ffmpeg or mencoder. convert to anything and works many a DVD. Just need to clue up on its syntax
Rob Malpass <linux@???> wrote:
>Hi all
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>I think I asked something similar a few months back but please bear with me
>- as ever this is driving me mad...
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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.
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>I've tried k3b, which just hangs
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>I've tried k9copy to produce an iso - which works but not sure what good
>that actually is - save for burning the iso back to optical media again as
>backup.
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>I've tried dvd:rip which seems to work - until you play the avi back and you
>get the equivalent of an analogue TV picture which hasn't been quite tuned
>in well i.e. diagonal lines and crackled unintelligible sound.
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>I must be missing something - and I'm getting to the stage where I'd happily
>pay for something that works. With umpteen DVDs and a smaller living room,
>need something quick (in every sense).
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>Surely there must be a simple program out there to rip DVDs easily. Any
>ideas anyone?
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>Cheers
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>Rob
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