DVD ripping and transcoding with Linux

This guide was updated on August 23, 2002.

  1. Introduction
  2. Required software
    1. A word on codecs
    2. Common libraries / codecs
    3. MPlayer
    4. transcode
    5. getting RPMs
  3. Ripping the VOBs
    1. Interlaced video
    2. ...using the command line interface
    3. ...using dvd::rip
  4. Transcoding the DVD to an AVI
    1. Aspect ratios
    2. Using dvd::rip
      1. Clipping and zooming
      2. Choosing encoding parameters
      3. Generating a quick preview
      4. Preventing audio/video desynchronization
      5. Doing the whole thing
      6. For advanced users: transcode command line arguments
    3. Using MEncoder
      1. Encoding the audio
      2. Generating a preview (first pass)
      3. Generating a preview (second pass)
      4. Generating the final AVI (both passes)
  5. Subtitles
    1. Converting subtitles to text format
      1. Compiling the tools
      2. Extracting the subtitle stream
      3. Converting the raw stream
  6. Additional tricks
    1. Fixing desynched audio
    2. Splitting AVIs
    3. Extracting audio from VOBs/MPEGs/AVIs
    4. Using separate audio files
    5. A visual AVI editor: avidemux
  7. Links
    1. Libraries, codecs
    2. Media players
    3. Media encoders
    4. Other documentation
    5. Mailing lists
  8. Glossary
    1. CBR, VBR and ABR
    2. Global Motion Compensation (GMC)
    3. Letterboxing
    4. P/I/B-Frames, GOPs
    5. Quarter Pixel (QP)
  9. Changelog
  10. About