Henti Smith wrote: > On 2010/01/20 11:05 PM, Phil Ehrens wrote: > > No playing around required. Just determine the title number > > of the main title and (main title number is '2' in this example): > > > > tccat -i /dev/dvd -T 2,-1 >mymovie.mpg > > > > You get all the audio tracks and all the subtitles. > > And it's super fast. And you're using transcode, so > > you're in the right mailing list if it fails. > > > > BTW, most people scale when they rip and transcode, > > and they are doing the wrong thing. > > If you keep the same resolution as the source (cropping > > is okay, since it involves no scaling - the output res > > will be the size of the cropped image if you crop) > > the quality of the output will be markedly better (at > > the same average bitrate), because scaling always > > introduces aliasing (often not apparent because > > post-processing can smooth it away). > > > > Also, note that "scaling" to the same size as the source > > is not an actual scaling operation, so no aliasing will > > occur. Scaling to the same size is required in some cases > > to make the pixel aspect ratio come out right. I admit > > that I don't understand why. I am not a video expert, > > I just happen to know a fair amount about dvd's, and > > somewhat less about encoding. > > > This is much easer than what I'm doing now, I'll definitely play some > more and adjust my scripts accordingly. > As to cropping, Would that be done using transcode ?
Yes.
