I'm trying to rip my Transformers DVD into a basic mpeg 1 file so that I can take it with me on my Palm PDA. My first attempt involved the mp1e module:
transcode -x dvd -i /dev/dvd -g 320x180 --export_fps 15 -o /home/OmniQ/Videos/Transformers.mpg -y mp1e But that fails with the following messages: [decode_mpeg2.c] libmpeg2 acceleration: 3dnow[transcode] ERROR: The 'mp1e' program could not be found. [transcode] Please check your installation. [transcode] warning : (encoder.c) video export module error: open failed [transcode] critical: failed to open output That seems odd, as /usr/lib/transcode/export_mp1e.so exists. My second attempt was to just get the video file, regardless of the format: transcode -x dvd -i /dev/dvd -g 320x180 --export_fps 15 -o /home/OmniQ/Videos/Transformers.mp4 -y xvid4 But this command freezes at frame 1641... Every time. There's no error message. The program doesn't exit. It just stops, and the output file doesn't get any larger. Removing the -g option and the associated export_fps option allows the ripping to continue past that frame, but the end result will be a file far to large to fit on my SD card, and too complex for the Palm's wimpy little processor to decode. I've been searching (And still am) for the answer online, but I'm starting to lose hope of finding it myself. Any advice on how to get the file I want would be appreciated. -- That is not dead which can forever sleeping lie And with strange aeons, even death may die
