---
name: "dvdunauthor"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dvdauthor"
version: "0.7.2-16"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dvdunauthor"
---

# dvdunauthor(1)

Decodes DVD-Video file structure

## NAME

dvdunauthor - Decodes DVD-Video file structure

## SYNOPSIS

**dvdunauthor** \[ **path** \]

## DESCRIPTION

**dvdunauthor** decodes the specified DVD-Video directory structure, putting into the current directory an XML control file and corresponding MPEG-2 files (with a .vob extension) that **dvdauthor** can (hopefully) interpret to recreate the DVD-Video directory structure.

## USAGE

**dvdunauthor** path

## CAVEATS

None.

## BUGS

Depends on libdvdread to decode the DVD-Video structure and to report any errors trying to do so. But libdvdread will sometimes just exit without reporting any error.

## AUTHOR

MarcLeemanThis manual page was written by Marc Leeman \<marc.leeman@gmail.com\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). \<marc.leeman@gmail.com\> MarcLeeman2003Marc Leeman