I installed Fedora Core 3 + dvdrip not too long ago and noticed after ripping to vob, I couldn't transcode to AVI / divx anymore.
Using Dag and FreshRPMs before in RH8,9 & FC2, I never had to deal with the dependency mess. But I guess something is missing now...
What is missing here? Is there a definitive place for these 'codecs'? (apt-get | yum have spoiled me) Why should I use one codec over another? (I really know so little about all this multimedia stuff!)

PS - I _did_ google extensively and search this forum; please excuse if this is a trite post.
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Job 'Transcoding video - title #1, pass 1' failed.

Executed command: mkdir -m 0775 -p '/mnt/external/archive/dvdrip/Team_America/tmp' && cd /mnt/external/archive/dvdrip/Team_America/tmp && dr_exec transcode -H 10 -a 0 -x vob -i /mnt/external/archive/dvdrip/Team_America/vob/001 -w 855 -b 128,0,0 -s 1.223 --a52_drc_off -f 24,1 -M 2 -R 1 -y divx5,null --psu_mode --nav_seek /mnt/external/archive/dvdrip/Team_America/tmp/Team_America-001-nav.log --no_split -o /dev/null --print_status 20 && echo DVDRIP_SUCCESS

Last output was:


transcode v0.6.14 (C) 2001-2003 Thomas Oestreich, 2003-2004 T. Bitterberg
libdvdread: Using libdvdcss version 1.2.8 for DVD access
libdvdread: Couldn't find device name.
libdvdread: Can't open file VIDEO_TS.IFO.
tc_memcpy: using mmxext for memcpy
[import_vob.so] v0.6.0 (2003-10-02) (video) MPEG-2 | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM | (subtitle)
[export_null.so] v0.1.2 (2001-08-17) (video) null | (audio) null
[export_divx5.so] v0.1.8 (2003-07-24) (video) DivX 5.xx | (audio) MPEG/AC3/PCM
[transcode] warning : API in encore.h is not compatible with installed lbdivxencore library
[transcode] (probe) suggested AV correction -D 0 (0 ms) | AV 0 ms | 0 ms
[transcode] auto-probing source /mnt/external/archive/dvdrip/Team_America/vob/001 (ok)
[transcode] V: import format | MPEG-2 (V=vob|A=vob)
[transcode] V: AV demux/sync | (2) initial MPEG sequence / enforce frame rate
[transcode] V: import frame | 720x480 1.50:1 encoded @ 16:9
[transcode] V: bits/pixel | 0.103 (low)
[transcode] V: decoding fps,frc | 23.976,1
[transcode] V: multi-pass | (mode=1) writing data (pass 1) to divx4.log
[transcode] V: Y'CbCr | YV12/I420
[transcode] A: import format | 0x2000 AC3 [48000,16,2] 448 kbps
[transcode] A: export | disabled
[transcode] V: encoding fps,frc | 23.976,1
[transcode] A: bytes per frame | 8008 (8008.000000)
[transcode] A: adjustment | 0@1000
[transcode] A: rescale stream | 1.223
[transcode] V: IA32 accel mode | sse (sse 3dnowext 3dnow mmxext mmx asm C)
[transcode] V: video buffer | 10 @ 720x480
[transcode] warning : (encoder.c) video export module error: init failed
[transcode] critical: failed to init encoder

Just get Synaptic and look them all up. You might also wanna add Dag Wieers' repository.
I was a FC3 user for a long time, now I'm on Kubuntu. Works great except for two minor issues. I can't get Transcode and mplayer installed which makes me unable to rip DVDs, and my GFX card causes random crashes from time to time. I'm still glad I switched from Slowdora... :P
Oh, and tip when transcoding: Always use XviD compression and AC3 or Ogg Vorbis audio. Gives excellent quality.

Great, thanks for the tips. I will give xvid + ogg a try! Any cross-platform considerations with any of these formats?

I experienced the same thing...try issuing this command to open dvdrip:

LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 dvdrip

This should do the trick