DVD Authoring Under Linux? 427
To add on to phorm's query, smz420 asks: "A few months ago, I acquired a DVD burner and have had a lot of fun creating discs. While they come out well, they're very much cookie-cutter, due to the software I've been using to create them. There just doesn't seem to be a lot of flexibility built into the consumer level authoring systems out there, and I'd like to take my discs to the next level. Can anyone in Slashdot-land recommend books, links or software packages that could lead me down the road towards 'prosumer' DVD authoring? I'd like to be able to take full control over authoring: design my own button shapes and structures; place text where-ever I want on a menu page; create custom navigation structures, and possibly plant an easter egg or two. So far, I've tried Pinnacle Studio 8, Sonic MyDVD and Nero on Windows 2000. While each had very good aspects to them, all of them fell short of enabling 'next level' DVD authoring. Any advice would be most appreciated."
iMovie (Score:2, Funny)
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"Prosumer" (Score:5, Funny)
Why not buy it? (Score:2, Funny)
There's commercial software that does what you want, but you can't find anything for free. You could a) pay b) code c) whine to slashdot.
1992 called... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 (Score:3, Funny)
$60 is pricey? Jesus, man, no wonder so many IT jobs are being offshored if that's too much to pay for software.
How about... (Score:1, Funny)
Or how about you read the f'ing questions?
Or barring that, how about you read the f'ing comments so there aren't 15 people with the same answer that doesn't address the same questions they none of them read?
How about I adjust my expecations to the shockingly low standards of the enviroment? Yeah... It's working, I can feel it tingling.
Re:Sigh (Score:2, Funny)
Re:iMovie (Score:2, Funny)
A jedi does not crave these things (Score:1, Funny)
animated menus/backgrounds?
These are useless and get in the way. A true nerd only wants to store the MPEGS on the disc, and *maybe* have a text menu. Shame on you.
Re:For linux software to be great... (Score:5, Funny)
"Guys, I want you to go steal all of Apple's ideas. That way, you don't have to come up with an interface or features by yourselves! Innovation is best left up to Apple, a company that pays for talented developers to engineer quality products. But fucked if I'm going to pay for it! I ain't no sucker. Now, make me free software, I command it!"
Re:dvdauthor (Score:4, Funny)
thank you
Re:Ask your mac friend (Score:3, Funny)
Man I wish I had a few more friends so the odds of finding one with a Mac would go up.
No, no, no, no (Score:5, Funny)
(Probably stolen from a bash.org quote. Free karma to person who posts the link)
Re:sorry for more of the obvious (Score:5, Funny)
Complete with ispell. ;-P
Re:Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 (Score:0, Funny)
Re:There's no OSS to do [activity of interest] (Score:2, Funny)
Well, if you are going to pay the developers you might as well set up a corporation (it isn't that difficult) and hire the developers as employees(!) and then charge for the product. In case you'll feel guilty for some reason about actually building something and selling it(!), provide an outstanding product with outstanding support. The consumers will be happy because they've gotten something they couldn't have gotten any other place, and for an affordable price and with good support. Oh, and you, as the corporation, can pay your developers and they'll have money to feed their kids.
This sounds like a hell of a system doesn't it
only on slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
Re:iMovie (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Short Guide Courtesy of shiznix (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Short Guide Courtesy of shiznix (Score:1, Funny)
Re:No, no, no, no (Score:5, Funny)
<dm> I discovered that you'd never get an answer to a problem from Linux Gurus by asking. You have to troll in order for someone to help you with a Linux problem.
<dm> For example, I didn't know how to find files by contents and the man pages were way too confusing. What did I do? I knew from experience that if I just asked, I'd be told to read the man pages even though it was too hard for me.
<dm> Instead, I did what works. Trolling. By stating that Linux sucked because it was so hard to find a file compared to Windows, I got every self-described Linux Guru around the world coming to my aid. They gave me examples after examples of different ways to do it. All this in order to prove to everyone that Linux was better.
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<dm> brings a tear to my eye...
<dm> So if you're starting out Linux, I advise you to use the same method as I did to get help. Start the sentence with "Linux is gay because it can't do XXX like Windows can". You will have PhDs running to tell you how to solve your problems.
<dm> this person must be a kindred spirit of mine