[MPlayer-users] mencode perfect rip

[Rashkae]

On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 09:37:29PM -0700, Grant wrote:
> I'm trying to rip a DVD with perfect quality before I experiment with
> compression.  I'm using the following but I think I'm seeing
> artifacts:
> 
> mencode dvd://1 -o poseidon.avi -oac copy -ovc copy

I like:

mplayer dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile poseidon.vob

You'll have to use vlc instead if you try to rip any of the movies protected by Sony's Across copy protection.