Bombono DVD
Bombono DVD (bombono-dvd) is an easy to use program for making DVD videos. Imported videos can be loaded into a timeline and previewed frame by frame. What's more, the software allows you to split each video into multiple chapters. All you have to do is create one or more key points on a video's timeline, which can be done with a single click. A chapter's length can be modified just by clicking and dragging the created key points.
The main features of Bombono DVD are:
- excellent MPEG viewer: Timeline and Monitor
- real WYSIWYG Menu Editor with live thumbnails
- comfortable drag-and-drop support
- You can author to folder, make ISO-image or burn directly to DVD.
- reauthoring: You can import video from DVD disks.
Bombono DVD works great in 18.04, but not in 19.04. To install it open the terminal and type:
sudo apt install bombono-dvd bombono-dvd-data
Open DVD Producer
Open DVD Producer (opendvdproducer) is a modern, open source cross platform software to produce DVD images, and create DVDs with menus and chapters in a simple yet professional way. The main functions of the DVD specification are implemented in the software. For example, you can create a DVD in any supported format, with various menus, with directional buttons, videos with chapters and set sections of videos to play.
The main features of Open DVD Producer are:
- Menus - You can create static menus with any sound you want. Or you can use some special video as animated menu.
- Buttons - "Point and click" the buttons you want to create, and you have a real time preview of them. Also, you can set the directions the remote control will take.
- Built-in encoder - There is no need to use some external conversor. Open DVD Producer is able to convert from any kind of known video format.
- Chapters - Want to play at some point in the video? No problem, you can set chapter marks directly on the timeline, and also set segmented pieces of video.
- MD5 checksum - Generate MD5 after the ISO is ready for integrity check.
- DDP® for replication - The DDP® can be generated for large production (specification version 2.00).
- Advanced settings for menus - You can set the background image or video. The color and opacity of buttons highlight. Set the buttons directions directly on the screen.
- Advanced settings for videos - It is possible to set the video resolution. Also you can set chapter marks in a visual way, with frame-by-frame accuracy.
To install Open DVD Producer in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type:
sudo snap install opendvdproducer --channel=edge
DVDStyler
DVDStyler is a cross-platform free DVD authoring application that makes possible for video enthusiasts to create professional-looking DVDs. DVDStyler provides over 20 DVD menu templates, allowing you to create your own menu designs and photo slideshows. After you select your DVD label name, video quality, video format, aspect ratio, and audio format, you can select a template to add video materials to. DVDStyler's interface supports drag-and-drop so you can add project buttons and movies around with ease. Some basic video editing operations such as trimming and cropping are also available.
The main features of DVDStyler are:
- create and burn DVD video with interactive menus
- support of AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGG, WMV and other file formats
- support of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, Xvid, MP2, MP3, AC-3 and other audio and video formats
- user-friendly interface with support of drag-and-drop
- flexible menu creation on the basis of scalable vector graphics
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To install DVDStyler dwonload the DVDStyler .tar.bz2 file and follow the instructions in How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file?.