[LinuxUsers] DVD Shrink

Mon Oct 27 07:57:59 UTC 2008

What? Did hell freeze? Chris is suggesting the installation of a closed
source/proprietary library? :D (re: libdvdcss2)

things are changing...

(Maybe the pir4te instinct is stronger than the communist ideals)

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com> wrote:

> One can install dvd decrypter using wine.  When installing DVD
> decrypter, you might want to install it under Windows NT 4.0.  You set
> that in winecfg.  Remember to add the cdrom as a device in the device
> tab of winecfg. Takes about the normal time for DVD Decrypter on
> windows, and if you enable audio through winecfg, you get to here that
> stupid song when the dvd is finished reading to iso.
>
> There is Thoggen DVD ripper for LInux.  For thoggen, you may need to
> install libdvdcss2 for things to work properly. This program takes
> about 2.5 hrs a disk basically because its analoging the dvd to iso.
> might be a good choice when others fail.  In hardy repos.
>
>  AcidRip (for linux) works for converting a DVD directly to an avi
> file.  located in the hardy repos.  takes about 40min for a dvd to
> avi.  pretty simple app.  In the hardy repo.
>
> DVD::rip (for linux) does DVD ripping and encoding.  Lots of features
> with this app.  Takes about 35-40 min to rip a dvd to avi. It'll
> output avi, ogm, mpeg1 suitable for vcd, and mpeg2 suitable for
> svcd/dvd.  There are a few dependencies that are missed on install
> that you may want.  You can see them via the debug tab.  located in
> the hardy repos.
>
>  Dvdbackup will extract all (or selected) titles as found on the dvd.
> In the hardy repos.
>
> Ogmrip is an application for ripping and encoding DVD into AVI, OGM,
> MP4 or Matroska files using a variety of codecs. In hardy repo.
>
> In the other direction, DeVeDe is a program to create video DVDs and
> CDs (VCD, sVCD or CVD), suitables for home players, from any number of
> video files, in any of the formats supported by Mplayer.  i have found
> this app very easy to use.  in hardy repo.
>
> There are others for linux Im sure, but these are all that quickly come to
> mind.
>
> Off topic: Regionset is a tool I have never needed but have always
> want to test out.  It lets you view and modify the region code of DVD
> drives.
>
> Im curious, has anyone tried  (for windows) DVDFab HD Decrypter
> (http://www.dvdfab.com/free.htm).  It appears this software just came
> out.  Might be interesting.
>
> Chris...
>
> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 5:30 AM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Its been years since Ive used windows for dvd ripping (or for any reason
> for that matter) but I remember DVDshrink also decrypting.  It did not
> decrypt as much as Slysoft or dvddecrypter, but it did decrypt none the
> less.
> >
> > chris...
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 2:13 AM, Jason Burris <spidey at oldskool.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> DVDDecrypter will work for about 80% of the stuff out there and is
> >> free (Windows)
> >> AnyDVD (Slysoft) hasn't failed yet (Still Windows)
> >> DVDShrink is not a decrypter, only a re-authoring tool.  It's free and
> >> very easy to use (better than Slysoft's DVDCopy)
> >>
> >> As for Linux I really don't have any advice.
> >>
> >> :wq!
> >> jason
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Chris Penn <cantormath at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > For windows, dvd decrypter also works.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 5:47 PM, John Richmond IV <john4 at randrinc.com
> >
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Try the suite put out by Slysoft.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, 2008-10-24 at 15:00 -0700, Paul Saenz wrote:
> >> >> > I have a friend that is in ministry, and he wants to shrink a dvd
> that
> >> >> > is on a dual layer
> >> >> > DVD, (which he has permission to copy from the producer) down so he
> >> >> > can fit it on a
> >> >> > single layer DVD.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Someone suggested to him to use DVD Shrink.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I was wondering if anyone might have a better suggestion.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > DVD shrink may be the best option. I don't know.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > But, what I'm looking for is ease of use, and
> >> >> > something that can give me a choice about how much I want to
> compress
> >> >> > it.
> >> >> > Open source or free would be great too.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > anything would be appreciated
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Paul
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
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