I have couple of DVDs of cartoons for my kids that I would like to rip into avis and pack them on my NAS. For the work I have been using dvd::rip and it's ok, but as one DVD has several chapters the process is quite not so fluent.

I would like to pack it all in batch mode, start it and go to bed.

So whereas it is quite quick to extract the different parts in VOBs with dvd::rip and it is also quite handy to omit the trailers and stuff - for actual ripping commands I could use some help.

I have been using xvid and dual pass - I only give a generous target size, but I could go for BP of 0.9 - no change in aspect ratio or stuff like that.

So now - does anyone know which commands are behind dvd::rip? How can I accomplish this with commandline?

Yes, look at

lsdvd
ffmpeg
mencoder

Those 3 will allow you to rip and encode anything that you want. ffmpeg and mencoder have so many options you'll still be finding out their abilities after a year of using them. lsdvd will show you what's on the disk.

also look at
libdvdcss

http://linux.die.net/man/1/lsdvd
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html
http://linux.die.net/man/1/ffmpeg

Let me know if you need any help after you have become familiar with them.

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I wrote a short guide that may help:
http://htexmexh.my3gb.com/linux/encoding.html

Personally, if I didn't have to make it Divx/Xvid compatible for some player, I would use mkv with h264 and aac.