[mythtv-users] Ripping with MythDVD

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On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:

>
> Doesn't it mean that if using Perfect, the user will have to run
> mythtranscode --buildindex --video on the file to be able to seek
> properly with the Internal player, but if using an ISO import, they won't?
>
> (OK, true, that's not related to the actual import, but...)
>
What it means is that if using Perfect, it's a roll of the dice as to
whether you will get a usable seektable or not.  More often than not,
the seektable for the vobs made with Perfect would be trashed (the
player would think the video was >3000 minutes long).  Alas, neither
mythtranscode --buildindex nor mythcommflag --rebuild  fixed the
problem.

So now I just use k9copy when I want a vob.  You pick which track to
rip, and the seektable is perfectly usable.

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Gordon McLellan <gordonthree at gmail.com> wrote:
> not to go too far off topic, but does anyone have suggestions for
> using mythdvd (or any linux ripper) for dealing with "difficult"
> movies?  Recently movies I've been buying literally crash the computer
> when I try to rip them, in Windows or Linux.  For example, Golden
> Compass.

If you happen to be running an OSX frontend, then Handbrake is your friend...