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Recommend DVD-ripping software for Linux?
daveLovesIt:
Missed these replies, apparently I forgot to click "notify me". Again.
--- Quote from: nstgc ---I've never used ffmpeg directly, mostly because of the very issue of syntax. Also, I use x264 to encode instead of the h.264 encoder found in ffmpeg. It has more options.
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I decided that, yes, mencoder scripts were way clearer to read. I found posts suggesting that some tasks could not be accomplished (yet) using mencoder, but I haven't found anything lacking for my purposes. All of this said, I went back to raw ffmpeg because I missed the insane syntax ??? I guess absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Yes, I'm already using x264 for high-end encoding, although I'm still learning the options. There really are a lot. And it was a bit of head scratching before I realised I had to set --enable-x264 before passing it as vcodec.
--- Quote from: jackoneill ---+1 for handbrake (though I don't do much dvd ripping/transcoding).
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Thanks for the +1, but It turned out mencoder was as simple as nstgc said, and there wasn't really any need to first experiment in a gui. And then, as mentioned, I just went back to ffmpeg anyway. I guess getting somewhere the long way is better than not getting there at all.
Temuthril:
--- Quote from: daveLovesIt on August 19, 2010, 09:28:52 AM ---Yes, I'm already using x264 for high-end encoding, although I'm still learning the options. There really are a lot.
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You could just use the presets and tunes, they simplify things nicely.
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