Burning CDs and DVDs in Linux

This is a rundown of some useful commands for creating a CD or DVD in Linux.

To burn a data DVD run this:

growisofs -Z /dev/cdrom -J -R -T -V <volume_name> <filename>

To burn a CD ISO run this:

cdrecord -v speed=12 fs=20m -dao dev=2,0,0 <filename>.iso

To burn a data CD run this:

mkisofs -r file | cdrecord dev=0,0,0 -v --eject speed=12 -

Use this to list available devices:

cdrecord -scanbus

Copy a video DVD:

#!/bin/sh
 
rm -f dvdauthor.xml
 
cat > dvdauthor.xml <<EOF
<dvdauthor dest="dvd">
<vmgm />
<titleset>
<titles>
<pgc>
<vob file="dvd_movie.mpg" chapters="0,0:30,1:00,1:30,2:30,3:00,3:30,4:00"/>
</pgc>
</titles>
</titleset>
</dvdauthor>
EOF
 
vobcopy -l &&
transcode -i *.vob -y ffmpeg --export_prof dvd-ntsc --export_asr 3 -o movie -D0 -s2 \
    -m movie.ac3 -J modfps=clonetype=3 --export_fps 29.97 &&
mplex -f 8 -o dvd_movie.mpg movie.m2v movie.ac3 &&
dvdauthor -x dvdauthor.xml &&
mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso dvd/
 
RETVAL=$?
 
rm -f dvdauthor.xml
 
exit $RETVAL

This will find the main title and create a new DVD iso with 1 title and no menu.