[mythtv-users] DVD ripping

[Brian Wood]

On Mar 10, 2006, at 12:25 PM, <cromworshipper-mythtvlist at yahoo.com>  
wrote:

>
>
> --- Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> On Mar 9, 2006, at 5:58 PM, <cromworshipper-mythtvlist at yahoo.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I can't seem to make this work.
> [blah blah blah]
>
>> It works for me with a similar setup (MythDora, which is ATrpms to a
>> large extent, kernel 1831).
>>
>> I say it works, but every now and then, perhaps one time in 10 or 12,
>> I will get the symptom you get. I just remove the disk and re-insert
>> it and it works, one time only I had to do this twice.
>>
>> I know this isn't much help, but have you tried it a few times ??
>
> So, I took your suggestion, and suddenly, it recognises the DVD I  
> inserted.
> I was very surprised by this.
>
> So, the rip seems to have succeeded, but it leaves me with .ISO  
> files.  I
> ripped a Monk DVD, 4 episodes, and I got 4 .ISO files.  I don't  
> know what do
> to with an .ISO file in myth.  Is mplayer supposed to know what to  
> do with an
> .ISO file?  When I menu over to play the ripped video, mplayer  
> seems to abort
> immediately.  I'll check the archives and google for help with this.
>
"ISO" is just one of the ripping modes, normally you can play it with  
anything that will play a DVD disk itself.

I had a problem using ISO mode though, my drive tray would lock up  
and only a re-boot would free it.

I now use "perfect" mode, which rips the titles individually  
into .vob files.

To change the ripping mode scroll up and down with the arrow keys,  
with "iso mode" highlighted press the space bar and you will scroll  
through all the available modes.

Scrolling up to the title, scroll sideways and you can select the  
individual titles on the disk, checking the checkbox above the title  
will put that title in the queue to be processed. I normally just rip  
the main title(s) which can be identified by the length of the cut, I  
skipp the 1 and 2 minute "freebies" that are of no interest to me.

Also, scrolling down to the audio track and then going sideways will  
allow you to select which audio track you rip. I learned about this  
after watching a movie in French,  :-) You can also select 2, 6 or  
whatever channel format here, not all formats will be playable  
depending on your hardware.

I should mention that all these DVDs I am ripping are ones I recorded  
myself from my TiVo years ago, using the proprietary software they  
provided. These disks are not encrypted, and AFAIK I am not violating  
the DMCA.