X-Git-Url: http://git.pippins.net/embedvideo/.git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=e53819b7384ed242cc76c3245523381ac9636ec5;hb=d52b9ef8721af6a0e9cc71ef9b2b48012083f6eb;hp=4afadc7f322d2dff46f35d1bd392e89a9c7d0aa2;hpb=754d450bb4caeb775d08a3424deb63e5d545afbd;p=rip_dvd%2F.git diff --git a/README b/README index 4afadc7..e53819b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 + ---------------------------------------------- INSTALL ---------------------------------------------- @@ -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 + ---------------------------------------------- ENABLING XVID TO ENCODE USING MULTICORES ---------------------------------------------- @@ -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 ---------------------------------------------- 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. + ---------------------------------------------- COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES ----------------------------------------------