[MPlayer-users] mencode perfect rip

[Rashkae]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 01:19:15AM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 09:18:53PM -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 06:19:24PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 11:42:36AM -0400, Peter Gavin wrote:
> > > 
> > > However some of the higher level dvd structure is lost. If you want a
> > > "perfect" copy of the dvd, use the 'vobcopy' program or similar which
> > > can rip an exact (except decrypted) image of the whole dvd filesystem.
> > > If what you want is a "perfect encode" than you need to read the
> > > encoding guide. If what you want is a "perfect remux" with just the
> > > selected tracks, etc., then AFAIK there is no existing tool for the
> > > job. MEncoder is a very bad tool for this, in any case.
> > > 
> > Mplayer can dump just the video track as well as indvidual audio tracks. See the -dumpvideo and -dumpaudio options.
> 
> These options are for _debugging_ _only_. They do not in general
> output valid streams!! Also, all the timestamps are lost making it
> impossible to remux correctly.

That's good to know.. But if anyone is interested, I have been able to remux these perfectly several times,  even used dvdauthor to create a shiny new dvd that works in regular dvd players.