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daveLovesIt:
I'd like to get some advice on DVD ripping tools for Linux, specifically I'm currently using Ubuntu and Debian Unstable systems, I've looked around the Ubuntu forums, but I've basically been assailed by some 6 or 7 packages which I'm struggling to choose between.  ???

Specifically, I'd like a nice GUI tool that's pretty easy to use for quick tasks and testing, and something solid and scriptable for automating tasks, and perhaps dealing with the occasional problems that a weird source disc might provide. If the one provides a backend for the other, probably all the better. I could stand to miss out on a GUI tool altogether, but it would be nice.

Quality is my first and foremost concern, but I have to admit I'm a little put off by the alleged complexity of something like dvd::rip, after I remember the headaches I had getting to grips with the finer points of ffmpeg. My target final encodes are (of course) high quality .mkv files but I also create hardsubbed .avi files which need to buffer properly in <60MB of ram on a Nintendo Wii across a USB2 connection and still look nice. As well as ffmpeg (mostly for scripts and fixing sync issues) I'm using mkvtools-nix to construct/deconstruct .mkv's and avidemux to handle simpler tasks, and one-offs. I've found both of these packages pretty easy to use so far. Don't know if any of these boring details can help you to help me.

Of course, on-the-fly encoding is a nice advantage, but it would need to be lossless compared to ripping then encoding/packing separately.

Thanks in advance for for any suggestions.

Xiong Chiamiov:
I think Handbrake's a pretty good option for point-and-click dvd-ripping.  The little bit I experimented with it, I wasn't able to get satisfactory results, but that's likely due to me needing more experience with it.

daveLovesIt:
Handbrake, I'll take a look at it. Do you mean the rips came out poor quality?

Anyone ever use acid-rip? I notice it uses mencoder... been thinking of switching from ffmpeg to mencoder for a while. It seems to be the primary alternative to dvd::rip for full-on tasks.

I guess most ripping gets done on Windows. It was strange to see so many people on Ubuntu forums actually suggest that people install a windows partition to do DVD-Ripping :(

Xiong Chiamiov:

--- Quote from: daveLovesIt on July 20, 2010, 09:14:17 AM ---Handbrake, I'll take a look at it. Do you mean the rips came out poor quality?

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There was a fair bit of blockiness, which was bothersome, since I was attempting to create something as close to the source as possible while still retaining the filesize advantages of lossiness.  Again, it was likely my fault, and my desktop's out of commission right now, so I haven't had a chance to try it again.

nstgc:
I've MEncoder, and think it works well. I know a GUI exists, but I haven't used it. I wrote a script that I simply had to specify a bit rate, and a name and it would encode and mux the files to mkv. Once you write the script it shouldn't matter if you have a GUI.

On a side note, try playing with snow. Its super slow, but it compresses thing beautifully and in small files.

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