The following packages need to be installed on your system:
Package Dependencies (apt-get install these for example):
-lsdvd dvdauthor gddrescue dvdbackup tovid mencoder mplayer genisoimage libdvdcss2
+lsdvd dvdauthor gddrescue dvdbackup tovid mencoder mplayer genisoimage gpac ogmtools
+
+The libdvdcss2 package is also needed, but can only be downloaded from the medibuntu repository:
+https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu
+
+NOTE: In Ubuntu, depending on your version, replace libdvdcss2 with what you find on this page.
+ https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs
+
+NOTE: After apt-get install on Ubuntu you may need to run this:
+ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Specific Executable (program) Dependencies (must be found in $PATH):
-volname makexml lsdvd dvdauthor gddrescue dvdbackup mencoder mplayer mkisofs
+volname makexml lsdvd dvdauthor ddrescue dvdbackup mencoder mplayer mkisofs
+
+NOTE: The script puts /usr/share/tovid on your path which should contain makexml
Optional Dependencies:
lookup imdb info/posters for mythvideo: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Fill_mythvideo_metadata.pl
COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES
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-Rip a DVD into a compressed AVI file with default xvidvhq profile:
+Rip a DVD into a compressed AVI file with default xvidhq profile:
> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir -b 2000 -z
-Rip a DVD into a compressed AVI file with default xvidvhq profile scaling to 320x240 compressed video size:
+Rip a DVD into a compressed AVI file with default xvidhq profile scaling to 320x240 compressed video size:
> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir -b 2000 -z -a 320:240
-Rip a DVD into a compressed AVI file with default xvidvhq profile targetting a certain compressed video filesize (in MB):
+Rip a DVD into a compressed AVI file with default xvidhq profile targetting a certain compressed video filesize (in MB):
> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir -b 2000 -z -s 650
Rip a DVD into a VOB file:
> dvdname=`volname /dev/dvd | awk '{ print $1 }'`
> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir -v
> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir/ipod -b 2000 -z -p ipod -n /path/to/dest/dir/$dvdname.VOB
-> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir/xvid -b 2000 -z -p xvidvhq -n /path/to/dest/dir/$dvdname.VOB
+> rip_dvd -d /path/to/dest/dir/xvid -b 2000 -z -p xvidhq -n /path/to/dest/dir/$dvdname.VOB
> rm /path/to/dest/dir/$dvdname.VOB