makedvd - Create and burn a DVD image from either XML input or a directory.
DESCRIPTION
makedvd takes a dvdauthor XML file (as generated by makexml(1))
and authors a DVD filesytem. makedvd can also burn a DVD disc from either
the XML file or from an existing DVD filesystem.
To ensure that this script successfully executes, please run it from a directory
with plenty of free space. "Plenty" would be 10 GB for single-layer discs, and
20 GB for dual-layer discs. Running this program may slow down your other
applications, due to intense disk activity.
USAGE
makedvd [OPTIONS] FILE.xml
makedvd [OPTIONS] DVD_DIR
For example:
makedvd -burn MyDisc.xml
makedvd -burn /path/to/DVD/directory
OPTIONS
-author
Author the DVD described by FILE.xml. Overwrites an existing
directory containing the dvdauthor output if already present.
-burn
Burn a DVD filesystem in DVD_DIR (must contain a VIDEO_TS folder).
-deviceDEVICE (default /dev/dvdrw)
Burn the disc image to DEVICE, the Linux device filesystem
name of your DVD-recorder. Common examples might be /dev/dvdrw,
/dev/scd1, and /dev/hdc. You can also use a bus/id/lun triple
such as ATAPI:0,1,0
-speedNUM (default 1)
Burn disc at speed NUM.
-labelDISC_LABEL
Uses DISC_LABEL as the volume ID. This appears as the mount
name of the disc on some computer platforms. Must be <=32
alphanumeric digits without spaces.
-quiet
Limit output to essential messages.
-noask
Don't ask interactive questions and assume answers that will continue
execution.
EXAMPLES
makedvd -burn -device /dev/dvdrw foo.xml
Author the dvd filesystem and burn to /dev/dvdrw. makedvd will
automatically call dvdauthor to make the filesystem. -author
is not explicitly needed. If there's an existing filesystem, it
will be burned.
makedvd -author foo.xml
Author the dvd filesystem and exit without burning. If the output
directory given in foo.xml already exists, then the contents are
removed before authoring. At this point, the DVD can be previewed
by calling xine dvd:/path/to/output/directory.