My goal is to create a program that will take an AVI file as input and then do whatever is necessary to burn it to a DVD.
Currently, I use three separate programs to accomplish this. The first tool requires me to convert it from an AVI file to an MPEG. The second tool takes that MPEG and creates DVD files (a VIDEO_TS folder, with a few files inside of it). The third tool burns the folder to the DVD. I would like to combine these three tools into one, and if possible skip the AVI to MPEG conversion and just create the DVD files and burn them.
The target platform is Windows 7 and the language I'm going to use is C++.
What libraries or command line programs will help me on my quest for glory?
EDIT: To clarify, I want to create a video DVD to play movies on a DVD player. (Thanks Jerry)
EDIT 2: I ended up using Python on Linux to automate everything. Here is the script in case anyone needs it. (Note: this is my first python script so it probably isn't very good)
import sys
import os
import shutil
from subprocess import call
# step 1: call ffmpeg and convert the input avi to an mpeg-2
def avi_to_mpeg(input, output):
return call(["ffmpeg", "-i", input, "-target", "ntsc-dvd", "-threads", "4", output])
# step 2: create the xml file needed for dvdauthor
def create_xml_file(mpg_source, xml_file):
with open(xml_file, "w") as file:
file.write("<dvdauthor>\n")
file.write("\t<vmgm />\n")
file.write("\t<titleset>\n")
file.write("\t\t<titles>\n")
file.write("\t\t\t<pgc>\n")
file.write("\t\t\t\t<vob file=\"" + mpg_source + "\" />\n")
file.write("\t\t\t</pgc>\n")
file.write("\t\t</titles>\n")
file.write("\t</titleset>\n")
file.write("</dvdauthor>\n")
return os.path.isfile(xml_file)
# step 3: invoke dvdauthor
def author_dvd(mpg_source):
return call(["dvdauthor", "-o", "mkdvd_temp", "-x", xml_file])
# step 4: finally, burn the files to the dvd
def burn_dvd(dvd_target):
return call(["growisofs", "-Z", dvd_target, "-dvd-video", "mkdvd_temp"])
# step 5: clean up the mess
def clean_up(mpg_source, xml_file):
shutil.rmtree("mkdvd_temp")
os.remove(mpg_source)
os.remove(xml_file)
def eject(dvd_target):
return call(["eject", dvd_target])
def print_usage():
print "mkdvd by kitchen"
print "usage: mkdvd -s file.avi -t /dev/disc"
print " -s : Input .AVI file"
print " -t : Target disc, /dev/dvd for example"
def get_arg(sentinel):
last_arg = ""
for arg in sys.argv:
if last_arg == sentinel:
return arg
last_arg = arg
return None
# program start
avi_source = get_arg("-s") # input .avi file
dvd_target = get_arg("-t") # the disc to burn it to (/dev/dvd for example)
if avi_source == None or dvd_target == None:
print_usage()
sys.exit("Not enough parameters.")
if os.path.isfile(avi_source) == False:
sys.exit("File does not exists (" + avi_source + ")")
mpg_source = avi_source + ".mpg"
if avi_to_mpeg(avi_source, mpg_source) != 0:
sys.exit("Failed to convert the AVI to an MPG")
xml_file = mpg_source + ".xml"
if create_xml_file(mpg_source, xml_file) == False:
sys.exit("Failed to create the XML file required by dvdauthor")
if author_dvd(mpg_source) != 0:
sys.exit("Failed to create the DVD files")
if burn_dvd(dvd_target) != 0:
sys.exit("Failed to burn the files to the disc")
print "mkdvd has finished burning " + avi_source + " to " + dvd_target
print "Cleaning up"
clean_up(mpg_source, xml_file)
eject(dvd_target)