> dvd-engine links seem broken..

http://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2010-01-00045-EN.html

thanks!

Can someone contact the author and port DVDAuthorGUI
He may share the source code. I've been unsuccessful with coding .vob

[ Edited by xyphoid on 2010/2/1 20:59 ]

[ Edited by xyphoid on 2010/2/5 22:50 ]

Maybe this (new) peace of software can help !?

http://www.amiga-news.de/de/news/AN-2010-02-00037-DE.html

But i did'nt tired it by myself...
Would be nice to hear, if it is usefull or not

Hey, now that looks interesting! I have completed the task successfully, but I guess I could tinker with this program. Possibly some time inbetween Olympic events heh
thanks

edit: readme translationInstallation:
The archive must only be endpackt, and you can Verszeichnis
Any copy somewhere.
Furthermore, one must possess to operate as follows: mplayer, mencoder, dvdauthor,
spumux ffmpeg, (MOS version of FAB), pngnq, mkisofs, mkvmerge.
Thus one can use BlueHD at all, we must create a directory, where
at least 18 GB of space is available. This is required because of
the calculation of the ISO's generated a lot of Temporary data. In this directory
niss, depending on the name of the DVD re-separated lists of BlueHD
created.

Sorry..this kills my test run

[ Edited by xyphoid on 2010/2/13 0:07 ]

Took me 5 minutes with google.......

DVDauthor, Spumux: http://aminet.net/gfx/conv/dvdauthor-morphos.lha
mkisofs: http://aminet.net/dev/gg/mkisofs-2.0bin.lha
mkvmerge: http://www.christianrosentreter.com/download/ports/mkvtoolnix-0.9.1-morphos.lha
pngnq: http://aminet.net/package.php?package=gfx/misc/png_neuquant-mos.lha
mplayer/mencoder/ffmpeg: http://fabportnawak.free.fr/

> mkisofs: http://aminet.net/dev/gg/mkisofs-2.0bin.lha

MorphOS native version contained in:
http://aminet.net/package/disk/cdrom/dvdrtools

I was making reference to the 18gigs, not sure if that's necessary, but i was unable to create a dvd-iso. I got a pop up in german saying something about can't create file check ....
I saved dvd pref to a file on my seagate usb, and upon dvd author pop-up(after selecting erzeuge dvd-iso) I'm assuming it 's asking where to put temp, so i directed a temp also on external.
no go.....hopefully someone else got it ...it seems easy enough

@ xyphoid

I did quite some testing but couldn't get it to work at 1st but finally found out what the problem is. You must enter excately the same file names as how they are written in the gui, eg. I had GMplayer on my system and therefore it didn't work, the gui needs MPlayer! You have to rename it, and all the others is well.

2nd when saving the bluehd.cfg (when you hit the "Speichern..." button) the file is saved with an error, as it does not create a new line in the cfg for the "DVD-Verzeichnis". So I opend the file in a texteditor and added a new line for it.

3rd after having hit "Speichern..." the cfg is onl copied to Envarc but not to Env, so either you do a reset or you copy it by hand also to Env.

I also noticed that if you call the Temp directory BlueHD/ as I did, it want work neither. I include here a config file which works here:

System:MPlayer/mencoder
System:MPlayer/MPlayer
System:MPlayer/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
System:C/dvdauthor
System:C/spumux
System:C/pngnq
System:C/mkvmerge
System:C/mkisofs
P3-MM:DVD-Temp/

and here is the one created after having hit "Speichern..."

System:MPlayer/mencoder
System:MPlayer/MPlayer
System:MPlayer/ffmpeg/ffmpeg
System:C/dvdauthor
System:C/spumux
System:C/pngnq
System:C/mkvmerge
System:C/mkisofsP3-MM:DVD-Temp/

Hope this helps.

all i get is a dir named temDVDname(it adds the word temp and cuts off the p) containing an empty dvd folder and an x. xml file. no conversion takes place.
all my exe are in c: was the 18gig necessary, or apparently I missed something else

C:mencoder
C:MPlayer
C:ffmpeg
C:dvdauthor
C:spumux
C:pngnq
C:mkvmerge
C:mkisofs
Seagate:Temp/test
where should the erzeuge DVD-iso (create) default to when pressed

weird, it seems to be going now. i put a / at end of temp/test

[ Edited by xyphoid on 2010/2/16 23:28 ]

ok it works for me now and gets it done in about 2hrs. I assume it does blu-ray? hence the name. the other video opts. hd-video-dvd (mkv) and hd-video-dvd (mp4) something to play with which is the reason for 18gig avail.

Overall pretty neat program to have for us. now you don't have to type in a long syntax to create a dvd. Well done thanks to the author!!!

Do the combination of programs listed in this thread allow us to duplicate our commercial DVD movies for backup purposes to new DVD's, or to copy old commercial (copy protected) VHS movies and write them to new DVD's?

I have been told that all I need to get rid of copy protection, such as Macro-Vision, is to run the output through a TBC on one of my Amigas or PCs. Has anyone had any experience with this to back up any of their movies?

I remooved copy protection always (or let's say in most cases) with mplayer without any problems. The dumped VOB-file needs no timecorrection anyway....

Blue hd doesn't incorporate the spumux and mplex features for menus, background and titles. I' m having a hell of a time manually creating the menu and titles!! none of the linux docs tell you how to put this together step by step.
1 yea I can create a dvd (which plays)
2 some modern dvd/blueray players want some type of title, and wont play directly ( dvdauthor dvd's)
3 so I get stuck at both xml files, how to execute the proper spumux and get the dvdauthor xml with appropriate reads for menus
you need jpg frames, audio and no set steps on how to set everything up step by step
links I'm working with
http://radagast.bglug.ca/linux/dvd_authoring/dvd_authoring.html
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/creating-dvd-menus-with-spumux-dvdauthor-227230/
http://www.tappin.me.uk/Linux/dvd.html#menus
Any help guys?


[ Edited by xyphoid on 2010/6/21 21:44 ]

Yes, as everyone else has pointed out, it will run MorphOS fine. It's got the right processor and GPU.
However, you might want to check out Ebay. I've seen better offers there (more memory, lower price, etc).

My blue hd acting up. To be honest, I haven't been using it much if at all since 2010/6/21 (last post)as i found it quicker to author manually, but now I have multiple short .avi videos which I'd rather drop into the gui. and go. It now writes the folder,(dvd)with .xml file, but not the .mpg file. I also notice hitches with ffmeg lately, which could be a factor. Anyone else having issues? Any solutions out there.


ffmeg - ver svn-r20529(built on nov.15 2009)

blue hd - 12.2.2010