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Old 01-17-2020, 06:38 AM   #1
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How to rip VCDs ?

Hi,

I have only one movies left as VCD (2 CDs).
I use VLC to watch the VCDs.
I don't want to use my DVD drive every time
I want to watch the movie.
Is there a way to save the movie as DIVX to
my HDD ?
 
Old 01-17-2020, 06:47 AM   #2
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Hi,

I have only one movies left as VCD (2 CDs).
I use VLC to watch the VCDs.
I don't want to use my DVD drive every time
I want to watch the movie.
Is there a way to save the movie as DIVX to
my HDD ?
Many years ago, I tried handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/

It worked most of the time, when it did not work it was due to encryption (on the DVD media)...
 
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Old 01-17-2020, 06:53 AM   #3
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Many years ago, I tried handbrake: https://handbrake.fr/

It worked most of the time, when it did not work it was due to encryption (on the DVD media)...
Just installed handbrake.

Inserted the disk1 and it got mounted then I launched handbrake.
What do I do next ?
I selected /dev/sr0 from file menu but handbrake says "No Title Found".
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Old 01-17-2020, 12:48 PM   #4
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Try the command lsdvd -c This will show you Title and Chapters on the dvd

Code:
charlie@charlie-machine:~$ lsdvd -c
Disc Title: WRONG TURN
Title: 01, Length: 01:29:28.920 Chapters: 13, Cells: 13, Audio streams: 01, Subpictures: 00
	Chapter: 01, Length: 00:09:39.720, Start Cell: 01
	Chapter: 02, Length: 00:06:44.560, Start Cell: 02
	Chapter: 03, Length: 00:09:24.600, Start Cell: 03
	Chapter: 04, Length: 00:06:26.920, Start Cell: 04
	Chapter: 05, Length: 00:09:17.360, Start Cell: 05
	Chapter: 06, Length: 00:09:44.800, Start Cell: 06
	Chapter: 07, Length: 00:09:56.960, Start Cell: 07
	Chapter: 08, Length: 00:06:59.280, Start Cell: 08
	Chapter: 09, Length: 00:06:20.280, Start Cell: 09
	Chapter: 10, Length: 00:04:44.160, Start Cell: 10
	Chapter: 11, Length: 00:07:06.680, Start Cell: 11
	Chapter: 12, Length: 00:03:03.120, Start Cell: 12
	Chapter: 13, Length: 00:00:00.480, Start Cell: 13
Title: 02, Length: 00:00:01.000 Chapters: 01, Cells: 01, Audio streams: 00, Subpictures: 00
	Chapter: 01, Length: 00:00:01.000, Start Cell: 01
Title: 03, Length: 00:00:12.000 Chapters: 01, Cells: 01, Audio streams: 00, Subpictures: 00
	Chapter: 01, Length: 00:00:12.000, Start Cell: 01
There is a command line version HnadbrakeCLI, which is what I use like this:
Code:
HandBrakeCLI -i /dev/sr0 -t 1 -c 2  -e x264 -b 1000 -r 29.97 -w 480 -o RT-T1-C2-1000.mp4
 
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Old 01-17-2020, 12:51 PM   #5
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I am not trying to rip a DVD.

I am trying to rip a VCD.
 
Old 01-17-2020, 12:59 PM   #6
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@GPGAgent

I am not trying to rip a DVD.

I am trying to rip a VCD.
I'm so sorry to provide a wrong answer - it won't happen again - good luck.
 
Old 01-17-2020, 01:00 PM   #7
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I'm so sorry to provide a wrong answer - it won't happen again - good luck.
No problem. Thanks for trying.
 
Old 01-17-2020, 02:19 PM   #8
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I don't have one of those to test.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_CD

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/vcd.html

Can you dump that to file with
Code:
mplayer vcd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile out.mpg
If not you could always make an .iso out ot it.
Code:
dd if=/dev/sr0 -of myvcd.iso
Then use the .iso as the optical device.

vlc looks like it will do that too
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/2696...dvds-with-vlc/
https://www.vlchelp.com/rip-dvd-blu-ray-audio-video-cd/

If you want to re-encode it then look at ffmpeg
 
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Old 01-18-2020, 03:49 AM   #9
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Code:
$ dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/mx/vcd.iso
dd: error reading '/dev/sr0': Input/output error
1256+0 records in
1256+0 records out
643072 bytes (643 kB, 628 KiB) copied, 3.19469 s, 201 kB/s
 
Old 01-18-2020, 08:34 AM   #10
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When I try to copy the .dat file I get this (please see attachment)
I can play the VCD fine with VLC.
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version Name: vcd.png Views: 50 Size: 10.6 KB ID: 32334  
 
Old 01-18-2020, 12:40 PM   #11
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When I try to copy the .dat file I get this (please see attachment)
I can play the VCD fine with VLC.
It's encrypted?
 
Old 01-18-2020, 12:43 PM   #12
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It's encrypted?
No, there's no encryption.
 
Old 01-18-2020, 07:56 PM   #13
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The large .dat file on the VCD is an MPEG file that, normally, you can just copy off the disk, rename to .mpg, and play whenever.

As for the input/output errors you've been having with both dd and the copy process: If you do dmesg (with root/sudo privileges) right after getting that error, you might be able to see more information about what went wrong.

Honestly, my recommendation at this point is to just copy it with another computer. If the other computer is not a Linux box, then use Explorer or Finder to copy the .dat file off the VCD onto a thumb drive, and use the thumb drive to copy it back to the Linux box.
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Old 01-19-2020, 12:20 AM   #14
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One idea: You can use VLC to convert media. So If You search the menu You should find a suitable option/function.

Regards
Stephan
 
Old 01-19-2020, 06:56 AM   #15
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Get the data off the cd while you still can, then work with the ripped data instead of the cd.
 
  


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