-###############################################
-# Local Machine Settings - EDIT THIS SECTION
-
-# Specify the device path to the DVD drive
-dev=/dev/dvd2
-
-# Specify the path to the log directory
-logdir=/var/log/ripdvd
-
-# Specify the path to the tmp rip directory
-tmpdir=/myth/video/DVDs/.ripdvd
-
-# Specify the email address to send job notifications to
-mailto=ajp@pippins.net
-
-# Setup the path to the tools needed by this ripper
-PATH=/etc/mythtv/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:.:$PATH
-
-# Use mplayer dumpstream to create the main VOB file
-# If set to 0, cat and other utils will be used to make it instead.
-# Using mplayer dumpstream is by far the best way to create the main VOB file
-# The only thing this doesn't work for are DVDs with the 99 title copy protection.
-# The script will autodetect these types of disks, and change this to 0 if necessary.
-# If this is set to 0, other methods will be employed to get the DVD VOB dump.
-use_mplayer_dumpstream=1
-
-# 2-channel AVI encoding audio bit rate
-audio_bitrate=224
-
-# If set to 1, this script will call another script to fill in the mythvideo metadata
-# If you don't use mythtv, set this option to 0. If you use mythtv, and have downloaded
-# the fill_mythvideo_metadata.pl script shown above, you can leave this option set to 1.
-fill_mythvideo_metadata=1
-
-# If the 99 titleset copy protection scheme is detected, trust the autodetection or abort.
-# The autodetection may work, but it probably won't in this case. Set to 0 by default.
-# Override to 1 if you want the script to wing it, and hope it picks the right feature title.
-# Otherwise, you will need to rerun the script providing the feature title with the -t option.
-trust_feature_title_autodetect_when_uncertain=0
+##############################################################################
+# Local Machine Settings:
+# Sources both the "default" conf file tracked by GIT (rip_dvd.conf.dist)
+# and the local conf file created by each local machine (rip_dvd.conf)
+# Copy the rip_dvd.conf.dist file to rip_dvd.conf and edit the later.
+# This will allow you to override all the default values to meet your needs
+# in a way that won't get clobbered when you pull updates from my GIT repo.
+##############################################################################
+config="${0%/*}/rip_dvd.conf"
+[ -e "${config}.dist" ] && . ${config}.dist
+[ -e "${config}" ] && . ${config}