First we need a .mpg or .mpeg file. For example if you have an .avi file, convert this to .mpg (change pal-dvd to ntsc-dvd if needed)

Now we have the .mpg file we can set up the XML files with the settings for the conversion. Create spumux.xml and add the following settings into it.

You have to replace the filename, movie-width and the movie-height to your video preferences. You have seen them while converting if not use this command.

Now before we start processing, we need arial.ttf in our .spumux folder. If you don’t have a .spumux folder, create one;

OK — now we are all set, what you have to do now is use the following command.

Alright, when this is done we have to make another .xml file. Create dvd.xml and put this in there.

Obviously you have to change the vob file to your output video name. When you have done that we can do the following command.

You have just created a dvd including subtitles which you can enable or disable. What you got to do now is simply make a ISO or burn it directly to your blank dvd.

To make a ISO you can use this command:

If you want to burn it directly without making a .iso then use this command; (Replace /dev/scd0 with the device path to your DVD recorder)

It is actually easier then I thought, I have been spending almost a whole day to figure out how to add subtitles to an .avi file using bash. (Terminal) So I hope I can help you out with this one!

If it’s not working for you or you know other cool ways to do it, please leave a comment!

If you already have them installed just ignore the following step.

Step 2. We can easily install the three packages using DAG Repo. We need to activate it though.

Edit /etc/yum.repos.d

And insert

When /etc/yum.repos.d is updated. Simply install the packages using yum.

If you have any lib problems please read here more about it.

Step 3. If you are a pro command line user, type the following commands to convert file1.avi fille2.avi to DVD format (if you have only one .avi file, then just skip following command):

Step 4. Now run the movie encoder to create out.avi from yourname.avi (option -ovc and -oac sets no encoding, just stream copy.)

Step 5. Next run FFmpeg Video Converter to set aspect ratio, ntsc/pal dvd television standard etc:

For USA

For Europe

Step 6. At a high level, a DVD is a collection of menus and titles. Conceptually, a menu contains buttons which can be assigned actions and provides a list of choices to the end user, while a title contains the main content of the DVD. However, in reality many of the features available in menus (including buttons, pausing, and looping) are also available in titles. Use dvdauthor assembles multiple mpeg program streams into a suitable DVD file system. You should see DVD file system in DVD directory:

Step 7. Create the table of contents file instead of a titleset:

Step 8. Now your all set, the DVD is done. But what you see is that the DVD files are all loose in the folder. So what we want to do is make a .ISO (Image) of the dvd. So it’s ready to burn. What we need for that is the RPM mkisofs. We can easily install that, because we have activated the DAG Repo. So install the mkisofs package using yum.

Step 9. Now you have installed mkisofs, we can create .ISO files using this command.

Step 10. Now your DVD is done. I hope this tutorial has helped you and may help others. We finish with burning the DVD onto an empty DVD.

If you have any questions or thoughts to share please leave it here in a comment. Thank you!