Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:40:52 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, af300wsm@gmail.com Subject: Re: having problems copying a dvd Message-ID: <6201873e0909020940p2ccd37c8x6d2f36d4d6f07e85@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090902051927.GA78814@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <0016e64cae6a217e26047290e16e@google.com> <20090902051927.GA78814@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 04:41:24AM +0000, af300wsm@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to make a copy of a dvd that I have, video, using a technique > > that I gleaned from this list nearly two years ago that has always worked > > but now I'm having problems. (When I say always, please bear in mind that > I > > don't do this every day or even frequently). You'll also see calls to dd. > > These were attempts at "last ditch effort." I usually just use the copy > > command (got it from a thread entitled, "copying a dvd video," from > > November of 07). If dd will work but I just forgot to get the block size > > right, what is that supposed to be. > > My preferred technique is to use mplayer: > > mplayer dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile dvd.mpg > > Be sure to play the DVD with mplayer to check which track is actually the > movie. Usually it is track #1, but not always. > > After copying the stream, I tend to re-encode it for backup purposes with > the > H.264 video codec with MP3 sound, which makes it a lot smaller. The first > step > is to watch the mpeg and see if there are black stripes around the picture: > > mplayer -vf cropdetect dvd.mpg > > This will give you a continuous list of crop lines, e.g: > [CROP] Crop area: X: 1..719 Y: 74..500 (-vf crop=704:416:10:80).0 > > Next step is to re-encode the mpeg file in two steps for enhanced quality, > including the crop information, if any: > > mencoder title.mpg -ovc x264 \ > -x264encopts subq=4:bframes=3:b_pyramid:weight_b:qp=18:threads=auto:pass=1 > \ > -idx -oac mp3lame -vf crop=704:416:10:80 -o /dev/null; \ > mencoder title.mpg -ovc x264 -x264encopts \ > subq=6:partitions=all:8x8dct:me=umh:frameref=5:bframes=3:\ > b_pyramid:weight_b:qp=18:threads=auto:pass=2 -vf crop=704:416:10:80 \ > -idx -oac mp3lame -o title.avi; > > If you want to include a specific language or subtitle, don't forget to > include the correct options for that; see the mplayer manual. > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/<http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Ersmith/> > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) > multimedia/transcode is good option as well. tccat will dump track vob without borders, use tcprobe to find track you wish to dump. -- Adam Vande More
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