Burning a .vob to DVD

I haven't ran into any linux roadblocks in many months. I had a hard time with this one so I thought I'd get the solution out there somewhere. I had a ton of pictures from a camping trip and wanted to make a DVD slide show to show to my parents cause they don't have the internet to view my Flickr account. I had never done that before so I had to figure it out.

I found the script dvd-slideshow did what I need and was easy to work. I have been able to add audio but have not found out how to start and stop the music as I see fit. I would like to find a GUI program as well that lets me have more visual control over slide placement but this was all I found that worked for me.

A compiled slideshow left me with a .vob file. I didn't know what to do with it and k3b seemed to want more files than just the vob. I found kmediafactory was able to convert the .vob into a k3b project and I was able to successfully burn the slideshow to a DVD disc.

I am sure there is probably a better solution than this, but I was not able to find one through much searching. I hope this is able to help someone.

The Dortchen Wild on ReverbNation

Album Progress

The Amazing Dead Felix and The Death of The Little Red Hen are pulling together pretty quick and really only need some polishing and perhaps a redo of my part on Red Hen. Rooster progressing nicely but still needs a lot of work. We started working on The Police Man Song last night. The Wren Song, The Robot Song, 'Draws', all have only rough takes. Handsome Franz, My Friend Paul, and the slow one still need to be started. After listening to some rough mixes of Felix, Red Hen and Rooster in headphones, I think I am going to be quite please with the outcome of this project. The pace is quicker than I thought it would be. If this album is finished quickly I wouldn't be surprised if we dove in for another shortly thereafter.

Fun with Bad English

New Album

Today we start recording our first album as "The Dortchen Wild." Not much to say yet, stay tuned. Side note: Apollo Cafe on the East Side has the best gyros around.

I am Rockin' "The Funky Spider/The Cock and The Hen/Out on the Edge" by Comas from Comas.

New shows!!!

This is a very exciting time for me/us. We have just got a monthly gig at Sprizzos in Waukesha. We will be rockin' the house every second Saturday of each month. Our next show is Saturday January 12th. Also, I just spoke with Jeremy at John Harbors on Main St. and he said that he watched our videos and thought we had some really good stuff. So he is interested in having us play there but is booked until January, so no pre-Christmas shows, Sorry.
John Harbors is a really nice place. I saw Mueller and Hill there Friday night and actually had a great time. I wasn't sure that they could hold my attention but I really enjoyed them and they were very friendly towards me, and Jim actually let me use his mandolin to play him a song or so.
We are still saving up for a PA so anyone interested in providing financial support please contact us ;)
Or just come to the next show and tip big!!! Every bit helps we are almost halfway to a nice PA system.

I am currently Rockin' "Kick to Kill" by Pop Will Eat Itself from Dos Dedos Mis Amigos

New to Me

"Burst Maize"