Free avi to dvd using nero software for linux

KDE DVD Authoring Wizard will allow you to create a DVD from one or more DVD compatible MPEG-2 files. All you need to do is add one or multiple files to the playlist and answer the questions that follow.
You can add a menu that will contain animated thumbnails of the files in the playlist. Creating a menu is optional.
Main features:
- Playlist editor
- DVD menu with multiple pages
- Animated thumbnails in the menu
- Customizable menu graphics
- Add soundtrack from OGG or MP3
- Antialiased graphics prevent flickering on TV
- Both Widescreen and standard 4:3 support
- ISO DVD Image creation

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)

Avi 2 iPOD (mp4) project can batch or single convert your .Avi files to .mp4 so you can watch them on your video iPOD.

The video codec is xvid and audio is aac.

Options:

Audio bitrate
Video bitrate
Aspect ratio
Resolution (640x368 for TV output)

Ogle is a real DVD player that supports DVD menus and navigation. It can access CSS-protected DVDs if you have libdvdcss installed, take screen shots, and view movies in fullscreen mode.
It handles angles correctly and automatically uses the correct aspect. You can switch subtitles and audio tracks. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Solaris.
Main features:
- Supports DVD menus and navigation.
- Reads from mounted, unmounted DVDs and hard drive.
- Reads encrypted and unencrypted DVDs using libdvdread/libdvdcss.
- A new MPEG2 decoder with MMX, Altivec and SUN Solaris mediaLib acceleration.
- Normal X11 and XFree86 Xvideo display support with subpicture overlay.
- Accelerated display on Sun FFB2+ cards.
- Audio and subpicture selection.
- Handles advanced subpicture commands such as fade/scroll and wipe.
- Detects and uses correct aspect for movie and menus.
- Possible to play AC3, DTS, MPEG, LPCM via S/PDIF.
- Hardware yuv2rgb on Sun FFB2+ (Creator3D).
- Fullscreen mode.
- Screenshots with and without subpicture overlay.
- Title/chapter search.
- Audio formats supported: AC-3, MPEG, LPCM (DTS only via SP/DIF).
Version restrictions:
- Reverse play not implemented.
- No angle selection during playback (angle selection in DVD menu works).
- No closed caption support (not the same as subpicture subtitling).
- DTS audio not supported (other than via SP/DIF).
- To play another DVD you have to restart the program.
- Karaoke mode is missing.

The Quon DVD Database is a complete solution to manage your movies. Highlights of this program include user tracking, barcode scanner support, user access, a login system, and an advanced searcher.
Quon DVD Database can check DVDs in and out of your collection, allowing you to keep track of which of your friends has them. You can send reminder email messages, or they can simply log in to see what they have checked out.
Enhancements:
- An issue with ordering on a few pages has been fixed.
- The system is forced use the OLD_PASSWORD system, so that when someone moves their database from one host (using an old version of MySQL) to a new one (using a new version of MySQL), the passwords of the existing users wont have to be recreated.

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.