[mythtv-users] Cannot rip dvds at less than perfect quality

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Richard Whittaker wrote:

> I did a full reinstall tonight, following Jarod's guide word for word 
> (again), and have exactly the same problem.  Again, this was working 
> on a previous build.  Has something major changed in the last week or 
> two in the apt packages?  Anyone else having this problem?  I've tried 
> to do a bit of troubleshooting with transcode on the command line, but 
> that's a serious beast, and I haven't had much luck yet.
>

Do you have the "use xvid" checkbox set?  It's possible you're being 
bitten by a difference in the command line for the newer xvid versions.