Ripping High Quality DVDs

kromberg · 06-30-2010, 10:23 AM

What is a good software package ( or arguments for ffmpeg or mencoder ) to rip DVDs in high quality?

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-30-2010, 11:43 AM

I've used OGMRip for a while, and it produces great quality, if you want a GUI.

But, for the best quality I always rip with the CLI method. Basically, I use 'vobcopy -l' to rip the VOB, then I run ffmpeg to convert it to DIVX/XVID compatible, or whatever else you want.

The standard commands I use are:

Code:

ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vcodec libxvid -qscale 5 -s 640x272 -aspect 40:17 -r 23.976 -g 240 -bf 2 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 160k -ar 48000 -async 48000 -ac 2 -pass 1 -an -f rawvideo -y /dev/null
ffmpeg -i input.mkv -vcodec libxvid -qscale 5 -s 640x272 -aspect 40:17 -r 23.976 -g 240 -bf 2 -acodec libmp3lame -ab 160k -ar 48000 -async 48000 -ac 2 -pass 2 -f avi outlander-q5.avi

Modifying the various parameters as necessary.

I recently wrote a short encoding guide if you wanna look at it:
http://draconishinobi.50webs.com/linux/encoding.html

If you want x264, it is also on there, and try the presets I made, they are better than hq presets for sure.

teckk · 06-30-2010, 09:51 PM

My 2 cents
Look at the man pages for mplayer and mencoder

Code:

mplayer dvd://1 -dumpstream -dumpfile out.vob

Will dump video no 1 on the dvd to out.vob

There are lots of options, here are some examples
2 pass encoding

Code:

#Checking the structure of the DVD (titles chapters)
#lsdvd
#crop detect
mplayer dvd://1 -vf cropdetect
#Two passes encoding
mencoder dvd://1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts \
vcodec=mpeg4:vpass=1 -oac copy -o /dev/null ;
mencoder dvd://1 -chapter -ovc lavc -lavcopts \ 
vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2  -oac copy -o output.avi
# transfering the movie into mpg4
ffmpeg -i title2.avi -y -target ntsc-dvd -sameq -aspect 16:9 finalmovie.mpg
# Creating the movie 
dvdauthor --title -o dvd -f finalmovie.mpg
# Creating the title
dvdauthor -o dvd -T
#making DVD structure 
mkisofs -dvd-video -o dvd.iso dvd/
#burning the movie
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/rcd0c=dvd.iso

Code:

mencoder filename -oac mp3lame -ovc xvid -xvidencopts pass=1 -vf scale=640:360 -o output.avi

An example using lame and xvid.

Code:

mencoder dvd://1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1800:vpass=1 -oac copy -o /dev/null ;
mencoder dvd://1 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1800:mbd=2:trell:vpass=2  -oac copy -o output.avi

Another 2 pass example using lavc and copying the audio.

The options are great using mencoder.
http://en.linuxreviews.org/MPlayer
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/index.html
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.txt

look at ffmpeg, transcode, dvdrip, acidrip, k9copy.