is from the copyright viewpoint as well.)
>
> The download files are .avi format, and while I can view them on my
> desktop my OH would like to watch them on the regular TV (I can't
> think why... something to do with the space in here? ;-)
>
> The home DVD player does not like a DVD burnt with the .avi files. The
> TV has an S_Video input but I do not have an S-Video output on the
> laptop. Likewise a yellow socket whose name I do not know on the TV
> but not on the laptop. Normal (VGA?) video out on laptop but not in on
> TV. So no direct connection.
>
> Is there a way on Ubuntu to write a 'regular' DVD that will play on a
> domestic player?


I've been told that DeVeDe will take all the pain away using all the
appropriate command line tools under the covers :)

http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html

I've installed it on my laptop but I haven't got round to using it yet but
supposedly it works. As a lot of dependencies.. hopefully there is a
package for ubuntu.