[mythtv-users] OT DVD ripping software

[jedi]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 03:55:05PM +1100, Mike Holden wrote:
> Simon Hobson wrote:
> >> Swanseasurfing wrote:
> >>> Did anybody integrate an "import disc" menu item into MythTV
> >>> (e.g. that
> >>
> >>   I would not bother with something like that. The key advantage
> >> of something
> >> like MythTV which is built on top of something like Linux which is
> >> ultimately
> >> just Unix is that "it's all just files".
> >>
> >>   You can do what you need to do outside of MythTV and then let it
> >> deal with
> >> the results you've created.
> >
> > That's fine for most of us, but a lot of people would like a system
> > where they pop a disk in the slot under the TV and "shortly
> > afterwards" are able to watch it. The WAF for such a function would
> > be a lot higher than any "well you have to go to this other system,
> > run some magic incantations, and eventually you'll be able to watch
> > the disk" setup.
> 
> In my view, there are too many variables in the layout of a disk to
> just "rip it automagically".

    I have rarely found this to be an issue. Movies generally have a
single main title. TV shows have a predictable pattern of titles of
a certain size.

    Discs with multiple variations (TV or film) are exceptions.

    Looking at the title list, it's pretty easy to figure out what
kind of disk you are dealing with and what are the tracks you want.

    Subtitles and captions are just different streams in the container
and those with very few exceptions are also very predictiable and easy
to extract in an automated fashion.

    If you're not transcoding the video, you don't even have to worry
about any of that stuff because it will all just remain in the VOB
or BD stream.

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