Video authoring references

Video authoring links

• DVD Technical Notes provides fairly detailed technical information about the DVD standard.
• Ian Pointer's DVD Authoring article explains how to create a DVD slideshow with music and subtitles, using open-source tools.
• The GNU VCDImager Authoring Guide has comprehensive instructions for creating VCDs and SVCDs using VCDImager, as well as thorough documentation of the VCDImager XML file structure.
• The Linux Video Handling Sorta-HOWTO discusses the basics of video capturing and VCD authoring.
• Linux Media has several HOWTOs and scripts for DVD-ripping and disc authoring.
• What is deinterlacing? is a thorough introduction to the concept of interlacing, including comparisons of many deinterlacing methods.

Technical information

• MPEG-2 FAQ
• DVD Demystified and DVD FAQ by Jim Taylor

Programs similar to tovid

Several other Linux applications have features and capabilities similar to tovid's:

• DVD Slideshow
• DVDStyler
• KMediaFactory
• KDE DVD Authoring Wizard
• Linux Video Maker
• MakeMovingMenus
• Polidori
• Q DVD-Author
• Varsha
• VCDEasy
• DVDwizard

Please add any others you know of.