Optional Dependencies:
lookup imdb info/posters for mythvideo: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Fill_mythvideo_metadata.pl
+Windows Dependencies:
+To play back the videos in windows that use the divx encoding profiles, you'll
+need to download and install the xvid codec:
+http://www.koepi.info/xvid.html
+
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INSTALL
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> cd rip_dvd
> git pull origin
+To see the changelog for what you have pulled, run this command:
+> git whatchanged
+
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ENABLING XVID TO ENCODE USING MULTICORES
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> wget http://downloads.xvid.org/downloads/xvidcore-1.2.1.tar.gz
> gunzip xvidcore-1.2.1.tar.gz
-> tar xvf xvidcore-1.2.1.tar.gz
+> tar xvf xvidcore-1.2.1.tar
> cd xvidcore/build/generic
> ./configure --prefix=/usr
> make
-> sudo make instal
+> sudo make install
> cd /usr/lib
-> rm libxvidcore.so.4
-> ln -s libxvidcore.so.4.2 libxvidcore.so.4
+> sudo rm libxvidcore.so.4
+> sudo ln -s libxvidcore.so.4.2 libxvidcore.so.4
After you do these steps, when rip_dvd is running using any xvid profile,
you will note with 'top' that the mencoder process is using > 100% of your CPU.
the script needs to run. You can override these in your own rip_dvd.conf
file you create locally. This will allow you to get updates from my
GIT repository at a later point in time without blowing away your
-local settings.
+local settings. You can put your copy of the rip_dvd.conf file in
+any of the following locations:
+
+ 1) /path/to/rip_dvd/script/rip_dvd.conf.dist
+ 2) /path/to/rip_dvd/script/rip_dvd.conf
+ 3) /etc/rip_dvd.conf
+ 4) /path/to/where/rip_dvd/is/run/from/rip_dvd.conf
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MYTHTV MENU SETUP
and place it in any xml file you want to get it on the menu you want.
I choose to place it on the optical menu.
+The menu items in these examples call the rip_dvd.wrap script.
+This is a simple script I wrote to implementation hide the full
+command line options for rip_dvd from the mythtv menu system.
+I also use this wrapper script to determine where to put the
+ripped DVD images. You can copy this example and call it something
+else on your system and change it appropriately to meet your needs.
+
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COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES
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