fast anything to dvd converter

[chronnoz]

well, in windows there is winavi, its fast video converter, converts most formats (avi,mkv,ogm,rm,rmvb,mov,mpg,pgeg1 and2, etc.) to anithing, like dvd, in a very short time when confronted with other programs like tmpg enc plus.
plus, if you have vobsub, you can paste subtitles to your video, at the same time you convert it to what you want (like dvd).
is there a program that can convert at least avi/ogm/mkv(choosing audio and sub track)/rm to dvd in a short time and have the option to paste subtitles?
PD: i mean, doing all that with only one program, in some manuals from other pages i fuond that u had to extract video and audios, then convert them alone, to dvd, then merge them, then convert what u have to vob, and then burn... i also have few disk space, so i can't do that, i like it like winavi, fast, efficient, and with the option to paste subtitles to the video

[wmcbrine]

No. Well, sometimes you can do it with mencoder. Like so:

mencoder -of mpeg -ovc lavc -oac lavc -ofps 29.97 -mc 0 \
-lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:aspect=16/9:vrc_buf_size=1835:vbitrate=5000:vrc_maxr
ate=8000:acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 \
-vfm realvid -vf harddup,scale=704:480,expand=720:480,dsize=16/9 \
$1.rm -o $1.mpg

though I don't really recommend mencoder's MPEG output. But the beauty of the Unix Way is that you can always chain together a series of tools to achieve what you want. If you're short on disk space, you can use pipes and/or named pipes to eliminate the need for disk space for temporary files.

Pipe example:

mpeg2dec -s -o pgmpipe $1|pgmtoy4m|yuvframestofields -i|yuvscaler -O SIZE_704x480|yuvfieldstoframes -t|mpeg2enc -a3 -f8 -41 -21 -R2 -P -G18 -g9 -s -D10 -r32 -q6 -o$1.m2v

Named pipe example:

mkfifo stream.yuv
xterm -e mplayer -nosound -vo yuv4mpeg \
-vf harddup,pullup,softskip,crop=1280:1074,scale=720:4 80,dsize=16/9 \
fearless-hd.vob &
mpeg2enc -f8 -a3 -F1 -41 -21 -p -ofearless.m2v <stream.yuv
rm stream.yuv

As for speed, generally speaking, you get (in quality) what you pay for (in CPU time). However, there is at least one simple conversion that's very fast: reducing the bit rate of an MPEG stream by requantizing it. This is much faster than a full reencode (maybe looks better, too). For that, I just use the program "requant". But you need a stream of the desired type and resolution to start with.

[chronnoz]

thanks, but now after some days of searching programs for all my needs i think linux is not for me it's very good in some things like stability and i love kde, but it hasn't enough programs for me :'(

[wmcbrine]

Linux has enough programs for anyone. You just have to know how to use them.