[mythtv-users] Re: mythDVD rip/transcode problem on Fedora Core 1

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Thursday 25 March 2004 15:01, Pavan Chavva wrote:
> > On Thursday 25 March 2004 11:55, Pavan Chavva wrote:
> > > Hello All,
> > >  I recently installed mythtv following Jarod's
> > >  excellent guide and most of the features work
> >
> > without
> >
> > >  any problems. I am trying to rip a DVD through
> > > mythDVD and after a while it just hangs! I had to
> > >  reboot my machine couple of times. About a week
> >
> > ago
> >
> > >  I saw some postings about this problem but don't
> >
> > know
> >
> > >  if it is fixed or not. Any help on this is
> >
> > greatly
> >
> > >  appreciated! I am running Fedora Core 1 on ASUS
> > >  Pundit with PVR250 card.
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, what DVD was it?  I think I
> > was the one having
> > problems a couple of weeks ago with
> > ripping/transcoding.  I answer I
> > finally came up with was that it was the DVD.
> > MythDVD usually works
> > pretty well for me, but it (and almost every other
> > DVD-ripping/
> > transcoding tool on Linux or Windows) chokes on
> > every Disney DVD I've
> > tried so far.  It rips the VOB to disk just fine,
> > then just kind of
> > hangs when it tries to do the transcoding.
> >
> > Have you tried a 'Perfect' rip?
> >
> > -JAC
>
> I was just trying the movie that we rented. It is
> the movie 'The School of Rock'.
> BTW what is 'Perfect' rip. I am sorry if it is a
> stupid question.


In MythDVD, in the screen where you rip/transcode a dvd, you can select 
a quality:  Perfect, Excellent, Good, Medium.

Perfect = just rip the disc, don't transcode it
all others = rip + transcode, transcoding parameters (bitrate, etc) 
determined by quality level (Excellent, Good, Medium)

-JAC