[MEncoder-users] riping dvds to avi, retaining original encoding

[RC]

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:03:37 -0800 (PST)
florian austin <mynameisflorian at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 1) Is all that extra data (i think about 500MB or so) seek
> information?

No, the index is probably only around 20MBs.

Most of the space is probably extra audio tracks, subtitles, etc.  

> 2) How can I rip this DVD into an AVI container, with seek
> information, that can also be played using other media players, such
> as Totem(xine, I believe)

You can't, really.  MPEG-2 in an AVI is completely non-standard.

See -of mpeg in the docs to output to a standard MPEG or VOB file.