On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 10:41:02PM +0100, Martina wrote: > Hallo there. > > Here is the promised command line. > I use it for grabbing my DVD's into the computer. > i hope this message does go to all of the users. If not, i'm afraid I don't > know how to do it. > > # transcode -x dvd -i /dev/dvd -T1,-1 -j 0,8,0,8 -a 1 -M 0 -A --export_par 3 > -y ffmpeg,raw -F mpeg4,ac3 -N 0x2000 -o ~/dvd.avi > > or > > # transcode -x dvd -i /dev/dvd -T1,-1 -a 1 -A --export_par 4 -y ffmpeg,raw -F > mpeg4,ac3 -N 0x2000 -o ~/dvd.avi
Thanks for above. At a glance, yours and my commands look somewhat similar, although with some possibly significant differences. What catches my attention the most in the above is the "-A" option. My own command works without the "-A", but fails *with* the "-A" option, producing the error message: " critical: Oops, this version of transcode only supports PCM data for audio transformation" (And since the man pages state that "-A" means "use AC3 as internal audio codec", I am assuming this option is a must for my objective) I have looked in the source ./configure file, but did not identify anything option/flag that looks like it will turn on "AC3 as internal audio codec". If anyone knows how to compile transcode with the option turned on, please help! > You surely will figure out what parameter is for what and discard all which > are no use. (I'd have to think too much about it and that hurts at this hour > ;) ) I will tinker with it when i get the chance, asap. I will also look into the solution offered by Maik Holtkamp (combination of transcode and mencoder) > I think it works, but it could be "placebo" effect as well :). > By the way what do you use for watching movies with 5+1 sound? I have used both Xine and mplayer thus far, to hear what seemed to be the correct 5.1 separation. (mplayer, i believe, needs the explicit "-channels 6" option, particularly for AC3. mp3surround may be a different story. I think it gets complicated here. I physically connected (just!) my rear analog to a surround sound amp's dvd-in, and all of the 5.1 channels seemed to be there, separately, in each speaker. Playing through mplayer, IIRC. I was mystified (but gratified)) >I managed only in XINE but it has centre/bass and Lrear/Rrear channels swapped >somehow... Fascinating. I have not noticed any such problem. I'll listen for the swap next time, to be sure. Although, i assume, the problem should be VERY obvious? (Little or no bass, distortion from the center speaker?) ( My xine is: xine-ui-0.99.5 and xine-lib-1.1.8 -- both locally compiled ) andrew
