Automated DVD production

It would be nice to generate DVD discs from video files or cameras in a simple automated way.

Video specs

• mpeg2 av muxed stream
• Bit rate from 4Mb/s - 10 Mb/s

Audio specs

• mpeg1-layer2
• AC3
• PCM
• Must be 48kHz sample rate

Input

• A directory of video files numbered to indicate their order

Output

• A DVD image file, or
• A finished DVD if the machine has a DVD writer

See also

• Linux debian multimedia repository - you'll need to add this to your sources.list to get all the good video packages.
• dvdauthor
• Very good article using unix tools and makefiles to automate the process
• y4mscaler
• growisofs