From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-55751-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@gentoo.org>) id 1GqrxO-0000XI-F9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 14:04:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kB3E2Qcs009198; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:02:26 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kB3DxYpa014758 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:59:34 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so6523831nfb for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:59:34 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=googlemail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=WPQGCLIX7FmHLEDzvI1EnrIdYCm1pk+MnwfX/chZVUngSi4YD3w9t/kLn8m8CzGn+gR9p1N9zWV2K9Ka0I9oYLDPChZ4Xm5UM/B4RQFScGpmkpGe2nsCC46kdVwsxhfQ/MD6MRle7/npgxmX0AfDseMfqnYTb0yz4F7bE0cUYyQ= Received: by 10.82.105.13 with SMTP id d13mr1315190buc.1165154373310; Sun, 03 Dec 2006 05:59:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.173.15 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Dec 2006 05:59:33 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <a23345650612030559p71ec4c9bye33a5d5955228b04@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 14:59:33 +0100 From: "jak gentoo" <jak.gentoo@googlemail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4? In-Reply-To: <200612031328.45413.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_20797_11114582.1165154373256" References: <200612031328.45413.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 582f3cdb-4b17-45ff-be36-2ee24ee82332 X-Archives-Hash: 09f9275bf8dad3ff4a3aad104b79af0a ------=_Part_20797_11114582.1165154373256 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 12/3/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> 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, 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? > -- > Regards, > Mick Hi Mick, I'm not sure if this is what you want, but there is a tool in portage called dvdrip, maybe that helps. I never used it so I don't know if it will suit your needs. ------=_Part_20797_11114582.1165154373256 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mick</b> <<a href="mailto:michaelkintzios@gmail.com">michaelkintzios@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi All,<br><br>I want to copy a movie from a DVD which I bought in a shop, to another DVD to<br>take with me on holiday. I'll be playing back the copy on my laptop and (if<br>it is feasible) the hotel's DVD player.<br><br> I thought that K3B and a double layer blank DVD+R is all I need to burn an iso<br>image of the DVD. After two expensive coasters (see other recent topic) I<br>came to the conclusion that the combination of<br>K3B/Phillips-DVD8421/Imation-DVD+R DL will just not work. I could start <br>trying out different brands of DVD+R DL, but I cannot see a sustainable<br>economic case for persevering with my coaster production. :-(<br><br>So, I am now looking at alternative solutions to be able to enjoy my movies <br>when on hols. I mounted the DVD and can see a number of *.vob files only<br>some of which are the main film. Saving these would be enough, if only they<br>could fit in a single layer DVD. Each of these *.vob files are approx.: <br><br>-r-xr-xr-x 1 michael users 1073684480 Dec 3 11:21 vts_01_1.vob<br><br>There are 6 of them in a video which I want to copy, but given the recent<br>failed attempts with burning DVD+R DLs I will have to compact them so that <br>they can fit in a single DVD. I read about transcoding into mpeg4, but I<br>don't know what are the right options for what I want. What would you<br>recommend?<br>--<br>Regards,<br>Mick</blockquote><div><br> </div>Hi Mick, <div><br>I'm not sure if this is what you want, but there is a tool in portage called dvdrip, maybe that helps.<br>I never used it so I don't know if it will suit your needs.<br><br><br> </div><br></div><br> ------=_Part_20797_11114582.1165154373256-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list