dvdspanky is a CLI tool for converting video files into DVD compatible MPEG streams. It is designed to be easy to use no matter the input source, to automate common transcoding tasks, and provide powerful features such as specifying the destination file size and calculated clipping and letter-boxing. It provides a front-end to transcode, MJPEG tools, mplayer, and feh. The output is ready to use in programs such as dvdauthor.
