Re: [gentoo-user] Transcoding movie DVD to MPEG4?

[Mick]

On Sunday 03 December 2006 19:19, Stroller wrote:
> On 3 Dec 2006, at 19:03, Stroller wrote:
> > On 3 Dec 2006, at 15:31, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >> On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:28:42 +0000, Mick wrote:
> >>> 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.
> >>
> >> If you want to be able to play it on a standard DVD player, you
> >> need to
> >> transcode it into MPEG2, the format used by DVDs, at a lower
> >> bitrate...
> >
> > Since Mick has dual-layer DVDs he could even copy it ay the same
> > bit-rate. He is experiencing problems because his DVDs are region-
> > encoded & he has not decrypted them.
>
> Ooops! My apologies.
>
> Having read the previous thread I see that the problem is actually
> 1/2way through burning.
>
> Although I'm not clear whether or not Mick has de-regionalised his
> movies, my comments are nevertheless incorrect.

Thanks Stroller, I have not intentionally 'de-regionalised' the movie.  
However, I can: 

 - Play them straight from the DVD drive with mplayer/xine.  

 - Rip an iso of the DVD onto the hard drive, mount it and play any *vob files 
in it with mplayer/xine.  

 - Use mencoder and turn each *.vob file on the hard drive into an *.avi, 
which I can thereafter play.

What I can't do is save the DVD, or its iso onto a DVD+R DL.

On the other hand if the quality loss is not that great and helps me save them 
on single layer (cheaper) re-writable DVDs, I don't mind transcoding them to 
a different lossy format. 
-- 
Regards,
Mick