Free avi to dvd on mac software for linux

kavi2dvd is a Kommander script takes an AVI file, converts it to mpeg2 with ac3 audio and generates an .iso image ready for burning as its ouput.

Although there are plenty of scripts out there for conversion of video and authoring, this one is designed to require as little user input as possible. Choose an input .avi, select the destination folder, give the project a name and choose NTSC or PAL.

It then automates the full process of creating a dvd-video compatible image for playback on a stand-alone dvd player.

SILVERCODERS DVD Backup is an unix shell script providing functionality for backuping files and databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) on DVD discs.
The project supports multisession and incremental backups. Mail notification is also supported.
Usage:
dvd_backup.sh [--config < file_name >] --init|--add
--config < file_name > - use specified config file (default is ./dvd_backup.conf)
--init - initial backup (empty media)
--add - add next backup (media with backups)
Enhancements:
- Configuration for burning speed and temporary directory was implemented.
- Calculating checksums (SHA1 or MD5) was introduced.
- Warnings are printed if some files were changed while being archived.
- SMTP authentication can be disabled in this version.
- The path to the config file can be passed as an argument.
- A lot of bugs and compatibility fixes are included for several platforms.

restore CD/DVD allows you to create a CD or DVD that can be used to backup whole hard disk partitions from any OS and restore them without user interaction.

restore CD/DVD can be used in a manner similar to vendor-provided rescue CDs included with new computers, but with all your own settings.

AVI TV Episode File Resizer script is not for multiple MOVIE files (only TV) however it can do SINGLE MOVIE files quite nicely. The project was designed to help me fit (resize the file) multiple Xvid TV episodes (entire season) on a single DVD. Most of the time a TV series is almost exactly the same hours, mins, secs.

That enables this script to set the video bitrate the same for every file (episode) being processed to get the desired file size. The calculation is based on the hours, mins, seconds and the desired file size you want. If you correctly enter the time you will end up with a file size VERY close to the value you entered. The episodes will likley vary about 10 secs or so. Try to average that out when you select the episode time

The new files will have the EXACT same name as the old files so the input and output cannot be in the same DIRECTORY.

The "input files" selector can select multiple files so you can encode one or many files.

If you select an entire season (about 25 episodes) of files it could take quite a few hours to complete. The progress bar updates AFTER the completion of the first file and after every file there after. The current file being processed is displayed in the bottom status bar.

Transcode single pass is used to REencode the files.

Each file will be REencoded with MP3 audio bitrate of 96 kbps. The video is REencoded with the Xvid4 codec.

I used this script to go from 230MB to 175MB with good results. That saved me almost 1.4G for the season (25 episodes) and let me get it on a single DVD to play on my stand alone player.

You should try it with a single file first to check the quality and then do a batch job.

There are other tools to do this but this one can be setup and going in less than 1 min.

It takes almost 10 hours to do an entire season (25 episodes) at an episode time of 25 min 30 sec with a target file size of 171MB (ends up being about 174.8MB)

DVD Backup is an unix shell script providing functionality for backuping files and databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) on DVD discs.
DVD Backup supports multisession and incremental backups. Mail notification is also supported.
Enhancements:
- This release sends email notifications using netcat instead of telnet.
- There are more details about communication with the SMTP server, and configurable excluded files patterns.

AudioCD::Mac is a MacPerl extension for controlling Audio CDs.

SYNOPSIS

#!perl -w
use AudioCD;
use strict;
my $cd = new AudioCD;

$cd->volume(255);
$cd->play(2);
print "Now playingn" if $cd->status == CD_PLAY;
printf "Volume is %dn", $cd->volume;
sleep(5);

$cd->pause;
print "Now pausedn" if $cd->status == CD_PAUSE;
sleep(5);

$cd->volume(100);
$cd->continue;
print "Now playingn" if $cd->status == CD_PLAY;
printf "Volume is %dn", $cd->volume;
sleep(5);

my @info = $cd->info;
printf "Currently at track %d, %.2d:%.2dn", @info[0..2];

$cd->stop;
my $status = $cd->status;
print "Now stoppedn" if
($status == CD_FINISH || $status == CD_STOP);

if (do CDDB.pm) { # sold separately
my $cddb = new CDDB;
my @cddb_info = $cddb->calculate_id( $cd->cddb_toc );
my @discs = $cddb->get_discs(@cddb_info[0, 3, 4]);
print "You were probably listening to $discs[0]->[2]n";
}

$cd->eject;

This is the MacPerl module to be used by the AudioCD module. Other modules can be written for other platforms, but this one is Mac specific, calling Mac OS APIs to control the CD player.

Linux Video Maker is useful for DVD/(S)VCD structure generating, ready for record on CD/DVD. Its in fact graphics interface (GUI) for transcode, mplex, DVDAuthor and few other programs...

Using of these programs for this purpose is uncomfortable and sometimes difficult especially for beginners because it involves a lot of knowledge about DVD/(S)VCD technology and video converting.

Linux Video Maker binds funcionality of 8 exterior programs and prevents from making many mistakes mainly in conversion process which can take a lot of time as AVI files uses complicated video algorithms (DIVX).

Program doesnt contain yet too many advanced options but it allow generate a standard DVD/(S)VCD structure without any problems.

Program in 2 GUI languages: english and polish !