[mythtv-users] Can myth TV do what I want?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Thu Mar 23 20:40:37 UTC 2006


On Mar 23, 2006, at 12:48 PM, James Oltman wrote:

> Since you are using Windows to create VOB files, you might want to  
> look at a program called DVD Shrink.  You can take JUST the movie  
> and the audio tracks you want and create an ISO file.  This ISO  
> file can be played via XINE or VLC or even MPLAYER (since your not  
> grabbing menus).  That way you only have one file.  You can even  
> compress the ISO to save space if you like.  I have been using DVD  
> Shrink for years and have LOVED it.  In Myth you can scroll to  
> these .ISO files and tell myth to look for a certain IMDB # that  
> corresponds with your movie.  Really a great system.

DVDShrink can be run on Linux under Wine fairly well. The setup is  
integrated into the MythDora distro and seems to work out of the box  
(at least for me).

OTOH avidemux can do this as well, natively under Linux.


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