Updated usage to reflect ability to rip directly from VOB

[rip_dvd/.git] / README

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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ volname makexml lsdvd dvdauthor gddrescue dvdbackup mencoder mplayer mkisofs
 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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@@ -25,6 +30,9 @@ To pull updates in the future of this project into your local directory:
 > 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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@@ -38,14 +46,14 @@ Follow these instructions to enable the xvid encoding to use multi-cores:
 
 > 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.
@@ -60,7 +68,13 @@ file tracked by GIT (rip_dvd.conf.dist) will then contain the defaults
 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
@@ -80,6 +94,13 @@ rip_dvd_menu.xml file. You can take a look at this entry in this file
 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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