JTVD 0.4.3 review

JTVD is a graphical frontend for popular command line programs such as MEncoder, transcode, MJPEG Tools, toolame, DVDAuthor, and grow

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 265K Developer: Torsten R?mer

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JTVD is a graphical frontend for popular command line programs such as MEncoder, transcode, MJPEG Tools, toolame, DVDAuthor, and growisofs.

It makes it easy to grab videos from Video4Linux devices such as TV cards, encode the data to DVD-compatible MPEG2 files, and author and burn a video DVD with a simple title menu.

Here are some key features of "JTVD":
Watch TV
Grab from the TV card to AVI files
Schedule one or more recording tasks
Encode video files to "DVD compatible" MPEG2 program streams
Basic DVD authoring incl. creation of simple title menus
Create the DVD image and burn it
Burn an existing Video DVD image

Requirements:
MPlayer/MEncoder (1.0pre7)
MJPEG Tools (1.6.2)
tooLAME (0.2l)
Transcode (1.0.0)
DVDAuthor (0.6.11)
dvd+rw-tools (5.21)
J2SE (1.5.0)

What's New in This Release:
Fixed handling of the fine frequency and saving of modified stations (thanks for reporting this)
Added options to only create the DVD image without burning it and to burn an existing Video DVD image