[MPlayer-users] Windows command line & log

[Mark Filipak]

Hi, Erik,

Thanks for responding. Perhaps someone who runs Windows will see this.

On 04/28/2020 04:01 AM, Erik Auerswald wrote:
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>> Carl Eugen Hoyos (ffmpeg-user) recommends batching VTS_01_1.VOB,
>> VTS_01_2.VOB, VTS_01_3.VOB, ... via 'mplayer -dumpstream'.
>> [...]
>> MPlayer -dvd-device H:\VIDEO_TS\ dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile OUT.VOB
>>
>> But that OUT.VOB has obvious PTS problems: File size way too small, time, total time, audio sync, etc.
> 
> This does look OK, but it assumes that the DVD title number 1 is the title
> you need.  You might want to dump another DVD title.  This depends on your
> DVD.  I have collected some information on how to find out which title
> to play on the web page https://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~auerswal/dvdmovie/
> (but this is for GNU/Linux).

MPlayer seems to have a mind of its own. No matter what I tell it, it wants to concatenate 
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_1.VOB+j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_2.VOB+j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_3.VOB. No knowledge of Windows 
is needed to see this, below.

h:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN"
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VOB "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN" menu
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN" movie
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_3.VOB
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_4.VOB
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_5.VOB
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_6.VOB
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_0.VOB "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN" MGM splash screens & miscellanea
h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.VOB

j:\VIDEO_TS\VIDEO_TS.VOB "PATTON" special features
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_02_1.VOB 20th Century Fox splash screen
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_03_1.VOB Deluxe Digital splash screen
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_04_0.VOB "PATTON"  slide show
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_04_1.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_0.VOB "PATTON" special features menu
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_1.VOB "HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS, PATTON, A REBEL REVISITED"
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_2.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_05_3.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_0.VOB "PATTON" special features menu
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_1.VOB "PATTON, A TRIBUTE TO FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER"
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_2.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_3.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_06_4.VOB
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_07_1.VOB Patton Historical Society presentation
j:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_07_2.VOB

I had the two DVDs above mounted. Neither was protected.

This command line:
MPlayer h:\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_0.IFO dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN - 
MPLAYER.IFO.VOB"
Opened MPlayer & played "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN" movie
The stream recorded was "HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS, PATTON, A REBEL REVISITED"

This command line:
MPlayer dvd://0 -dumpstream -dumpfile "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN - MPLAYER.VOB"
Opened MPlayer & played "THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN" movie.
The stream recorded was "HISTORY THROUGH THE LENS, PATTON, A REBEL REVISITED".