Burning an Avi/Mpg to Playable Dvd

It took some work, but I finally found out how to burn an Avi or Mpeg file onto a playable dvd.

Step 1: Convert the Avi/Mpeg to proper format
ffmpeg -i InputFile.mpg -aspect 16:9 -target ntsc-dvd foo.mpg

Step 2: Create dvd file structure
dvdauthor -o dvd/ -t foo.mpg
dvdauthor -o dvd/ -T

Step 3: Create ISO Image
mkisofs -dvd-video -v -o DVD.iso dvd/

Step 4: Burn to Disc
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0=DVD.iso

This will burn an input video file to a playable dvd. This example doesn't include a dvd menu, nor multiple files on one disc. DvdAuthor suffers from the same symptom as many open-source products, little-to-no documentation nor examples. As a result, I wasted about a dozen DVD+R's trying to decrypt it's usage and finally gave up.