[arch-general] ConvertXToDVD alternative for Linux.

[Luis Cabarcas]

spumux it's a very simple comand line utility to mux subtitles into mpg
files, search for it it should be trivial to make a pkgbuild for this piece
of software.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:05 AM, Madhurya Kakati <mkakati2805 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thursday, September 22, 2011, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
>  Nopes. It didn't work. Showing the same spumux not present error. :(
>