Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On 12/3/06, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? -- Regards, Mick Hi Mick, I'm not sure if this is what you want, but there is a tool in portage called dvdrip, maybe that helps. I never used it so I don't know if it will suit your needs.
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On Sunday 03 December 2006 23:28, 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. > > > 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? For travelling I transcode my movies and fit three on a single DVD. If you are only watching it on your laptop this is fine, although you can see artifacts at that ratio. I use DVD::RIP and set it based on a target size of 1.5GB. You can get all manual about it and use just the vobs and be all mathematical about the transcode CLI options, but for my time and simple movies on the go DVD::RIP is the shit. - Noven -- >-- Novensiles divi Flamen --< > Miles Militis Fons < pgpyXq22PVd8a.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On 03 December 2006 15:28, 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 far, I haven't managed to burn any DL DVD. > > 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? --- begin script --- #! /bin/sh BITRATE="730" VIDCOM="-ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=$BITRATE:pass" AUDCOM="-oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=0:br=64" RMLOG="rm divx*.log" if [ $# != 2 ]; then echo "Usage: encode infile outfile" exit 1 fi $RMLOG mencoder $1 $VIDCOM=1 $AUDCOM -o $2 mencoder $1 $VIDCOM=2 $AUDCOM -o $2 $RMLOG --- end script --- if you launch the script like "encode dvd:// yourfile.avi" it will read from the dvd drive. You might want to set BITRATE to something in the range of 2000. Beware, this is *extremely* slow but leads to the best quality at the highest compressions rate (depending on BITRATE) I have encountered so far. Oh yes, and you need the x264 codec. It is in portage. Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:28:42 +, Mick wrote: > 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. If you want to be able to play it on a standard DVD player, you need to transcode it into MPEG2, the format used by DVDs, at a lower bitrate. A simple program for doing just this is k9copy * app-cdr/k9copy Available versions: !1.0.3b !1.0.4 [M]1.1.0_beta1 [M]1.1.0_beta2 Homepage:http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ Description: k9copy is a DVD backup utility which allow the copy of one or more titles from a DVD9 to a DVD5 -- Neil Bothwick To most people solutions mean finding the answers. But to chemists solutions are things that are still all mixed up. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
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
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On 3 Dec 2006, at 15:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:28:42 +, Mick wrote: 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. If you want to be able to play it on a standard DVD player, you need to transcode it into MPEG2, the format used by DVDs, at a lower bitrate... Since Mick has dual-layer DVDs he could even copy it ay the same bit- rate. He is experiencing problems because his DVDs are region-encoded & he has not decrypted them. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On 3 Dec 2006, at 13:28, Mick wrote: ... 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've never used K3B myself, but its site is not clear whether it handles the DeCSS part of the DVD rip. CSS is the system used to region-restrict DVDs, and AFAICT it works by encrypting the files on the disk against a key stored in a special part of the DVD's header. This "header" part of the DVD is not writable by normal DVD-burners (I have heard that "authoring" DVD- burners which support it cost several thousand pounds), so a "bitwise" copy of a DVD cannot be decrypted (because the key is missing). As I understand it, in order to copy DVD movies one must first make a copy of the DVD's files - with the region-encoding removed - onto hard-disk, then burn this as a new DVD "compilation". The result is an R0 disk which should play fine in any standard player. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On 3 Dec 2006, at 19:03, Stroller wrote: On 3 Dec 2006, at 15:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:28:42 +, Mick wrote: 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. If you want to be able to play it on a standard DVD player, you need to transcode it into MPEG2, the format used by DVDs, at a lower bitrate... Since Mick has dual-layer DVDs he could even copy it ay the same bit-rate. He is experiencing problems because his DVDs are region- encoded & he has not decrypted them. Ooops! My apologies. Having read the previous thread I see that the problem is actually 1/2way through burning. Although I'm not clear whether or not Mick has de-regionalised his movies, my comments are nevertheless incorrect. Stroller. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:03:57 +, Stroller wrote: > Since Mick has dual-layer DVDs he could even copy it ay the same bit- > rate. He is experiencing problems because his DVDs are region-encoded > & he has not decrypted them. I thought he was unable to burn DL DVDs, getting an error halfway. -- Neil Bothwick "How long is this Beta guy going to keep testing our stuff?" signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?
On Sunday 03 December 2006 19:19, Stroller wrote: > On 3 Dec 2006, at 19:03, Stroller wrote: > > On 3 Dec 2006, at 15:31, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >> On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:28:42 +, Mick wrote: > >>> 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. > >> > >> If you want to be able to play it on a standard DVD player, you > >> need to > >> transcode it into MPEG2, the format used by DVDs, at a lower > >> bitrate... > > > > Since Mick has dual-layer DVDs he could even copy it ay the same > > bit-rate. He is experiencing problems because his DVDs are region- > > encoded & he has not decrypted them. > > Ooops! My apologies. > > Having read the previous thread I see that the problem is actually > 1/2way through burning. > > Although I'm not clear whether or not Mick has de-regionalised his > movies, my comments are nevertheless incorrect. Thanks Stroller, I have not intentionally 'de-regionalised' the movie. However, I can: - Play them straight from the DVD drive with mplayer/xine. - Rip an iso of the DVD onto the hard drive, mount it and play any *vob files in it with mplayer/xine. - Use mencoder and turn each *.vob file on the hard drive into an *.avi, which I can thereafter play. What I can't do is save the DVD, or its iso onto a DVD+R DL. On the other hand if the quality loss is not that great and helps me save them on single layer (cheaper) re-writable DVDs, I don't mind transcoding them to a different lossy format. -- Regards, Mick pgpiX3jJ6oJfq.pgp Description: PGP signature
