> I have to write some documentation on DVD/VCD players for Linux. I own > a nice new DVD player (dmesg says it's a LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163D, ATAPI > CD/DVD-ROM drive) that works well on my machine, though I did have to > discover a few secrets for glitch-free viewing (e.g. my nVidia card > should have its double-buffering turned off). I'm writing not only about > viewing video discs but also recording and ripping them. Thus, a few > questions for anyone in the LAU community using a DVD player and/or > recorder. > > 1. What software do you use for viewing DVDs ? mplayer > 2. Do you use that software for watching AVI, MPEG, or other video > formats ? mplayer > 3. What software do you use for ripping/encoding DVDs ? mencoder > 4. If you have a DVD recorder, please let me know how well it works > for you under Linux, what outstanding problems exist, what software you > use, etc. n/a > 5. Overall, how would you rate Linux DVD support, particularly > compared to Windows or the Mac ? n/a, but mplayer works fine for me. > I don't own a DVD recorder and I'm curious about Linux users' > experiences with them. > > I've been trying to rip DVDs using the dvd::rip software (based on > transcode) but keep receiving read errors. If anyone has any special > tips for DVD ripping I'm interested in them too. I use: mencoder -dvd 1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=$RATE \ -vop crop=$CROP,scale -zoom -xy 640 \ -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128 \ -o file.avi I calculate the crop value with: mencoder -aspect 16:9 -dvd 1 \ -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=$RATE \ -vop cropdetect,scale -zoom -xy 640 \ -oac mp3lame -lameopts abr:br=128:vol=9 -o /dev/null Maarten
