On 03 December 2006 15:28, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to copy a movie from a DVD which I bought in a shop, to another DVD > to take with me on holiday. I'll be playing back the copy on my laptop and > (if it is feasible) the hotel's DVD player. > > I thought that K3B and a double layer blank DVD+R is all I need to burn an > iso image of the DVD. After two expensive coasters (see other recent > topic) I came to the conclusion that the combination of > K3B/Phillips-DVD8421/Imation-DVD+R DL will just not work. I could start > trying out different brands of DVD+R DL, but I cannot see a sustainable > economic case for persevering with my coaster production. :-(
So far, I haven't managed to burn any DL DVD. > > So, I am now looking at alternative solutions to be able to enjoy my movies > when on hols. I mounted the DVD and can see a number of *.vob files only > some of which are the main film. Saving these would be enough, if only > they could fit in a single layer DVD. Each of these *.vob files are > approx.: > > -r-xr-xr-x 1 michael users 1073684480 Dec 3 11:21 vts_01_1.vob > > There are 6 of them in a video which I want to copy, but given the recent > failed attempts with burning DVD+R DLs I will have to compact them so that > they can fit in a single DVD. I read about transcoding into mpeg4, but I > don't know what are the right options for what I want. What would you > recommend? --- begin script --- #! /bin/sh BITRATE="730" VIDCOM="-ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=$BITRATE:pass" AUDCOM="-oac mp3lame -lameopts vbr=0:br=64" RMLOG="rm divx*.log" if [ $# != 2 ]; then echo "Usage: encode infile outfile" exit 1 fi $RMLOG mencoder $1 $VIDCOM=1 $AUDCOM -o $2 mencoder $1 $VIDCOM=2 $AUDCOM -o $2 $RMLOG --- end script --- if you launch the script like "encode dvd:// yourfile.avi" it will read from the dvd drive. You might want to set BITRATE to something in the range of 2000. Beware, this is *extremely* slow but leads to the best quality at the highest compressions rate (depending on BITRATE) I have encountered so far. Oh yes, and you need the x264 codec. It is in portage. Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
