[mythtv-users] Re: MythDVD

[rwk at americom.com]

> On Thursday, Dick wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > MythDVD is great!  I am still trying to get ripped DVDs to play AC3
> > through my S/PDIF port but I'm sure I will figure it out.
> >
> > What I would like to know however is...
> >
> > Are there any plans to implement a DVD burner in MythDVD?
> >
> > 1. I have lots of episodes of Martha Stewart which my wife does not 
> > want
> >    me to delete and I am running out of disk space.  I would like to
> >    transcode them to mpeg4 and burn them to DVD.  (They are in mpeg2 
> > now
> >    because I am using a PVR-250 and I couldn't get the new transcoder 
> > to
> >    work yet.)
> >
> > 2. I would also like to burn backup copies of my DVD movies.
> >
> > Re: 1. above, can anyone suggest a reasonable work-around until a 
> > burner
> > is implemented?
> 
> Suggestion #1: dvdrecord

Yes, I am aware of linux programs to do this.  It's just that the file
names used in Mythtv are not easy to correlate with the show dates and
titles.

> Suggestion #2 (really more pertinent to your second item): dvd::rip
> 
> http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/
> 
> If you happen to be using Red Hat Linux, there are rpms of it, and all 
> its dependencies from freshrpms.net. I make frequent use of dvd::rip 
> for "backing up" my DVDs (I might accidentally back up some from 
> Blockbuster and Hollywood Video on occasion, too... :)

That one I hadn't seen!  At first glance it looks good...  I hope
something like it makes its way into MythDVD eventually.

Thanks!
Dick