Video Conversion - DeVeDe for Windows

DeVeDe is a program to create video DVDs and CDs (VCD, sVCD or CVD), suitable for DVD players, from any number of video files. Many different video formats are supported (mpeg, mpeg4, avi, asf, youtube and google flash videos, wmv, ogg, etc...). DeVeDe is an open source program and is free for all use.

DeVeDe for Microsoft Windows is a version of DeVeDe that has been developed for Windows and will work on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista(maybe?). Any questions, suggestions, or problems can be directed towards peter@majorsilence.com.

Things to Know

The upstream DeVeDe website is http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html. All relevant changes are sent upstream.

The purpose of this page is to provide easy to use installer packages. Also, if I fix a bug for Windows I can release it faster here then the time it takes for it to be included in a main DeVeDe release.

For the current version of DeVeDe for Microsoft Windows the following problems occur:

  • It has been reported that unicode characters (Eg. ñ and á) will keep videos from being added to devede.
  • In version 3.6.2 if your default web browser is not Internet Explorer, clicking the Help -> Documentation menu item will not display the documentation.
  • In version 3.6.2 clicking the Help -> Check for Updates menu item will crash the program if you are not connected to the internet
  • Do not convert videos on shared folders. Transfer them to your local hard drive first. This is only a concern with files larger than 30 MB. Seems to timeout the connection.
  • If you install devede3.6-full.exe, devede3.6-no-python.exe, devede3.6-pygtk.exe, devede3.6.exe, or devede3.6-no-tools.exe updates are much smaller because you will only need the new files from a DeVeDe release (about 1 MB). This is only recommended if you are a power user.
  • Video types that are not supported in the default install may be supported by installing extra video codecs from the mplayer web site.
  • If DeVeDe does not work for you or you do not like it, you could try out dvdflick. Dvdflick is another open source application to create DVDs.

Documentation & Pictures

The documentation is from the DeVeDe 3.6 source zip. With the installation section updated for installing on Windows.

Documentation:

Howto install and use DeVeDe

DeVeDe FAQ

DeVeDe License

Pictures:

Pictures of DeVeDe being installed and used.

Picture of DVD structure in DeVeDe

Features

  • Preview Video with selected settings
  • Save disc structure to convert at a later time
  • Option to choose Windows current theme or a dark theme
  • Ability to check for updates
  • Menu option to view documention
  • Create
    • Video DVD
    • Video CD
    • Super Video CD
    • CVD
    • DIVX / MPEG-4
  • Menu - DVD
    • Action to Perform when Title ends
      • Stop reproduction/show disc menu
      • Play the first title
      • Play the previous title
      • Play current title again (loop)
      • Play the next title
      • Play the last title
    • Menu Options
      • Choose custom background
      • Choose PAL/SECAM or NTSC format
      • Customize menu font
      • Preview menu
      • Option for no menu
  • DVD Options
    • Convert only to MPEG
    • Convert only to disc structure
    • Convert to ready to burn ISO file
    • Choose 1.4 GB, 4.7 GB, or 8 GB DVD
  • Video Information
    • Original size (pixels)
    • Final size (pixels)
    • Length (seconds)
    • Estimated length (MBytes)
    • Output aspect ratio
    • Frames per second
    • Video rate (Kbits/sec)
    • Audio rate (Kbits/sec)
    • Size of chapters
  • Video Properties
    • Set video rate (Kbits/sec)
    • Set audio rate (Kbits/sec)
    • Output video format as PAL/SECAM or NTSC
    • Set Final video size to:
      • 720x576
      • 704x576
      • 480x576
      • 352x576
      • 352x288
      • Default
    • Choose scaling mode
    • Can choose to use 16:9 aspect ratio
  • Quality Options
    • Trellis search Quantization
    • MacroBloc decision algorithm
    • Deinterlacing
  • Audio Options
    • Delay audio (in seconds)
    • Create DVD with 5.1 channel sound
    • Specify video already has AC3 sound
  • Subtitles
    • Add subtitles from sub and srt formats
    • Choose encoding type of subtitles file
    • Ability to raise subtitles above black bars (if choosen in scaling)
  • Misc Video Options
    • Split video file in chapter (for easy seeking). Defaults to 5 minutes per chapter.
    • Specify video file is alreay DVD suitable MPEG-PS file
    • Use a GOP of 12 frames (this improves compatibility)
    • Option to specify extra parameters for mencoder (DeVeDe backend)

Downloads

Important: These are early versions of DeVeDe for Microsoft Windows.  DeVeDe for Windows should work fine, but there may be some bugs.  Read the "Things to Know" page.

DeVeDe 3.7 for Windows uploaded April 20, 2008.

Does not work on Windows Vista

devede3.7-setup.exe (20.4 MB). If you don't know what you want this is probably it. Includes everthing that is needed to run DeVeDe. devede3.7-setup.md5, devede3.7-setup.sha512

devede3.7-setup-no-tools.exe (11.4 MB). DeVeDe without the required tools (dvdauthor, spumux, mplayer, mencoder, ln, and vcdimager). devede3.7-setup-no-tools.md5, devede3.7-setup-no-tools.sha512

ChangeLog



View Older Releases

DeVeDe 3.6.2 for Windows uploaded March 19, 2008.

devede3.6.2-setup.exe (20.4 MB). If you don't know what you want this is probably it. Includes everthing that is needed to run DeVeDe. devede3.6.2-setup.md5, devede3.6.2-setup.sha512

devede3.6.2-setup-no-tools.exe (11.4 MB). DeVeDe without the required tools (dvdauthor, spumux, mplayer, mencoder, ln, and vcdimager). devede3.6.2-setup-no-tools.md5, devede3.6.2-setup-no-tools.sha512

DeVeDe 3.6.1 for Windows uploaded February 21, 2008.

devede3.6.1-setup.exe (19 MB). If you don't know what you want this is probably it. Includes everthing that is needed to run DeVeDe. devede3.6.1-setup.md5, devede3.6.1-sha512.sha512

devede3.6.1-setup-no-tools.exe (11 MB). DeVeDe without the required tools (dvdauthor, spumux, mplayer, mencoder, ln, and vcdimager). devede3.6.1-setup-no-tools.md5, devede3.6.1-setup-no-tools.sha512



DeVeDe 3.6 for Windows uploaded February 7, 2008.

devede3.6-setup.exe (18 MB). If you don't know what you want this is probably it. Includes everthing that is needed to run DeVeDe. devede3.6-setup.md5, devede3.6-sha512.sha512

devede3.6-setup-no-tools.exe (9.5 MB). DeVeDe without the required tools (dvdauthor, spumux, mplayer, mencoder, ln, and vcdimager). devede3.6-setup-no-tools.md5, devede3.6-setup-no-tools.sha512



DeVeDe 3.6 for Windows uploaded January 27, 2008

Important Update: If you have installed DeVeDe using any of the installers below please install update 1.
You can also just download this zipped glade file and copy it to the directory DeVeDe was installed into. devede.md5, devede.sha512, devede-update1.md5, devede-update1.sha512.

devede3.6-full.exe (34 MB). Includes DeVeDe and all required dependencies (Python, GTK, python libraries, dvdauthor, etc...). devede3.6-full.md5, devede3.6-full.sha512
Important: If there is an error when running the program just after installing, about missing "glib" or a similar message you may have to restart your computer. Or manually set/reload windows path to include GTK.

devede3.6-no-python.exe (24 MB). Includes DeVeDe and all required dependencies except python (GTK, python libraries, dvdauthor, etc...). devede3.6-no-python.md5, devede3.6-no-python.sha512

devede3.6-pygtk.exe (18 MB). Includes DeVeDe, python libraries(pygtk, pycario, pygobject, pywin32) and dvdauthor etc... devede3.6-pygtk.md5, devede3.6-pygtk.sha512

devede3.6.exe (12 MB). Includes DeVeDe, and requried tools dvdauthor, mkisofs, vcdimager, and others. Requires that python(2.5), pygtk, pycario, pygobject, pywin32, and GTK are already installed. devede3.6.md5, devede3.6.sha512

devede3.6-no-tools.exe (3 MB). Includes DeVeDe. Requires that python(2.5), pygtk, pycario, pygobject, pywin32, GTK, dvdauthor, mkisofs, vcdimager, and others are already installed. devede3.6-no-tools.md5, devede3.6-no-tools.sha512

Source Code

If you notice any source packages that should be here but are not, send me an email about the missing package(s).

Download latest development version using svn:
svn co http://svn.majorsilence.com/devede/trunk trunk