[mythtv-users] Transcoding ripped DVDs

[jedi]

On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 09:50:07AM -0300, gonzalo diethelm wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> > Have you read this: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythDVD#DVD_Ripping ?
> 
> I had (and re-read it now). That document talks about putting a physical
> DVD into the drive and ripping / playing /transcoding it. What I want to
> do is to transcode DVDs which I have previously ripped (on a Windows
> machine with DVDfab). I am not sure if I can do this transcoding while
> watching those ripped DVDs, and how I could trigger the process from a

    Watching video and transcoding it are generally separate tools.

    I find mencoder to be pretty handy for converting DVD content
but there are other options. 

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