Converting AVI to DVD

#aptitude install mencoder

1. Locate your avi file(s).

 #mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf \
 -vf scale=720:576,harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 \
 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:\
keyint=15:vstrict=0:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=16/9 -ofps 25 \
  -o movie.vob movie.avi

(Change output file as movie.vob and keep input as an existing name.

2. Install dvdauthor

#aptitude install dvdauthor

3. Paste the following code in Text Editor/Notepad and save it as movie.xml.

<dvdauthor dest="/home/jrabgay/Desktop">
<vmgm>
<menus>
<video format="pal"></video>
<pgc entry="title">
</pgc>
</menus>
</vmgm>
<titleset>
<menus>
<pgc entry="root">
</pgc>
</menus>
<titles>
<pgc>
<vob file="movie.mpg"></vob>
<post>call vmgm menu;</post>
</pgc>
</titles>
</titleset>
</dvdauthor>

After converting to dvd, rename movie.vob to movie.mpg as above.

Note: All your files including movie.xml and movies should be in a single folder. It will be best if you could change the destination folder to /home in the xml.

4. Now, run dvdauthor

#dvdauthor -x movie.xml

Enjoy watching dvd movie from a single (avi) file!