Tovid suite
From Tovid Wiki
The tovid suite, also known simply as tovid, is a collection of shell and Python scripts for creating DVDs and (S)VCDs. tovid is properly spelt with a lowercase 't' (despite what some wiki-page headings might say), to emphasize its scripty nature. It is pronounced "two vid" (because it converts to video disc formats).
[edit] The scripts
Perhaps a little confusingly, "tovid" is also the name of the most important script in the suite. The tovid script does the big task of converting your video files—which might be in 10 different random formats—into the one of the specific MPEG formats allowed on standard VCD, SVCD, and DVD discs.
Other scripts complement and build upon the tovid script:
makemenu simplifies the process of creating (S)VCD/DVD menus, and makexml can help you write the XML for describing a DVD's navigational structure.
todisc does the work of both makemenu and makexml, and calls the tovid script to reencode videos. Hence you can encode and build a ready-to-burn DVD with animated or static thumbnail menus (or text only menus), all from the command-line. todisc will also call makedvd/makevcd on the finished files to allow you to do everything in one step.
For more information, see:
More to follow... or would you like to write it yourself?
