[MPlayer-users] mencode perfect rip

[Rich Felker]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:18:19AM -0400, Rashkae wrote:
> 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.

In general they work better with mpeg containers and codecs than other
formats, but they're not intended for actual use at all. If they
happen to work that's cool, but don't count on it. :)

Rich