Creating DVD Movies with Ubuntu

I have recently been looking into creating a DVD movie in Ubuntu from an .avi file. After a lot of research and testing a few methods I have found one that I am extremely happy with. This method involves using Tovid which is a collection of GPL video disc authoring tools according to the Tovid site. For this example/tutorial I am going to be using Elephants Dream , a open source movie made exclusively with open source programs and tools. I decided to use the .avi version as I wanted to make a .avi file into a DVD although Tovid can handle most video files. The first step is to gather the tools and files required, we will need: Tovid. Elephants Dream. Tovid is not in the Ubuntu repositories so we have to download the .deb from the Tovid site. Go to http://tovid.sourceforge.net/download/ubuntu/ and download the latest .deb (tovid_0.31_all.deb at the time of writing). Once downloaded double click the .deb and install the package, any dependencies needed will also ...