hi i have 2 favorites the 1st is app-cdr/dvdshrink. it shrinks the movie and creates a single dvd image. burn it with k3b and play it back with any dvd player the 2nd is media-video/dvdrip. it creates a divx/xvid movie that you can play on computers or divx capable dvd players. best regards robert
On Sunday 03 December 2006 14:28, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to copy a movie from a DVD which I bought in a shop, to another DVD to > take with me on holiday. I'll be playing back the copy on my laptop and (if > it is feasible) the hotel's DVD player. > > I thought that K3B and a double layer blank DVD+R is all I need to burn an > iso > image of the DVD. After two expensive coasters (see other recent topic) I > came to the conclusion that the combination of > K3B/Phillips-DVD8421/Imation-DVD+R DL will just not work. I could start > trying out different brands of DVD+R DL, but I cannot see a sustainable > economic case for persevering with my coaster production. :-( > > So, I am now looking at alternative solutions to be able to enjoy my movies > when on hols. I mounted the DVD and can see a number of *.vob files only > some of which are the main film. Saving these would be enough, if only they > could fit in a single layer DVD. Each of these *.vob files are approx.: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 michael users 1073684480 Dec 3 11:21 vts_01_1.vob > > There are 6 of them in a video which I want to copy, but given the recent > failed attempts with burning DVD+R DLs I will have to compact them so that > they can fit in a single DVD. I read about transcoding into mpeg4, but I > don't know what are the right options for what I want. What would you > recommend? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
