[arch-general] ConvertXToDVD alternative for Linux.

[Madhurya Kakati]

On Thursday, September 22, 2011, Joshua Stiefer wrote:

> On Thu, 2011-09-22 at 11:53 +0530, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 22, 2011, marshall wrote:
> >
> > > On 22/09/11 06:02, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thursday, September 22, 2011, marshall wrote:
> > >>
> > >>  On 22/09/11 04:58, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>  Hi,
> > >>>> One of the very few reasons that I still Dual boot windows is that I
> > >>>> don't
> > >>>> know how to convert media files from one format to another in Linux.
> On
> > >>>> windows I use 2 very easy to use softwares namely FormatFactory and
> > >>>> ConvertXToDVD for my needs. Can you guys tell me about any Linux
> > >>>> alternative
> > >>>> to that? I tried installing ConvertXtoDVD using wine. The main
> program
> > >>>> installs fine but the DVD menu templates, though installed, aren't
> > >>>> detected
> > >>>> by the program and hence I cant use the DVD menus.
> > >>>> Thanks.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  # pacman -Ss devede
> > >>>>
> > >>> community/devede 3.17.0-2 [1.93 MB] [installed]
> > >>>    A program to create VideoDVDs and CDs
> > >>>
> > >>> I use devede to put video on to dvds, I haven't found anything yet it
> > >>> can't
> > >>> convert (mencoder backend).
> > >>>
> > >>>  Ok but how do I create the menus?
> > >>
> > >>  Click menu options and have a play. It has enough functions for
> myself
> > > but I only really put single titles on a disc and have them auto play.
> > > Also clicking on a titles properties can set a title to loop, play
> next,
> > > play last or stop ... etc
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Marshall
> > >
> >
> >
> > OK. I have installed devede but when I start it, it says that it needs
> > spumux to run. I can't seem to find it in the repos and AUR.
>
> That is provided by the package dvdauthor. I used pkgfile from pkgtools
> to find that out, by the way. There's also nosr in the AUR. Just
> something to keep in mind.
>

I did install dvdauthor along with devede. Do I have to install something
else? Trying to install devede-git from AUR. Hope that works.