On 04/25/2012 06:36 PM, Jonathan Hudson wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:55:48 +0100, Rob Malpass wrote:
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>> I want a simple program to turn a DVD into a video file - purely for
>> personal use - need the space in the living room - I'm not doing anything
>> knowingly nefarious here. For the moment, let's not concentrate on which
>> format and therefore which codec. For what should be not far short of a
>> simple job - I'm coming up against all sorts of weirdness trying to do it
>> either free or with Linux or both.
>>
>>
>>
>> Surely there must be a simple program out there to rip DVDs easily. Any
>> ideas anyone?
> Handbrake. Never fails me.
>
> -jh
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I also use Handbrake. You need libdvdcss as well to rip commercial DVDs.
This is usually in a separate repository for whichever distro
Handbrake can produce mp4s or MKVs, with multiple audio tracks
(different languages for example) and subtitles.
Since you mentioned codecs, this would usually be H264 / x264 for
video and a choice of AAC or AC3 for audio. AAC is probably better.
MikeD
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