lsdvd give some useful output here too. On Nov 20, 2007 2:35 PM, James Sparenberg <james at linuxrebel.org> wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 November 2007 01:30:51 pm Peter Flynn wrote: > > Andrew Flegg wrote: > > > Many of you use my script 770-encode to transcode videos for your > > > Nokia Internet Tablet. This name is obviously an anachronism, so > > > to go along with the imminent availability of the N810, it's now > > > been renamed "tablet-encode" and moved to a Garage project: > > > > This looks really excellent, many thanks. > > > > One small query, however, from someone who knows absolutely zilch > > about video files...if I insert a DVD into my Ubuntu Gutsy laptop, > > how do I know *which* file[s] to give as arguments to > > tablet-encode? The listing of /media/cdrom0 says there's an > > AUDIO_TS directory (empty) and a VIDEO_TS directory (full): > > > > $ ls -l /media/cdrom0/VIDEO_TS/ > > total 7430712 > > -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 12288 2002-03-20 11:23 > > VIDEO_TS.BUP -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 12288 > > 2002-03-20 11:23 VIDEO_TS.IFO -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 > > 10364928 2002-03-20 11:23 VIDEO_TS.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 > > 4294967295 88064 2002-03-20 11:23 VTS_01_0.BUP -r--r--r-- 1 > > 4294967295 4294967295 88064 2002-03-20 11:23 VTS_01_0.IFO > > -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 379172864 2002-03-20 11:25 > > VTS_01_0.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1073725440 > > 2002-03-20 11:32 VTS_01_1.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 > > 1073266688 2002-03-20 11:40 VTS_01_2.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 > > 4294967295 1073688576 2002-03-20 11:47 VTS_01_3.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 > > 4294967295 4294967295 1073670144 2002-03-20 11:54 VTS_01_4.VOB > > -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1073338368 2002-03-20 12:02 > > VTS_01_5.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 1073418240 > > 2002-03-20 12:09 VTS_01_6.VOB -r--r--r-- 1 4294967295 4294967295 > > 778203136 2002-03-20 12:14 VTS_01_7.VOB $ > > > > What do I need to list as arguments? VOB files? BUP files? IFO > > files? > > > > (By the same token, although unrelated here, for the --copy-audio > > option, how would one know if the audio track is already MP3 or > > not) > > > > Is there some way a self-detecting shell can be built around > > table-encode that will sniff at the mounted DVD and see what files > > are needed? > > > > ///Peter > > > Peter, > > The VOB files are the ones. VOB stands for DVD Video OBject. The > VOB file is one of the core files found on DVD-Video discs and > contains multiplexed Dolby Digital audio. > > James > > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > -- Brad