What do you use to rip and/or encode DVD's?
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:41 am
I have been working on refining my method of ripping and encoding my DVD collection.
to find the main video track.
seems get the raw vob off the DVD. x being the video track number (it's not always track 1)
The reason I bother with this instead of just using Handbrake, is that I have a raw file to work with, and it doesn't stress the dvdrom drive (I think).
I used to use Handbrake with the default settings for high quality, but found that after hours of encoding, it grabbed the wrong audio track
To get around this, I used
x being the audio track number. This grabs a 20 second sample of the audio track you need to use depending on the language you want the movie in.
Yes, I could have used VLC for this part, but I was going for a command line only approach.
Then I used a modification of the High profile for Handbrake (the default gave me a Floating point exception)
This may seem like a long way to go about it, but only takes a few minutes to set up each movie, and since I'm running it on the command line, 3 movies can encode at once without taxing the system too much(it seems more reliable, too). It takes a while to encode, so I just set it up for the night and let it go.
I know there are many other approaches, and just wanted to see what other people do.
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vobcopy -l -n xThe reason I bother with this instead of just using Handbrake, is that I have a raw file to work with, and it doesn't stress the dvdrom drive (I think).
I used to use Handbrake with the default settings for high quality, but found that after hours of encoding, it grabbed the wrong audio track
To get around this, I used
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HandBrakeCLI -a x -e ffmpeg --start-at duration:300 --stop-at duration:320 -i movie.vob -o movie.m4vYes, I could have used VLC for this part, but I was going for a command line only approach.
Then I used a modification of the High profile for Handbrake (the default gave me a Floating point exception)
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Handbrake -e x264 -q 20.0 -a 1 --detelecine --decomb --loose-anamorphic -i movie.vob -o movie.m4vI know there are many other approaches, and just wanted to see what other people do.