[MEncoder-users] rip dvd to mkv, ogm, mp4 script

[Laine Lee]

On 9/28/08 7:42 PM, "Stroller" <stroller at stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

> I would be interested to hear if you have the same problems using
> `undvd`. [1][2]
> 
> I'm using "--cont mp4" to get aac / h264 .mp4 files and "-c" does
> automatic cropping. It's really easy to use and seems to do a pretty
> good job.
> 
> Federico Pistono words, "without any doubt, I would not have chosen
> avi, which is probably the worst container for audio and video that
> ever existed in this planet" make me wonder if he released his
> `ripdvd` in response to `undvd`, which until recently did only support
> avi. I entered into discussion with undvd's author about this and he
> overcame his dislike for proprietary platforms to support mp4s which I
> believe to be standards-compliant.
> 
> I glanced at Federico's script but I can't use Matroska on my main
> playback device (a PS3) here.
> 
> Anyway, I would be glad to hear if you have the same problems with
> undvd (it looks like you might, because undvd does not seem to set
> output fps) because I would like to pass fixes back to undvd's author.
> 
> Stroller.
> 

Thanks, Stroller. I'm not having any luck with undvd, but for different
reasons. I'm using Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5, and there seems to be some
difficulty for me with the "do" construct in the script at line 176, because
I just get "command not found" with a reference to that line.

After messing around with trying to solve the errors I was getting with the
dd command, I simply bypassed the clone step by adding the "-n" option, and
then met the above error. My command line was

"undvd -t 01 -a en -d /dev/disk1 -n".

Thanks again.

Laine Lee