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