DVD/VCD

To distribute your video on DVD or VCD you'll need a programme to author and burn it. The following programmes will assist you here though they can be less that intuative and take a bit of effort to work well. Also included are programmes to rip DVDs to your computer.

DVD/VCD Authoring

Sizzle is a DVD/VCD authoring tool. It has a simple interface and leverages a Free and Open Source Software tool called DVDAuthor to carry out its functions. Sizzle will allow you to bring in various video files and will process and re-arrange the files in the universally standard DVD or VCD stucture and format so that they can be played on your home DVD/VCD player.
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DVDAuthorGUI is a DVD/VCD authoring tool. It has a simple interface and leverages a Free and Open Source Software tool called DVDAuthor to carry out its functions. DVDAuthorgui will allow you to bring in various video files and will process and re-arrange the files in the universally standard DVD or VCD stucture and format so that they can be played on your home DVD/VCD player.
License: GNU GPL
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QDVDAuthor is a DVD/VCD authoring tool. It has a simple interface and leverages a Free and Open Source Software tool called DVDAuthor to carry out its functions. QDVDAuthor will allow you to bring in various video files and will process and re-arrange the files in the universally standard DVD or VCD stucture and format so that they can be played on your home DVD/VCD player. It allows you to create titles, subtitles and a basic navigation menu system for your DVD
License: GNU GPL
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DIFFICULT DIFFICULT MODERATE

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DVD/VCD Burning

Gnomebaker is a full featured CD/DVD writing software. It allows you drag and drop audio files to write Audio CDs, video clips and still images to write Video CDs. It allows simple drag and drop of your files to burn data DVD and CD ROMs, erases and writes DVD and CD ReWritables and also creates DVD and CD iso images. It allows you to create titles, subtitles and a basic navigation menu system for your DVD
License: GNU GPL
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Documentation: None provided

DeepBurner is an advanced and extremely powerful CD and DVD burning package. It removes the hassle of making CDs, DVDs, and autoruns. It even makes it easy for you to create and print your own labels and booklets. DeepBurner supports a very wide range of internal and external (USB 2.0 and FireWire) CD and DVD writers. Burn any data, copy any disc, make backups, create astonishing photo CD albums, make ISO CDs and Video DVDs with this very easy to handle software!
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DVD Ripping

HandBrake is a DVD to MPEG-4 ripper/converter. It allows you to read from DVDs, DVD/VOB files or DVD iso images and convert them to mpeg-4 files for storage on your computer.
License: GNU GPL
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DVD Shrink is software to backup DVD discs. You can use this software in conjunction with DVD burning software of your choice, to make a backup copy of any DVD video disc.

DVD Shrink will also burn your backup DVD. If you already possess alternative burning software and prefer to stick with it, then you can still use DVD Shrink. The output from DVD Shrink can be saved as files on your hard drive, which you can then burn with software of your choice.

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AcidRip uses Mplayer and Mencoder as its background processes and is a useful, easy to use graphical user interface through which you can convert and backup your DVDs into video formats for easy storage on your computer.
License: GNU GPL
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VLC is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream audio on a high-bandwidth network.
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Additional Resources

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