[mythtv-users] rip DVD (I own) to storage with menus

Joey Morris rjmorris at nc.rr.com
Tue Jan 17 01:59:25 UTC 2012


Mark Lord <mythtv at rtr.ca> wrote on Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 06:30:18PM -0500:
> On 12-01-16 11:31 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> > I own a DVD that I'd like to make available in mythvideo as a complete
> > copy of the original DVD, including menus, etc.  Put another way, when
> > the user selects the file from mythvideo, I want it presented exactly as
> > if they were watching the DVD, complete with all titles and menus.
> > 
> > And I want to compress the titles with something like x264.
> > 
> > I can surely use something like Handbrake to encode and compress each
> > title as it's own video but I want to maintain the presentation of the
> > original DVD complete with the menus.
> > 
> > Can this be done, and what's the best way to achieve it?
> 
> 
> Dunno about the "best" way, but this is one way:
> 
>     ## First, *watch* the first few minutes of the DVD using mythtv,
>     ## to give the software/firmware time to exchange keys.  Then:
> 
>     cat /dev/dvd > /var/lib/mythtv/videos/mydvd.iso
> 
> That's pretty basic.  You could also use k3b and/or other apps to rip to .iso form.

That doesn't accomplish the goal of compressing the videos with x264.

I wouldn't recommend it, but you could use Handbrake or similar to
compress each title, then use a DVD authoring program like dvdauthor
or its frontends to create a new ISO, then drop that ISO into
mythvideo. However, I think the titles need to be MPEG2 on the ISO, so
you're going to be converting back to MPEG2 anyway. Also, don't forget
that each menu is itself a title on the disc, so that will probably
complicate matters. In my opinion, the savings in disk space isn't
worth the hassle involved in this process. I think you're better off
ripping straight to ISO, as Mark suggested, or transcoding each title
individually using Handbrake.


More information about the mythtv-users mailing list