Quick notes about ripping DVDs in 4 commands based on mencoder.
Mencoder supports more formats than transcode.
$ <in>DVD=PATH_TO_DVD</in> $ <in>cat ${DVD}/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_*.VOB | mencoder -ovc frameno -o frameno.avi -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=vorbis -alang en -</in>
The first pass generates file divx1pass.log
(and uses frameno.avi
).
$ <in>VBITRATE=1060</in> $ <in>mencoder -oac copy -vf scale -zoom -xy 512 -o /dev/null -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=${VBITRATE}:vhq:vpass=1 -ss 1:00 -endpos 1:30 ${DVD}/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB</in>
The second one generates file divx2pass.log
(and uses frameno.avi
).
$ <in>OUTPUT=OUTPUT.avi</in> $ <in>mencoder -oac copy -vf scale -zoom -xy 512 -o ${OUTPUT} -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=${VBITRATE}:vhq:vpass=2 -ss 1:00 -endpos 1:30 ${DVD}/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_1.VOB</in>
Once the preview is satisfactory, the same can be done with the full DVD.
$ <in>cat ${DVD}/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_*.VOB | mencoder -oac copy -vf scale -zoom -xy 512 -o /dev/null -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=${VBITRATE}:vhq:vpass=1 -</in> $ <in>cat ${DVD}/VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_*.VOB | mencoder -oac copy -vf scale -zoom -xy 512 -o ${OUTPUT} -ovc lavc -lavcopts vbitrate=${VBITRATE}:vhq:vpass=2 -</in>