[MPlayer-users] problem ripping dvds with mencoder, slows then stops.

[Farrell Farahbod]

hi

im have successfully ripped many dvds with mencoder, and subsequintly 
compressed them with mencoder as well. i jsut got two dvds, and they both 
seem to not want to rip. they both play jsut fine on my tv's dvd 
player...but with mencoder the ripping process slows to a crawl, and then 
halts when the process is at about 30%. when the process halts, i cant even 
kill mencoder. i first tried with a version of mencoder from cvs that was 
about a month old, then i jsut updated mplayer/mencoder from cvs as of dec31 
2002. same problem persists.

for one of the dvds, one time it ended with this: (the other times they jsut 
locked up mencoder, and i couldnt even kill mencoder)

...
Pos:1850.9s  44378f (25%)  15fps Trem: 141min 4666mb  A-V:-0.040 [4985:448]
Duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
Pos:1851.0s  44380f (25%)  15fps Trem: 141min 4667mb  A-V:-0.041 [4985:448]
Duplicate 1 frame(s)!!!
Pos:1851.1s  44381f (25%)  15fps Trem: 142min 4665mb  A-V:-0.041 [4985:448]
Writing AVI index...
Fixing AVI header...

Video stream: 4985.828 kbit/s  (623228 bps)  size: 1153652276 bytes  
1851.091 secs  44381 frames

Audio stream:  448.000 kbit/s  (56000 bps)  size: 103712000 bytes  1852.000 
secs
[root at farrell riptemps]#

let me know if you need to see this with -vv enabled...but it may take a 
while...most of the time the dvd jsut locks up mencoder.

also, another dvd of mine wont play at all on my pc. well i should say, 
title one wont play on my pc. i jsut get a bunch of messed up greens crap in 
the video window--as if the index was really badly messed up. a few seconds 
here and there the video or audio clear up to something descernable...but 
not for long. the dvd has some scratches, but nothing big--but the dvd plays 
flawlessly in my tv's dvd player. is there some new technology being used on 
dvds that causes them to not display on pc's, or cause a dvd-ripper to 
freeze?

thanks,

farrell farahbod a.k.a upgrdman

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