Re: [gentoo-user] burning HD mpeg4 to dvd

[Paul Hartman]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Does anybody have any links, instructions, information etc. on how to burn
>> HD video MPEG4 to DVD?
>> I want to be able to play HD on TV and I don't want to reduce the quality.
>>
>> Do I need Blue-Ray dvd recorder to be able to play HD recording? Can
>> standard DVD play HD mpeg4 files? I have new camera that records HD
>> (1920x1080) mpeg4 movies, most files are below 3GB; is there a way to burn
>> them into standard DVD on Linux.
>> I'm familiar with standard MPEG2 format and burning but not HD MPEG4..
>
> I confused when you say DVD if you mean DVD physical media or DVD format video.
>
> If you want to convert to a normal DVD format there are plenty of
> tools for that. My favorite is tovid.
>
> f you want to burn Blu-Ray data files into DVD media, I guess just
> build the Blu-Ray image and burn it. Same way you can burn DVD images
> to CD if they are small enough. I have no idea if that'll work, but
> that's what I would try. (I've never seen a Blu-Ray disc before so i
> have no idea...)

I found this for creating Blu-Ray discs (untested, not in portage?):

http://blurayauthor.sourceforge.net/