uralmasha Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 All I can add -- "works for me" ;) including ripping, what I just checked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yes, it works :P urpmi libk9copy0 on my system (not running 64 bit). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted July 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 (edited) doh !! I'm still stuck at work... Edited July 25, 2006 by null Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 (edited) my k9copy now works also. Doesn't crash anymore at the beginning. Haven't tried to backup anything yet though. ian - did you every get to check your xdvdcopy? Edited July 26, 2006 by null Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I meant to the other night on my acidrip to see why you were getting the error message. If I don't do it tonight, I'll sort it tomorrow for sure, and post back here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 do you mean 'xdvdrip' or 'acidrip'? I've tried both. @Lex - I installed gmencoder last night. Looks similar to acidrip (both are GUIs for mencoder). Haven't tried it yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Never used xdvdrip, only acidrip, but I'll check to see if it reads and rips my disks OK, or see if I can regenerate that error you were getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted July 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 oops, I meant "xdvdshrink". when you do #urpmi dvdshrink, it installs xdvdshrink, and puts a menu entry in for "dvdshrink". Confusing naming, but it looks like a nice, simple GUI... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 You could also take a look at the newest k9copy- just installed it (1.1.0 beta1). It even rips directly to avi (either xvid or x264). The xvid part works fine, but slowly (slower than say a two-pass avi conversion with Gordian Knot for windoze), but the output is pretty good. The x264 coversion does not work for me- the whole conversion from DVD lasts about seven minutes (!!!), but in the end there is NO output .avi file! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 maybe tomorrow make How-to. Only price device recording DVD-RW = CD-RW, price plates CD-R = DVD-R difference is not big. This game is worth candle? .....Lex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 maybe tomorrow make How-to. Only price device recording DVD-RW = CD-RW, price plates CD-R = DVD-R difference is not big. This game is worth candle? .....Lex Huh? I probably don't understand you... but if you claim that avi ripping is a thing from the past, because blank media are nowadays very cheap, then you're right... but avi encodes aren't always aimed at compatible standalones! With them you can watch a video from HD, encoded in avi, with no noticeable loss in quality (at least not noiceable at the regular computer screens). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Yes, I've used DVDShrink, or at least I installed it and had a play with it, and it worked OK from what I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexicon Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) OK, is sammer. I drop out. 38 in the shade - nightmare ....Lex Edited July 27, 2006 by Lexicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Well, I checked it. I launched acidrip, and if I click Load DVD I get an error, but I didn't put a dvd in anyway :P So, I put one in, clicked it again, and it worked just as I expected it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) An error occured while running DVDAuthor: well, I just tried to backup one of my DVDs with k9copy, but as soon as I click the "copy" button, I get the dvdauthor error... Tried acidrip on the same dvd, at least it starts doing something... the dvd drive light is flashing and the HD light also... and it says "encoding film" edit: .... an hour and a half later... lights are still flashing on and off... still says encoding film... but the Status dialog box still shows encoding speed 0 and Time encoded 0:00. So I guess its not really doing anything.... I don't know why there's great "free" progs for windows that do this stuff easily, but in linux... forget it. maybe its mandriva, I don't know. Need to try these programs under another distro. DVDshrink and DVDdecrypter under windows aren't exactly "simple simon" programs... but I figured them out quickly and have not ever had any trouble with them. Some of these linux progs, such as k9copy and xdvdshrink, have way simpler interfaces than the 2 windows progs mentioned above, but they still don't work, at least for me. edit: My Great Linux DVD Backup Experiment is officially ended now anyway. The old sony DVD burner in my windows box died tonight, after many years of service. So I had to pull out the burner from my mandriva box to stick in my windows box. No burning on mandriva for a while until I can pick up another drive. Edited July 28, 2006 by null Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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