# Install dvdauthor with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper DVD-authoring toolset. Version 0.7.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:dvdauthor ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install dvdauthor ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install dvdauthor ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/dvdauthor/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add dvdauthor ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dvdauthor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install dvdauthor ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: dvdauthor from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install dvdauthor ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dvdauthor from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#dvdauthor ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dv/dvdauthor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S dvdauthor ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: dvdauthor from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install dvdauthor ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dvdauthor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:dvdauthor - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.7.2 - **Source summary:** DVD-authoring toolset - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - dvdauthor (cli) - dvddirdel (cli) - dvdunauthor (cli) - mpeg2desc (cli) - spumux (cli) - spuunmux (cli) - dvdauthor (alias) - dvddirdel (alias) - dvdunauthor (alias) - mpeg2desc (alias) - spumux (alias) - spuunmux (alias) ## Dependencies - freetype - libdvdread - libpng ## Build dependencies - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - libxml2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.7.2 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage dvdauthor is the classic free-software command-line suite for building DVD-Video directory structures from prepared MPEG streams, menus, chapters, subtitles, and XML control files. It matters because it handled the authored DVD structure itself while deliberately leaving encoding, image creation, and burning to neighboring tools. ### Project history The upstream ChangeLog records version 0.1.0 on 2002-07-30 as an initial release that could write roughly a four-minute video clip to a playable DVD, with significant limitations. Through late 2002 and 2003 it added larger clips, multiple chapters, stream autodetection, multiple titlesets, subtitle support, multiple audio and subpicture channels, Mac OS X compilation, large-file support, and autoconf. The SourceForge homepage describes DVDAuthor as a set of tools for authoring the file and directory structure of a DVD-Video disc, driven by command lines and XML control files. The same page explicitly says it does not make disc images or burn discs, pointing that work to tools such as mkisofs and dvd+rw-tools. The project later moved active alpha development and commit history to GitHub while keeping SourceForge documentation and release pages. The ChangeLog shows later maintenance milestones such as version 0.7.0 in 2010 with subtitle encoding and interaction improvements, version 0.7.1 in 2012, and version 0.7.2 in 2016. ### Adoption history dvdauthor became a standard component of Linux DVD authoring workflows because it occupied the low-level authoring slot between encoders/multiplexers and burners. GUI tools and scripts could wrap it, while command-line users could generate XML directly. Its package-manager spread across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE reflects long-lived utility rather than novelty. Even as optical media declined, distributions kept it because legacy DVD-Video production, archival migration, and reproducible authoring scripts still needed the binaries. ### How it is used A typical dvdauthor workflow prepares MPEG-2-compatible material with tools such as FFmpeg or mjpegtools, optionally uses `spumux` for subtitles or menu subpictures, runs `dvdauthor` to assemble titlesets and tables of contents, tests the VIDEO_TS structure in a software player, and then burns or images the result with other tools. The suite includes related commands such as `spumux`, `spuunmux`, `dvdunauthor`, `dvddirdel`, and `mpeg2desc`, which makes it useful both for creation and for inspecting or deconstructing DVD-Video assets. ### Why package nerds care dvdauthor is package-nerd significant because it is the small Unix piece that turns DVD-Video from a GUI-only consumer task into a scriptable build artifact. It also cleanly shows Unix pipeline boundaries: FFmpeg or mjpegtools create compliant streams, dvdauthor builds DVD structure, mkisofs/genisoimage builds an image, and dvd+rw-tools burns it. For maintainers, it is also a compatibility museum: XML command files, DVD VM behavior, subtitle palettes, PAL/NTSC assumptions, libdvdread integration, and old optical-media workflows all meet in one package. ### Timeline - 2002-07-30: Version 0.1.0 initial release. - 2002-11-16: Version 0.3.0 added multiple titlesets. - 2003-02-13: Version 0.4.0 added Mac OS X compilation, large-file support, multiple audio tracks, and subpicture tracks. - 2007-01-13: Version 0.6.13 included Debian manpages and many DVD-Video structure fixes. - 2010-10-23: Version 0.7.0 reworked subtitle reading and interaction behavior. - 2016-12-31: Version 0.7.2 delivered build, interaction, dvdunauthor, and metadata improvements. ### Related projects - dvdauthor is commonly used with FFmpeg, mjpegtools, mkisofs or genisoimage, dvd+rw-tools, Ogle, VLC, MPlayer, and GUI front ends such as DVD Styler, Q DVD Author, DeVeDe, and Bombono. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** dvdauthor - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 4 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - dvdauthor - 0.7.2-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dvdauthor from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | create DVD-Video file system | https://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net - Nix - dvdauthor: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dv/dvdauthor/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - dvdauthor - 0.7.2-2build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dvdauthor from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | create DVD-Video file system | https://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net - apk - dvdauthor - 0.7.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dvdauthor from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | DVD authoring tools | https://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - apk - dvdauthor-doc - 0.7.2-r11: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dvdauthor-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | DVD authoring tools (documentation) | https://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - dnf - dvdauthor - 0.7.2-29.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: dvdauthor from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Command line DVD authoring tool | http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - pacman - dvdauthor - 0.7.2-13: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: dvdauthor from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | DVD authoring tools | http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - zypper - dvdauthor - 0.7.2-7.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dvdauthor from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Low-level DVD Authoring Tools | http://dvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ - MacPorts - dvdauthor: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: multimedia/dvdauthor/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Media and graphics packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/media-graphics-tools/) - Matched media, image, audio, video, or graphics metadata. - [freetype](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freetype/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [dvd+rw-tools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvd-rw-tools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dvd, media, optical-disc. - [dvd-vr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvd-vr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dvd, media, optical-disc. - [dvdbackup](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvdbackup/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dvd, media, optical-disc. - [dvdrtools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dvdrtools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dvd, media, optical-disc. - [libcdio](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libcdio/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, optical-disc. - [libcdio-paranoia](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libcdio-paranoia/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, optical-disc. - [lsdvd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lsdvd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, dvd, media, xml. - [batik](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/batik/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, media, xml. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dvdauthor.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dvdauthor.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph