<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Andrew <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mythtv@heathsworld.com">mythtv@heathsworld.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org" target="_blank">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div>On Sunday 21 March 2010 10:29:47 pm Andrew wrote:<br>
> > It's not nearly as grim as that. Although there are particular studios<br>
> > and batches of movies that are particularly problematic. And it's not<br>
> > always<br>
> > the copy protection that's the problem. Sometime's the disk faults are<br>
> > genuine<br>
> > errors that are the result of cutrate production.<br>
> ><br>
> > The AnyDVD forums are a great source for information on why exactly<br>
> > you're<br>
> > having trouble with a particular disk.<br>
> ><br>
> > Disney in particular seems to be particularly bad.<br>
><br>
> It actually just a TV series disc. I can just use AnyDVD to rip to ISO and<br>
> then mount that in mythtv. I was just hoping there was an easier way and<br>
> could make use of the DVD import function and not have to involve windoze.<br>
> I thought if libdvdcss could read it, then it would rip too. I understand<br>
> the complexities of the schemes these days... Thanks for everyone's input.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Have you tried the Linux version of Handbrake? You wind up with an h264 file of<br>
the main title, which takes up less room than an mpeg2 rip.<br>
<div><div></div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><br>No I have not but it looks very interesting. Wish it was in the repo but will try the rpm.<br><br>Thanks. <br></div></div><br></blockquote></div>I went and read the FAQ at the handbrake website and it says that they are about conversion not stripping copy protection.<br>
<br><a href="http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/SupportFAQ#wontrip">http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/SupportFAQ#wontrip</a><br><br>Luckily there's no big call in my home for watching DVD's.<br><br>-Johnny<br>