Re: dvd ripping tools
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 10:40:11PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote......
> On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 17:23, Kevin Coyner wrote:
> > I need to (legimately) rip a few 30 sec clips from some DVD's where I
> > truly own the rights. The 30 sec clips will be used on our website
> > where we advertise the DVD's for sale (bicycling workouts -
> > spinervals.com for those interested).
> >
> > Could someone please suggest:
> >
> > 1. a tool for ripping the DVD
>
> mencoder (part of mplayer. Under debian has its own package) is quite
> good. iirc the package is in the merilat.fr repository:
Thanks for that suggestion. I'll give mencoder a try.
In the meantime, I've tried the following:
Ripping the DVD using video-dvdrip. This worked well and left me with a
nice .avi file. Such file played great in Xine on my Linux box. So
then I copied it over to a Windows box for testing, and it didn't play.
It could be the Windows box not having the right players, so I'll test
further on a different box. But just in case, I'd like to ask what is
the best codec to use when coverting from dvd to avi? Or should I be
targeting a mpg file? Ultimately I need to take the finished 30 sec
clips I'm making and put them on our website, so I need a recipe so that
most users can view.
> > 2. a tool for browsing and then editing the ripped portions into 30
> > sec clips
>
> I think avidemux does this but I am not sure.
I've also apt-get installed avidemux. Given a vob, it too does the
conversion and gives me an avi. Plays fine on Linux, not so well on
other non Linux boxes. Again, probably my choice of codecs and other
options. There seems to be no shortage of choices to be made when doing
this stuff. avidemux as an editor looks o.k., although I'm not really
at that point yet.
Again, thanks.
Kevin
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