[mythtv-users] Transcoding DVD that myth couldn't rip

[gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman)]

greg at nodecam.com wrote:
> I've got a DVD that MythDVD was unable to rip, and through various
> techniques I managed to get it ripped outside of Myth (using Windows
> tools) but now it's just a bunch of IFO and VOB files.
> 
> Anyone know how I can get MythDVD to transcode this for me?  All the tools
> I've tried have been difficult to figure out, and the closest I've come
> was to have the audio badly out of sync.  I was hoping there might be a
> way to connect to mtd and tell it what I want.
> 
> Or am I just not seeing the forest for the trees?  Is there a better tool
> out there to transcode ripped VOBs to avi/ogg/mpg/whatever?  I'd rather
> not use Windows, since my Wintel machine is badly underpowered.


i know it's a windows tool, but Gordian Knot is the best set of tools 
there is for ripping dvd .. it can do anything you need and is easy to 
use ... sorry i can't help with a linux-only solution

-g-