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Hi.
Just wondering about dvd ripping/decoding software for Linux.
Under Windows I used a nifty program called DVD Decrypter to extract DVD's so they could
be played directly from my computer. I have downloaded a copy of DVD::Rip but I am currently having a hard time installing it. Is their an alternative to it.
Thanks very much for your help.
I am currently running Slackware 10 with the 2.6.10 kernel.
acidrip is a great choice, it uses mplayer/mencoder to rip the DVD and is very feature rich and works great, highly configurable.
mythdvd, a plugin for mythtv also does a very nice job, and is extremely easy to use, but restrictive in it's options (pretty much, put DVD in, choose quality, start rip, not a whole lot of settings to tweak, bad for power user, good for average joe).
hey thanks for the replys guys.
I tried acidrip but got the same installation problem I did with dvd::rip.
it looks something like the following;
I get this message just after I type acidrip command.
Can't locate strict.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4/i486-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i486-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/acidrip line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/bin/acidrip line 7.
Its certaintly a perl error, cant just work it out though.
I have installed the stable release of perl version 5.8.6 but nothing.
Thanks
Hope you guys are more switched on then me.
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