On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 20:46 +0200, Alberto Hernando wrote: > Could you explain the process to get such mkv files? Would it work with avi > files too?
In theory AVI containers can hold multiple streams, but in practice nothing seems to support that. You can make matroska files using the mkvtoolnix package: http://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/ There's a GUI tool called mmg, or you can use the command line tool mkvmerge. When I rip a DVD, I use mencoder to create an avi for the movie and primary audio stream as well dump English vobsubs to a separate file (subs.sub and subs.idx files). I'll then rip separately any commentary tracks I want to keep into .ac3 files. Then I run a little script I wrote to generate a chapters index file from the DVD, and copy/paste the chapter titles if I can find them online, otherwise key them in manually. Finally I pull the DVD cover image off of amazon. Then I pass it through a script that muxes it all together calling mkvmerge with the appropriate arguments. (I can provide the script if anyone is interested but the mmg GUI tool is straightforward enough.) So I have a single file that contains the movie, subtitles, all the commentaries I want, DVD chapters, and the DVD cover image. Freevo doesn't provide a nice interface for this yet, but it will, and I've been ripping this way for a while now in anticipation. :) I've had in passing ideas to implement something like ratdvd, that rips all the DVD menus as well, and stuffs them into some custom format that a custom player (like Freevo) will play. (DVD-like menus have been on Matroska's TODO list for way too long now and I've basically given up hope expecting the format to support this.) But a custom solution is certainly possible because you can attach arbitrary files to matroska containers. Cheers, Jason. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
