Hi, On Apr 1, 2005 4:35 AM, Santanu Sinha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you can rip vcd's into various formats using the "mencoder" tool present with > mplayer. it supports encoding VCD/DVD tracks into various formats DivX, WMA > (;-)) and audio encoding of the soundtrack using mp3, ac3, aac and various > codecs. the encoded video and the encoded video is in the same avi file. > to install mencoder, just install mplayer from source (if you want to encode > soundtrack using mp3 format please install the lame mp3 encoder before hand > and ensure that the path to libmp3lame is included in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH > variable). mplayer is available at http://www.mplayerhq.hu. > > after you are done, you can check the output(encoding) formats available by: > > 1)audio output: > mencoder -oac help > 2)video output: > mencoder -ovc help > > example: rip track 1 of CD into an avi with file divx video and mp3 audio, > (two-VCD movies on a single CD): > > mencoder -oac mp3lame -lameopts fast:quality=standard -ovc libavc -lacvopts > mpeg4:vhq:vbitrate=650 vcd://1 -o The_matrix_cd1.avi > Nice example. This link provides a nice howto for somebody who wants to use mencoder for various ripping/conversion jobs. http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Mencoder_Introduction_Guide
Somewhat gentoo specific, but examples are generic. > i am working to an interactive script to simplify this process which will be > complete by next week (i've got my exams a month later). i'll send it over to > you then. > happy ripping, Do post your script here, interested to learn. This site has got some nice tutorials and scripting examples. http://dvdripping-guid.berlios.de/index.html Hope this help. -siddhartha > -santanu > _________________________________________________________________ > Powered by http://www.emailpinoy.com - Your 1 GB mailbox is waiting! > If this e-mail is a spam report it to us and we will delete this user's > account ASP. > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
