[mythtv-users] Burning MythTV Recordings to DVD HowTo

Wed May 19 16:03:52 EDT 2004

The below HowTo has been submitted for inclusion with the www.MythTV.org
<http://www.mythtv.org/>  documentation and an updated copy is kept at
www.mythtv.info <http://www.mythtv.info/> .  I am sending this to the
mailing list to be searchable in the archives.  So, however someone wants to
access this, it's their choice.

Also, search for related threads:

Burning MythDVD VOB Files to DVD HowTo

            Creating a DVD with a Menu HowTo

BURNING MYTHTV RECORDINGS TO DVD HOWTO

This is specific to MPEG2 .nuv files created by Hauppauge PVR-X50 video
capture cards.

The software packages you will want are:

* dvd+rw-tools

* dvdauthor

* mjpegtools

* avidemux2

* transcode - not necessary for this, but useful for working with video

* k3b - a gui for burning DVD's and CD's.  Not necessary, but useful.

1. Find the file you want.

2. Run avidemux2 and open the .nuv file that is the program you want to burn
to DVD.

3. You will now cut out the segments you want.  Click twice on "A" when you
are at the beginning of the segment you want to save.  Then find the end of
the segment, and click "B".

4. Then save the raw video stream and audio.  Do that by going to File->
Save -> Save Raw Video Stream.  Save the file as "1.m2v".  When that's done,
go to Audio -> Save Audio.  Save the file as "1.mp2".

5. Repeat steps 2 & 3 until you have all segments you want saved.

6.  Mplex the video and audio for each segment together in DVD-MPEG2 format.
Do that by running

     mplex -f 8 -o 1.mpg 1.m2v 1.mp2

7.  Create a DVD file system by running

     dvdauthor -o DVD 1.mpg 2.mpg ...

     dvdauthor -T -o DVD

8.  Put a blank DVD in your drive and write the video by running

     growisofs -Z /dev/scd0 -dvd-video DVD

9.  Be sure and check the DVD in a player and then delete all the files you
created in this process.

Notes:

TCREQUANT: You can reduce the size of your files and fit more video on a DVD
by using tcrequant, which is part of transcode.  This is done with the
command:

     tcrequant -i 1.m2v -o 1-rq.m2v -f 1.5

The 1.5 is the reduction factor.  You can adjust this to be any value
between 1 and 2.  1 would keep the file the same size (wouldn't make any
sense to do so), and as far as I understand it, 2 would reduce the video
file size by half.

DVDS WITH MENUS:  The steps above create a DVD that starts playing the video
automatically.  If you want to burn a DVD with menus and multiple video
titles, see "Creating a DVD with a Menu HowTo".

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