Comments on: Ripping Videos for MythTV with AcidRip http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/ Open Source, Open Standards Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Igor Cicimov http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1463 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:46:10 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1463 I'm using linux for long time now and haven't yet found better application for video ripping than AcidRip. I still can't understand why people still insist running wine??? You are missing the whole point about the free software in that way. I don't even use a peace of hardware if I find it works with ndiswraper (ported windows drivers) only!!! It's all or nothing for me ... If you miss windows that badly why don't you keep dual boot installation and do what ever you want to in windows (playing games probably) and then switch back to linux to enjoy powerful free software??? DVDrip is another nice application for dvd ripping and transcoding but for the purpose described in this article AcidRip is perfect. I’m using linux for long time now and haven’t yet found better application for video ripping than AcidRip.
I still can’t understand why people still insist running wine??? You are missing the whole point about the free software in that way. I don’t even use a peace of hardware if I find it works with ndiswraper (ported windows drivers) only!!! It’s all or nothing for me …
If you miss windows that badly why don’t you keep dual boot installation and do what ever you want to in windows (playing games probably) and then switch back to linux to enjoy powerful free software???
DVDrip is another nice application for dvd ripping and transcoding but for the purpose described in this article AcidRip is perfect.

]]> by: xxxinetd http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1342 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:46:33 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1342 A nice program for ripping DVD's to avi or Matroska X264 or MP4 is OGMRip. Much less complicated than the above acidrip IMHO. I do not know if the Matroska format is compatible with MythTV. But I'm willing to try it and report back :) A nice program for ripping DVD’s to avi or Matroska X264 or MP4 is OGMRip. Much less complicated than the above acidrip IMHO. I do not know if the Matroska format is compatible with MythTV. But I’m willing to try it and report back :)

]]> by: mjhammel http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1274 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:41:52 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1274 Using wine isn't an option for me - I don't do windows. Period. Ever. If it works for you, all the better. However, I'm only interested in native applications (or possibly, yuck, Java versions). So after reading all the notes on wine-based solutions I did a little more research and found XDVDShrink which is a bash script with a GTK+ gui that wraps some other ripping tools. This is easier to use than AcidRip (fewer options to set). It rips straight to MPEG-2 files but the files sizes tend to be larger (up to 1GB larger) than what I'm getting from AcidRip (which one reader has mentioned contain MPEG-4). AcidRip can set the scaling to whatever you like though at times it doesn't honor my requests for 740x480 (sometimes a little larger, sometimes a little smaller), probably because I forgot to set something correctly in the UI. XDVDShrink doesn't have this problem as it <em>always</em> rips to 740x480 - there is no option to change this in the UI. FYI, you can easily rip to VOBs under linux, but I'm looking for small file sizes to archive all my movies to disk for use with MythTV. VOBs take up lots of disk space and DVDs offer a bunch of features I don't need when all I want to do is watch the movie. I do want decent quality (but not necessarily excellent) as my eventual goal is to show the movies outside using a DIY projector. In fact, you can do everything everyone has mentioned in this thread under Linux. The UIs aren't as nice, but if you know what you're doing then it can be done. And done very professionally. Oh, and k9copy is nice but like many apps of this nature its overkill. I'm just looking to rip to a file. I don't need burning or file management or a thousand other options. AcidRip and XDVDShrink essentially do one thing and one thing only - and they both do it very nicely. Using wine isn’t an option for me - I don’t do windows. Period. Ever. If it works for you, all the better. However, I’m only interested in native applications (or possibly, yuck, Java versions).

So after reading all the notes on wine-based solutions I did a little more research and found XDVDShrink which is a bash script with a GTK+ gui that wraps some other ripping tools. This is easier to use than AcidRip (fewer options to set). It rips straight to MPEG-2 files but the files sizes tend to be larger (up to 1GB larger) than what I’m getting from AcidRip (which one reader has mentioned contain MPEG-4). AcidRip can set the scaling to whatever you like though at times it doesn’t honor my requests for 740×480 (sometimes a little larger, sometimes a little smaller), probably because I forgot to set something correctly in the UI. XDVDShrink doesn’t have this problem as it always rips to 740×480 - there is no option to change this in the UI.

FYI, you can easily rip to VOBs under linux, but I’m looking for small file sizes to archive all my movies to disk for use with MythTV. VOBs take up lots of disk space and DVDs offer a bunch of features I don’t need when all I want to do is watch the movie. I do want decent quality (but not necessarily excellent) as my eventual goal is to show the movies outside using a DIY projector.

In fact, you can do everything everyone has mentioned in this thread under Linux. The UIs aren’t as nice, but if you know what you’re doing then it can be done. And done very professionally.

Oh, and k9copy is nice but like many apps of this nature its overkill. I’m just looking to rip to a file. I don’t need burning or file management or a thousand other options. AcidRip and XDVDShrink essentially do one thing and one thing only - and they both do it very nicely.

]]> by: jonathone http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1231 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:00:45 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1231 The DVD spec uses MPEG2 whereas an AVI file can use MPEG4, which uses less space than MPEG2. The DVD spec uses MPEG2 whereas an AVI file can use MPEG4, which uses less space than MPEG2.

]]> by: jonathone http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1230 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:58:53 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1230 The easiest to use DVD backup tool I have come accross is K9copy. It will make iso images to burn to disc, or MPEG4 AVI files. The easiest to use DVD backup tool I have come accross is K9copy. It will make iso images to burn to disc, or MPEG4 AVI files.

]]> by: earlm http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1220 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:18:33 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1220 The quality of native linux DVD ripping software sucks compared to what is freely available on Windoze. Use DVDFab or AnyDVD. You can rip to ISO or DVD directory (i.e. VOB files). You can recode, compress, edit, etc. You can also playback the DVD from file using any DVD player app (e.g. VLC, PowerDVD, InterVideo, etc) and you can stream video from hard drive to TV now. Archiving your DVDs in AVI format is going backwards. At the least use Wine to run the better Windoze ripping software. The quality of native linux DVD ripping software sucks
compared to what is freely available on Windoze. Use
DVDFab or AnyDVD. You can rip to ISO or DVD directory
(i.e. VOB files). You can recode, compress, edit, etc.
You can also playback the DVD from file using any
DVD player app (e.g. VLC, PowerDVD, InterVideo, etc) and
you can stream video from hard drive to TV now.
Archiving your DVDs in AVI format is going backwards.
At the least use Wine to run the better Windoze ripping
software.

]]> by: jimsiff http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1219 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:24:04 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1219 DVD Shrink + DVD Decrypter under Wine... http://www.mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu/dvdshrink/ DVD Shrink + DVD Decrypter under Wine…

http://www.mrbass.org/linux/ubuntu/dvdshrink/

]]> by: John Nelson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1218 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:45:59 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1218 Using DvdShrink under M$ whatever? Using DvdShrink under M$ whatever?

]]> by: John Nelson http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1217 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:30:49 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1217 How do you "dvd shrink to the smallest size using a single vob file"? How do you “dvd shrink to the smallest size using a single vob file”?

]]> by: severndigital http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1215 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:54:21 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6326/#comment-1215 wow ... way more complicated than this needs to be. 1. dvd shrink to smallest size using a single vob file. 2. change vob extension to mpg 3. watch on tv wow … way more complicated than this needs to be.

1. dvd shrink to smallest size using a single vob file.
2. change vob extension to mpg
3. watch on tv

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