Andy Random wrote:
[edited prossibly just because I can :) ]
> Hi,
>
> Any suggestions on the quickest/easiest way to rip some DVDs to files
> viewable on my laptop?
/me uses mencoder for this, a bit like the following (usually scripted,
actually):
mencoder -alang en dvd://tracknumber -vf scale -zoom -xy 800 \
-o outputname.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
codec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=800 -oac mp3lame -lameopts br=256
from a GUI perspective, I've always liked ogmrip, which is a graphical
frontend to mencoder.
It is almost certainly in an APT or YUM repo somewhere.
http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/en/index.html
> Being able to compress the files a bit more would be nice as well, but
> not essential.
>
> Also while kinda on the subject, any suggestions for just extracting
> audio from a DVD or video clip?
I think mencoder can do that as well, as can avidemux.
regards
Stuart
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