FFmpeg DVD

Introduction
This page will show how to create a DVD by converting different popular video file formats.

Converting File Formats
ffmpeg -i film.avi -target pal-dvd dvd.mpg

DVD Authoring
Make dvd files without menu in a dvd/ folder...

dvdauthor -o dvd/ -t dvd.mpg

Create the table of contents...

dvdauthor -o dvd/ -T

DVD Burning
Now burn the DVD...

growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -dvd-video dvd/

Converting From One Format To Another
Command line to convert a large HD (1280x720) video at 1Gb into a smaller 350Mb video...

ffmpeg -y -i input_file.m4v -fs 367001600 -s 640x360 -aspect 16:9 -f avi -vcodec mpeg4 \ -qscale 3 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 128k -ac 2 -ar 44100 output_file.avi