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![]() ![]() GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams |
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Ripmake (see http://www.lallafa.de/bp/ripmake.html) automates many of the decisions required to generate an avi or svcd from a DVD or a copy of a DVD. It is also heading toward generating DVDs. Its philosophy is to generate a script (using a Makefile) that encapsulates all of the automatic decisions which the user can then choose to override if desired.
Generally, avi is a better format and okay if you only view on computer, but there aren't many DVD players that can play an avi file (although portable media players, such as the iRiver PMP-140, as well as the Sigmatek DVD players play avi files). For backup you could regenerate the DVD and thus if you lose or damage your original DVD at least there is some hope. For viewing the backup on consumer DVD players that support SVCD, then of course generating SVCD would be the way to go!
To generate an avi version of the DVD:
$ ripmake /dev/dvd avi $ make -f dvd-avi.mak (generates a sample) $ xine dvd-avi-SAMPLE.avi (view the sample) $ make -f dvd-avi.mak rip (generates avi collection) $ xine dvd-avi-CD1.avi $ xine dvd-avi-CD2.aviTo choose a different size for each of the output files use the -C option:
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