Dvd ripping with linux ?

[Xeon]

Hey...

I'm very new to DVD ripping with linux...and i realy don't know where i should start. Are there specific tools for linux or does everything only work with wine ? And what Methods do you use to get the Vobs to the HD ?

thx for you answers...


Xeon

[TactX]

Welcome to this board Xeon

There are lots of tools with which dvd ripping can be done.

I've started a thread with several links to nice tools some time ago. Read it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39593).

In another thread, some poeple have been discussing DVD ripping with wine. You can find this thread here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39927).

I'd recommend starting with transcode and its GUI dvd::rip. You should also have a look at AVIdemux, a VDub-like tool for cutting, encoding and editing video.
If you're not afraid of using CLI-tools you should try MEncoder (incuded in MPlayer) because it's imho the fastest encoder you can get.


Don't mind asking more questions...

[juicemansam]

Here's what I do:[list=1]
Authenticate DVD with tst-dvd from css-cat package. This could be done with other tools that use libdvdcss.
Decrypt the VOBs to HD with vobdec.
Use vStrip to form a new VOB with the desired streams.
Encode with mencoder.
[/list=1]
The actual command lines I don't recall, since I haven't ripped anything in months. You can download the source files from Doom9's source page, but you'll have to tweak the files in order to compile them. I've tweaked bbtools-1.9, pulldown-0.99d, and vstrip-0.8e. I did tweak vobdec before, but lost the changes and only have a working binary. Now I'm having trouble tweaking the source because the resulting binary segfaults when using it and I've forgotten how I tweaked it.

Oh, before I forget, I use the ide-scsi kernel module and the SCSI emulated devices. It just works better, for me that is.

Here's the link (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69738) to the location of the source files.

Good luck.