How does it work? If i try to start dvdshrink the programm seems to work normaly but if i try to open a dvd i'll get an aspi error only.

How can i prevent this aspi error?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by plosiv
[B]Thank you. I've got DVD Shrink running in Wine now.. Sofar all is good.

Can you please describe how to run dvdshrink in wine? I have problems with an aspi error. DVD Shrink seems to work normaly but if i try to open a dvd i'll get this aspi error only.

Thanks

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I was wondering if there is a command line utility I can use to lower the bitrate on the video that was already ripped so it will fit on a DVD-5. I prefer not to use dvdshrink through wine.

I heard there is a way to do it with transcode but i cant find it without first encoding the vob files as an mpeg or avi. I want to keep the files as they are. Kinda like useing DVD2ONE except i tried using that with wine and no go.

Any ideas? Preferably fast too, i heard transcode was relatively slow (5 -7 fps) where DVD2ONE does 75 fps

Hi

I as far as I remember this is what I've installet in order to get it working:
lsdvd #not nescessary, but can be used to check if the script does the right for you
streamanalyze
streamdvd
dvdauthor
libdvdread3-dev #to get the css support (I think)

I wrote the script yesterday evening, and it may be buggy, In any event it should give you an idea about how to use the above programs. It will take the first title (normally the one with the main content, but lsdvd can verify this, and also the english AC3 sound is extracted)

#!/bin/sh
outfile=analyzeoutput
allowedfactor="1.500"
#CHANGE to correct output dir
outputdir="/your/output/directory/"$1
mkdir -p ${outputdir}
s=`streamanalyze -i /dev/hda -t 1 >& ${outfile}`
r=`cat ${outfile} | grep Factor`
# this could be more elegant :-)
t=`echo $r | sed -e "s/\(.*\)\(.\....\)\(.*\)/\2/"`
echo "Factor is" $t
echo `expr $t \<= ${allowedfactor}`
if [[ `expr $t \<= ${allowedfactor}` -eq 1 ]]
then
#CHANGE /dev/hda
`dvdauthor -t -o ${outputdir} -f \`streamdvd -i /dev/hda -t 1 -f $t -s 0xe0,0x80 \``
dvdauthor -T -o ${outputdir}
else
echo "compression factor is too large " ${allowedfactor}
fi
echo "done"

Hope it can help someone, although it is not dvdshrink :-/
NB please note the "#CHANGE" comments

By the way:

I call it copydvd.sh, and it should be run with an argument like:
./copydvd.sh <NameOfTheMovie>

Hi,
I don't have a DVD burner so I don't manipulate them much,
I have however ripped vob's with vobcopy and opened them
with Avidemux which has quite a few filters and options.
I don't know about shinking the things but you could probably make a custom
DVD with a few things left out.
The proper output from Avidemux should be burnable with K3b or whatever you
use.

There are a ton of ways to backup dvd's in Linux - however none of them as simple and as pure as those found in windows, not yet anyways.

Now for those of you are getting mad at that, calm down and think about it first. ask yourself if you have equal experience with dvd backups in both windows and in linux. Now in both operating systems there are too many methods to even list, and im considering custom scripts here.

In windows i used the following programs:

DVD-Decrypter (you can alternatively use AnyDVD and decode on the fly)
DVD2One (for DVD9toDVD5 compression, it is one click and gets better results than dvd shrink).
CloneDVD2 (point to vob dir and click burn)

If you have all three of these programs and you just follow the little buttons that say 'go' or 'start' then you are going to find yourself with an almost perfect copy of a dvd (compression here is the difference in dvd9to5). with working menus, subtitles and anything else that you didn't remove manually such as alternative languages, etc.

In my experience with linux I have found it impossible to reproduce a fully functional DVD9toDVD5 with menus, all subs, all languages and all camera angles etc using native Linux programs. I know it can be done, but you must basically create your own mock menu structures with XML code and all kinds of crazy stuff.

I run only Linux these days and have not looked back to windows. I would say that there is no comparison between windows and Linux in the dvd realm. On top of it all you have professional grade tools in windows such as Maestro, Scenarist and many other (including free programs) which have so many features and functions that you can almost consider them professional grade dvd production tools as well.

Linux is lacking in DVD reproduction but I think it is on the rise. There is a lot of awareness now regarding this subject and many people are starting to take up arms and code their hearts out. I look forward to the future of Linux and DVD mastering. Not just for the sake of backups, but for all aspects of it.

This is meant to be a positive post for Linux.

What do I do for DVD backups? Well I grabbed this little bit of knowledge from the videohelp.com forums:

1. vobcopy /mnt/cdrom1 -l -n 1 -O . -t "directory_name_to_rip_to"
2. mkisofs -dvd-video -udf directory_vobs_are_in > output_filename.iso

which is perfect for a 1-to-1 copy, but to get yourself a DVD9toDVD5, what does this person recommend? Using DVD Shrink under Wine. (simply run it on the outputted .iso above)

The way I got my Wine setup just right (with all partitions and drives to be acknowledged) was to use winesetuptk. I know I could have searched the web for some examples or read the manual but really this was quick and extremely efficient for my needs. Now when it came time for me to experiment with DllOverrides then I hit google and read some manuals.

The tools are almost here, and with the power of the Linux community I'm sure we will see some nice GTK2 interfaced frontends to a simple DVD9toDVD5 backup soon enough. I'm not going to hold my breath in the meantime, but I am learning Python so I can start to contribute some.

For all conversions I use Avidemux2 which I have never had problems with and ahve always been able to get the results I want.

In my experience (with various systems, setups and multiple various dvd's) dvd::rip really sucks. K3B is great for what it is as a burning program and the only rival to it is the command line tools that it makes use of.

I have tried everything else out there aside from complicated personal scripts like the ones posted here and elsewhere. Perhaps after my knowledge in coding grows I will write my own that are suited to my needs.

Hope you are all happy in the methods you have found to work.

i was getting the same error as plosiv:

DVD Shrink encountered an error and cannot continue.
Failed to initialize ASPI device.

until i downloaded ForceAspi and copied frcASPI17.zip/WIN9X/WINASPI.DLL and frcASPI17.zip/WIN9X/WNASPI32.dll into ~/.wine/fake_windows/Windows/System. this fixed the problem.

i will post this on http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5&pagenumber=2 as well.

hope this helps someone out.

and the saga continues.....

since my last post....I have been using lxdvdrip which is by far the best out so far.....

However there are some dvd's that it just won't work with, but when it doens't work neither does any dvd ripping software in linux (haven't tried dvdrip). However with these dvd decrypter works fine along with dvd2one and copy2dvd.

Grr....windows.....wish I knew more about writing dvd ripping/shrinking/burning software cause I would work night and day on it.

Hello,
What should I do if the "open files" thing only results
in a plus sign, a yellow pointer pointing to the plus sign, and Desktop?

+ <- Desktop

No way to see any of the files which are on the computer.

I know this question has already been asked, but I found no answer.

I ran into the same issue regarding DVD encryption.
I'm hoping this will help, but I had to get libdvdcss2 from "http://freshmeat.net/projects/libdvdcss". The package installs all of the DVD encryption libraries needed by most programs such as MPlayer, KPlayer, Xine, Ogle, etc.

There are no substitutes for DVD Shrink and DVD Decryptor under Linux. There are programs out there that will work similarly, but not with the same quality. The Sony ArcCos protection will defeat almost all Linux dvd backup varients. To get both of these programs working you should use Wine 0.9. I have not tested with the new versions of wine yet.

In addition to lxdvdrip ( http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en...title=lxdvdrip ) another linux dvd backup program is k9copy ( http://k9copy.free.fr/ ).

dvdshrink works fine under crossover if you set it to winXP/2000 in the config...