Converting DVD copy to AVI

Chris Kloiber ckloiber at ckloiber.com
Sun Jul 11 09:34:56 UTC 2010


On 07/08/2010 03:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 12:01 -0700, jack craig wrote:
>>
>> On 07/08/2010 11:16 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2010-07-08 at 11:02 -0700, jack craig wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/08/2010 10:21 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have a DVD structure (VIDEO_TS etc. etc.) on my hard disk and would
>>>>> like to convert the main feature to an AVI file, i.e. basically what
>>>>> rippers do but without the physical DVD. I know I can use ffmpeg or
>>>>> transcode to convert individual VOB files, but this seems error prone
>>>>> (e.g. how do I know I got all of the main feature?). Does anyone have a
>>>>> script for this sort of thing? Unfortunately K3B is no good as it
>>>>> insists on there being a physical DVD to rip from.
>>>>>
>>>>> poc
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> you might look at mencoder, it takes .mov, it might take the dvd format too.
>>>>
>>> Good idea. The manpage says it can read DVD structures, VOB files etc.
>>> Guess I'll have to invest some time in understanding the gazillion
>>> options.
>>>
>>> poc
>>>
>>>
>> I recently ripped a DVD we got from a manta ray night dive event and
>> found .vob files.
>> I was surprised that vlc played the .vob out of the box!
>
> mplayer will do that too.
>
>> Its great to see multimedia blossoming in Linux land.
>
> Indeed.
>
>> Also, i got a blurb about a new Fluenda DVD play program for Linux, just
>> fyi...
>
> Yes, I got that. $20 or so, no thanks.
>
> poc
>

$20? Try $39 EUROS. Ridiculous. You could buy a dedicated DVD player for 
that.

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