How do I . . . make a VCD of AVI files?

[kortsen]

I have a couple of videos I would like to burn to a VCD. I have Arson, Brasero, and K3b installed with all the recommended and suggested programs installed. The closest I can get is with K3b. It says it can only supports MPEG1 and MPEG2 files.

I am guessing I have to convert the AVIs to MPGs. I am hoping there is a plugin for K3b or another program that will integrate this step.

I might add that the video plays just fine in MPlayer, Xine, and VLC.

[Rog131]

Re: How do I . . . make a VCD of AVI files?

Topic: ConvertxtoDVD
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3091051.0

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Handy conversion tool:

Hyper Video Converter
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=67781

Description:
this is a frontend for ffmpeg

There is also:

KDVDCreator (KDE4)
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=73014

Description:
Easy to use, user friendly and first of all smart, application to create video VCD, SVCD or DVD, suitables for home players, from any number of video files, in any of the formats supported by Mplayer/Mencoder.

From KDE apps:

Hi
Is this not available for kde 3.5 series?

under kde3 works only if You have KDE 4 libraries (+ icons) installed.

Service menu:

konqkonv - easy KDE DVD/VCD mpg creator
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=30455

Description:
konqkonv is a KDE service menu which allows quick and easy conversion of video files (I've tried .avi, .mov and .mpg with it) into DVD or VCD compliant mpg files. You will need to have mencoder and/or ffmpeg installed and at least 5GB of free space in your home directory, maybe more depending on the size of the file being converted. Once finished, the mpg will be saved into the root of your home directory. For DVD mpgs you can then use Varsha to convert the mpg into a .iso file which can then be burned to DVD with k3bs 'Burn DVD iso image' option. For VCD mpgs you should just be able to drag and drop the mpg into a new k3b Video CD project window.

[kortsen]

Re: How do I . . . make a VCD of AVI files?

Thanks Rog131. I found a solution here.

Service menu:

konqkonv - easy KDE DVD/VCD mpg creator
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show...?content=30455

The instructions are for Konqueror, and worked perfectly. On a lark I substituted /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenues in the instructions and it works in Dolphin too.

[Rog131]

Re: How do I . . . make a VCD of AVI files?

The instructions are for Konqueror, and worked perfectly. On a lark I substituted /usr/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenues in the instructions and it works in Dolphin too.

Yes, you can use Konqueror servicemenus in the Dolphin (some of them):
Topic: Service Menus with Dolphin
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3088743.0

[mchuskie]

Re: How do I . . . make a VCD of AVI files?

Avidemux is another option, with an "auto VCD" function that will let you create a VCD-compatible MPEG to burn with K3B.