[mythtv-users] Does ripping DVDs preserve all the features

[Jeff Mottishaw]

>> I am looking to get rid of the piles of DVDs around my TV by ripping
>> them all to HDD. However, I want them to have all the features available
>> on the disk. When a DVD is played does it work just like a normal DVD -
>> kind of like having an ISO of the DVD? What about if you choose to use
>> DivX to save space?
>
> You can just use `dd if=/dev/dvd of=my_file` and you end up with an 8GB
> or so file, depending on the disc.  Then when you change the
> configuration on your dvd player (e.g., xine) to use your file instead
> of /dev/dvd.
>
> Now if you want to transcode the mpeg-2 files to mpeg-4, but keep the
> menus and everything, I don't know if there's a good solution, but I'm
> certainly interested.
>
> --PC
 does xine do DVD menus as well? I know that Ogle
(http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/) does.. but thats all I've ever
heard about DVD menus for linux